CYPRUS VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		CYPRUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,830	1	1,120	+ 710
Stroke	2	962	2	462	+ 500
Road Traffic Accidents	3	847	18	69	+ 778
Diabetes Mellitus	4	337	5	332	+ 6
Liver Disease	5	327	26	50	+ 277
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	275	15	98	+ 178
Kidney Disease	7	259	7	213	+ 46
HIV/AIDS	8	236	64	0	+ 235
Violence	9	234	40	15	+ 219
Hypertension	10	231	11	127	+ 104
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	221	3	400	- 179
Prostate Cancer	12	202	13	118	+ 84
Low Birth Weight	13	187	47	6	+ 181
Breast Cancer	14	178	9	155	+ 24
Lung Disease	15	166	4	355	- 189
Lung Cancers	16	152	6	319	- 167
Congenital Anomalies	17	127	38	18	+ 109
Birth Trauma	18	112	53	2	+ 109
Other Injuries	19	109	10	136	- 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	104	8	167	- 63
Liver Cancer	21	81	20	64	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	22	74	12	126	- 52
Cervical Cancer	23	68	37	18	+ 50
Stomach Cancer	24	67	21	63	+ 4
Suicide	25	65	29	44	+ 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	62	22	56	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	27	56	14	104	- 49
Parkinson's Disease	28	54	28	44	+ 10
Asthma	29	54	35	24	+ 30
Falls	30	53	25	51	+ 2
Oral Cancer	31	53	36	21	+ 32
Leukemia	32	50	17	83	- 33
Lymphomas	33	46	16	97	- 51
Malnutrition	34	45	56	2	+ 44
Inflammatory/Heart	35	38	24	51	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	36	42	11	+ 25
Drownings	37	30	33	33	- 3
Tuberculosis	38	30	52	4	+ 26
Maternal Conditions	39	25	63	1	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	40	24	43	10	+ 14
Skin Cancers	41	21	31	39	- 18
Epilepsy	42	19	44	10	+ 10
Drug Use	43	19	41	13	+ 6
Fires	44	17	50	5	+ 12
Meningitis	45	16	55	2	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	15	32	35	- 20
Pertussis	47	15	70	0	+ 15
Alcohol	48	15	49	5	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	49	11	19	67	- 55
Ovary Cancer	50	11	27	45	- 34
Syphilis	51	9	62	1	+ 8
Appendicitis	52	8	66	0	+ 8
Skin Disease	53	6	30	44	- 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	6	45	10	- 4
Poisonings	55	6	51	4	+ 2
Encephalitis	56	5	69	0	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	57	5	34	27	- 22
Other Neoplasms	58	4	23	53	- 49
Schistosomiasis	59	3	80	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	60	2	58	2	+ 1
Tetanus	61	2	71	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	46	9	- 7
Hepatitis B	63	1	54	2	- 1
Dengue	64	1	74	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
War	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	59	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	39	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	48	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	61	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CYPRUS

Dominican Rep.

Cyprus

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.