COMOROS VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,247	4	349	+ 899
Stroke	2	656	3	356	+ 300
Road Traffic Accidents	3	577	6	226	+ 351
Diabetes Mellitus	4	230	9	136	+ 94
Liver Disease	5	223	8	160	+ 63
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	188	1	594	- 407
Kidney Disease	7	176	14	101	+ 75
HIV/AIDS	8	161	76	0	+ 161
Violence	9	160	20	63	+ 96
Hypertension	10	158	12	115	+ 43
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	150	23	46	+ 104
Prostate Cancer	12	138	27	33	+ 105
Low Birth Weight	13	128	5	328	- 201
Breast Cancer	14	122	33	23	+ 99
Lung Disease	15	113	17	83	+ 30
Lung Cancers	16	103	60	1	+ 102
Congenital Anomalies	17	86	10	131	- 44
Birth Trauma	18	76	7	211	- 135
Other Injuries	19	74	16	90	- 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	71	39	19	+ 52
Liver Cancer	21	55	28	29	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	22	50	36	19	+ 31
Cervical Cancer	23	47	13	104	- 58
Stomach Cancer	24	46	45	11	+ 34
Suicide	25	44	24	46	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	42	2	363	- 321
Pancreas Cancer	27	38	82	0	+ 38
Parkinson's Disease	28	37	44	11	+ 26
Asthma	29	37	21	49	- 12
Falls	30	36	32	26	+ 10
Oral Cancer	31	36	41	15	+ 21
Leukemia	32	34	57	3	+ 31
Lymphomas	33	31	37	19	+ 12
Malnutrition	34	31	15	96	- 65
Inflammatory/Heart	35	26	31	26	- 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	25	34	21	+ 4
Drownings	37	21	25	35	- 14
Tuberculosis	38	20	19	79	- 59
Maternal Conditions	39	17	22	47	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	40	17	26	34	- 17
Skin Cancers	41	14	42	12	+ 2
Epilepsy	42	13	40	17	- 4
Drug Use	43	13	49	7	+ 6
Fires	44	12	30	27	- 15
Meningitis	45	11	11	115	- 104
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	10	47	10	+ 0
Pertussis	47	10	18	80	- 70
Alcohol	48	10	51	6	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	49	8	46	10	- 3
Ovary Cancer	50	7	56	3	+ 4
Syphilis	51	6	38	19	- 13
Appendicitis	52	6	50	6	- 0
Skin Disease	53	4	48	9	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	4	58	2	+ 2
Poisonings	55	4	35	20	- 16
Encephalitis	56	4	54	4	- 0
Uterin Cancer	57	4	55	3	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	58	3	59	1	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	59	2	75	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	60	1	61	1	+ 0
Tetanus	61	1	43	12	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	62	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	52	5	- 4
Dengue	64	0	68	0	+ 0
Malaria	65	0	29	29	- 29
Chlamydia	66	0	66	0	- 0
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	53	4	- 4
Diphtheria	69	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	79	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Dominican Rep.

Comoros

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.