COSTA RICA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,296	1	2,639	+ 4,656
Stroke	2	3,837	2	1,624	+ 2,213
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,377	9	746	+ 2,631
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,345	5	953	+ 391
Liver Disease	5	1,305	18	370	+ 935
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,098	7	836	+ 262
Kidney Disease	7	1,032	3	1,482	- 450
HIV/AIDS	8	940	25	192	+ 748
Violence	9	933	11	635	+ 298
Hypertension	10	922	6	863	+ 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	880	8	818	+ 62
Prostate Cancer	12	805	14	448	+ 357
Low Birth Weight	13	746	28	178	+ 568
Breast Cancer	14	711	16	384	+ 327
Lung Disease	15	662	4	1,046	- 384
Lung Cancers	16	605	20	343	+ 262
Congenital Anomalies	17	505	21	315	+ 190
Birth Trauma	18	445	47	48	+ 397
Other Injuries	19	433	13	571	- 137
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	414	12	621	- 206
Liver Cancer	21	323	17	382	- 59
Endocrine Disorders	22	293	27	183	+ 110
Cervical Cancer	23	273	29	159	+ 114
Stomach Cancer	24	267	10	661	- 394
Suicide	25	258	15	407	- 149
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	245	39	87	+ 158
Pancreas Cancer	27	222	22	294	- 72
Parkinson's Disease	28	217	30	138	+ 79
Asthma	29	215	45	60	+ 154
Falls	30	212	35	116	+ 96
Oral Cancer	31	211	38	96	+ 115
Leukemia	32	199	24	262	- 63
Lymphomas	33	182	19	356	- 174
Malnutrition	34	181	48	37	+ 144
Inflammatory/Heart	35	152	26	191	- 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	144	42	74	+ 70
Drownings	37	121	37	97	+ 24
Tuberculosis	38	118	50	32	+ 86
Maternal Conditions	39	99	55	17	+ 82
Oesophagus Cancer	40	98	44	61	+ 37
Skin Cancers	41	84	31	137	- 53
Epilepsy	42	77	34	116	- 39
Drug Use	43	76	43	63	+ 13
Fires	44	68	58	10	+ 58
Meningitis	45	65	54	18	+ 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	60	49	32	+ 28
Pertussis	47	59	69	0	+ 59
Alcohol	48	59	33	126	- 68
Bladder Cancer	49	45	36	100	- 55
Ovary Cancer	50	43	40	80	- 37
Syphilis	51	34	65	1	+ 33
Appendicitis	52	32	52	22	+ 11
Skin Disease	53	24	32	126	- 102
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	24	46	55	- 32
Poisonings	55	23	60	5	+ 17
Encephalitis	56	22	63	3	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	57	21	41	80	- 59
Other Neoplasms	58	17	23	266	- 248
Schistosomiasis	59	11	76	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	60	8	64	1	+ 7
Tetanus	61	8	74	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	57	11	- 4
Hepatitis B	63	5	59	7	- 2
Dengue	64	2	70	0	+ 2
Malaria	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	66	1	84	0	+ 1
War	67	1	68	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	3	- 3
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	1	- 1
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Osteoarthritis	84	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Dominican Rep.

Costa Rica

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.