ECUADOR VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,369	1	9,805	+ 15,564
Stroke	2	13,344	3	5,429	+ 7,915
Road Traffic Accidents	3	11,743	6	3,490	+ 8,253
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,676	5	4,321	+ 355
Liver Disease	5	4,537	7	3,330	+ 1,207
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,816	4	5,083	- 1,266
Kidney Disease	7	3,590	2	6,184	- 2,594
HIV/AIDS	8	3,269	27	609	+ 2,660
Violence	9	3,245	15	1,210	+ 2,035
Hypertension	10	3,206	10	2,507	+ 699
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,060	9	2,565	+ 495
Prostate Cancer	12	2,801	12	1,362	+ 1,439
Low Birth Weight	13	2,594	16	1,172	+ 1,422
Breast Cancer	14	2,472	25	825	+ 1,646
Lung Disease	15	2,303	8	2,576	- 274
Lung Cancers	16	2,105	20	1,075	+ 1,031
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,758	13	1,335	+ 422
Birth Trauma	18	1,548	38	302	+ 1,246
Other Injuries	19	1,507	17	1,161	+ 346
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,440	19	1,109	+ 331
Liver Cancer	21	1,124	21	954	+ 171
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,020	31	507	+ 513
Cervical Cancer	23	949	24	840	+ 109
Stomach Cancer	24	927	11	2,089	- 1,162
Suicide	25	896	14	1,326	- 430
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	854	34	410	+ 443
Pancreas Cancer	27	772	30	562	+ 210
Parkinson's Disease	28	756	26	658	+ 98
Asthma	29	746	53	85	+ 661
Falls	30	736	18	1,114	- 378
Oral Cancer	31	734	45	166	+ 568
Leukemia	32	692	23	882	- 190
Lymphomas	33	633	22	883	- 250
Malnutrition	34	629	28	578	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	35	527	36	308	+ 220
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	499	33	417	+ 83
Drownings	37	420	32	470	- 50
Tuberculosis	38	410	29	574	- 164
Maternal Conditions	39	343	46	164	+ 178
Oesophagus Cancer	40	339	42	180	+ 160
Skin Cancers	41	291	37	308	- 16
Epilepsy	42	268	40	273	- 5
Drug Use	43	264	41	214	+ 50
Fires	44	236	43	175	+ 60
Meningitis	45	226	52	90	+ 137
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	208	47	163	+ 45
Pertussis	47	204	56	79	+ 125
Alcohol	48	204	39	280	- 76
Bladder Cancer	49	156	44	168	- 12
Ovary Cancer	50	150	35	322	- 172
Syphilis	51	119	54	85	+ 34
Appendicitis	52	113	50	110	+ 2
Skin Disease	53	84	51	103	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	82	49	124	- 42
Poisonings	55	79	58	59	+ 21
Encephalitis	56	75	55	82	- 7
Uterin Cancer	57	73	48	129	- 56
Other Neoplasms	58	60	57	64	- 4
Schistosomiasis	59	37	75	0	+ 37
Hepatitis C	60	29	67	1	+ 28
Tetanus	61	29	62	9	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	62	22	60	18	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	18	64	3	+ 15
Dengue	64	8	61	10	- 2
Malaria	65	7	77	0	+ 7
Chlamydia	66	3	68	1	+ 2
War	67	2	66	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	2	63	8	- 7
Diphtheria	69	1	69	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	59	21	- 21
Leishmaniasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Dominican Rep.

Ecuador

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.