DR CONGO VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	159,894	7	34,713	+ 125,181
Stroke	2	84,103	6	36,596	+ 47,506
Road Traffic Accidents	3	74,015	10	30,256	+ 43,759
Diabetes Mellitus	4	29,472	16	12,902	+ 16,569
Liver Disease	5	28,598	13	15,044	+ 13,554
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	24,054	1	73,546	- 49,492
Kidney Disease	7	22,628	20	9,077	+ 13,552
HIV/AIDS	8	20,603	15	13,286	+ 7,317
Violence	9	20,450	18	11,120	+ 9,330
Hypertension	10	20,209	12	15,743	+ 4,466
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	19,288	28	4,548	+ 14,741
Prostate Cancer	12	17,653	30	3,948	+ 13,705
Low Birth Weight	13	16,350	8	34,668	- 18,319
Breast Cancer	14	15,579	35	3,416	+ 12,164
Lung Disease	15	14,514	14	13,527	+ 987
Lung Cancers	16	13,269	47	1,158	+ 12,112
Congenital Anomalies	17	11,078	11	16,256	- 5,178
Birth Trauma	18	9,760	9	33,075	- 23,316
Other Injuries	19	9,497	22	8,272	+ 1,225
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	9,079	36	2,966	+ 6,113
Liver Cancer	21	7,085	31	3,840	+ 3,246
Endocrine Disorders	22	6,427	25	7,380	- 952
Cervical Cancer	23	5,978	27	4,823	+ 1,156
Stomach Cancer	24	5,841	37	2,579	+ 3,262
Suicide	25	5,650	26	5,812	- 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	5,380	5	41,301	- 35,921
Pancreas Cancer	27	4,863	50	1,017	+ 3,846
Parkinson's Disease	28	4,762	49	1,035	+ 3,728
Asthma	29	4,705	24	7,733	- 3,029
Falls	30	4,641	33	3,483	+ 1,158
Oral Cancer	31	4,629	51	1,003	+ 3,626
Leukemia	32	4,361	41	1,871	+ 2,490
Lymphomas	33	3,993	38	2,061	+ 1,932
Malnutrition	34	3,964	21	8,910	- 4,946
Inflammatory/Heart	35	3,324	29	4,045	- 721
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	3,147	40	1,923	+ 1,224
Drownings	37	2,644	34	3,454	- 809
Tuberculosis	38	2,582	2	43,759	- 41,177
Maternal Conditions	39	2,160	19	10,513	- 8,352
Oesophagus Cancer	40	2,139	53	790	+ 1,349
Skin Cancers	41	1,837	55	765	+ 1,071
Epilepsy	42	1,689	44	1,727	- 38
Drug Use	43	1,665	59	638	+ 1,026
Fires	44	1,485	39	2,007	- 523
Meningitis	45	1,427	17	11,568	- 10,142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	1,309	43	1,728	- 419
Pertussis	47	1,286	23	7,921	- 6,635
Alcohol	48	1,284	60	635	+ 649
Bladder Cancer	49	985	65	270	+ 715
Ovary Cancer	50	947	58	656	+ 292
Syphilis	51	750	32	3,751	- 3,001
Appendicitis	52	711	56	703	+ 8
Skin Disease	53	531	54	781	- 250
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	516	66	217	+ 299
Poisonings	55	498	42	1,729	- 1,230
Encephalitis	56	474	57	680	- 206
Uterin Cancer	57	460	63	352	+ 107
Other Neoplasms	58	377	67	88	+ 290
Schistosomiasis	59	234	48	1,071	- 837
Hepatitis C	60	182	69	69	+ 114
Tetanus	61	182	46	1,166	- 984
Multiple Sclerosis	62	139	71	44	+ 96
Hepatitis B	63	115	61	456	- 341
Dengue	64	50	74	1	+ 49
Malaria	65	43	4	41,813	- 41,770
Chlamydia	66	17	73	15	+ 2
War	67	13	45	1,658	- 1,645
Upper Respiratory	68	10	62	370	- 360
Diphtheria	69	7	70	47	- 39
Ascariasis	70	7	68	80	- 73
Otitis Media	71	0	72	38	- 38
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	52	869	- 869
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	64	347	- 347
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	3	42,254	- 42,254
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Dominican Rep.

DR Congo

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.