CAMEROON VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	42,904	6	10,695	+ 32,209
Stroke	2	22,567	5	11,199	+ 11,368
Road Traffic Accidents	3	19,861	9	7,810	+ 12,051
Diabetes Mellitus	4	7,908	11	5,468	+ 2,440
Liver Disease	5	7,674	14	4,531	+ 3,143
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,454	1	19,694	- 13,240
Kidney Disease	7	6,072	13	5,140	+ 932
HIV/AIDS	8	5,528	2	13,888	- 8,360
Violence	9	5,487	24	1,666	+ 3,821
Hypertension	10	5,423	22	2,035	+ 3,387
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	5,176	31	1,157	+ 4,019
Prostate Cancer	12	4,737	34	940	+ 3,797
Low Birth Weight	13	4,387	8	7,950	- 3,563
Breast Cancer	14	4,180	23	1,874	+ 2,306
Lung Disease	15	3,895	20	2,310	+ 1,584
Lung Cancers	16	3,561	51	301	+ 3,260
Congenital Anomalies	17	2,973	12	5,258	- 2,285
Birth Trauma	18	2,619	7	8,243	- 5,624
Other Injuries	19	2,548	16	3,289	- 741
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	2,436	43	569	+ 1,867
Liver Cancer	21	1,901	37	875	+ 1,026
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,725	18	2,474	- 750
Cervical Cancer	23	1,604	26	1,582	+ 22
Stomach Cancer	24	1,567	45	458	+ 1,110
Suicide	25	1,516	19	2,333	- 817
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	1,444	3	11,849	- 10,405
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,305	52	290	+ 1,015
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,278	46	449	+ 829
Asthma	29	1,262	25	1,619	- 357
Falls	30	1,245	27	1,235	+ 10
Oral Cancer	31	1,242	39	845	+ 397
Leukemia	32	1,170	54	275	+ 895
Lymphomas	33	1,071	44	489	+ 582
Malnutrition	34	1,064	28	1,218	- 155
Inflammatory/Heart	35	892	33	986	- 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	844	40	754	+ 90
Drownings	37	710	29	1,178	- 469
Tuberculosis	38	693	10	7,414	- 6,721
Maternal Conditions	39	580	17	2,615	- 2,035
Oesophagus Cancer	40	574	59	135	+ 439
Skin Cancers	41	493	56	204	+ 289
Epilepsy	42	453	38	867	- 413
Drug Use	43	447	35	928	- 481
Fires	44	398	36	908	- 510
Meningitis	45	383	15	3,441	- 3,058
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	351	49	323	+ 28
Pertussis	47	345	21	2,288	- 1,942
Alcohol	48	345	57	198	+ 147
Bladder Cancer	49	264	62	65	+ 200
Ovary Cancer	50	254	50	303	- 48
Syphilis	51	201	30	1,170	- 969
Appendicitis	52	191	61	72	+ 118
Skin Disease	53	143	48	324	- 181
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	138	68	26	+ 113
Poisonings	55	134	41	666	- 532
Encephalitis	56	127	58	187	- 59
Uterin Cancer	57	123	60	75	+ 48
Other Neoplasms	58	101	63	49	+ 53
Schistosomiasis	59	63	53	288	- 225
Hepatitis C	60	49	66	27	+ 22
Tetanus	61	49	55	223	- 174
Multiple Sclerosis	62	37	64	41	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	31	47	336	- 305
Dengue	64	13	73	0	+ 13
Malaria	65	11	4	11,233	- 11,222
Chlamydia	66	4	72	4	+ 0
War	67	3	42	643	- 640
Upper Respiratory	68	3	70	19	- 16
Diphtheria	69	2	67	26	- 24
Ascariasis	70	2	65	30	- 28
Otitis Media	71	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	20	- 20
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	10	- 10
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	32	1,028	- 1,028
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

Dominican Rep.

Cameroon

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.