EL SALVADOR VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,184	1	5,814	+ 3,370
Stroke	2	4,831	5	1,595	+ 3,236
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,251	8	1,347	+ 2,904
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,693	7	1,385	+ 307
Liver Disease	5	1,643	10	797	+ 846
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,382	4	2,418	- 1,036
Kidney Disease	7	1,300	3	4,726	- 3,426
HIV/AIDS	8	1,183	9	842	+ 341
Violence	9	1,175	2	5,485	- 4,311
Hypertension	10	1,161	31	146	+ 1,015
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,108	18	320	+ 788
Prostate Cancer	12	1,014	17	328	+ 686
Low Birth Weight	13	939	19	317	+ 622
Breast Cancer	14	895	22	291	+ 603
Lung Disease	15	834	6	1,493	- 659
Lung Cancers	16	762	23	290	+ 472
Congenital Anomalies	17	636	14	449	+ 187
Birth Trauma	18	561	37	121	+ 440
Other Injuries	19	546	38	95	+ 450
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	521	20	315	+ 207
Liver Cancer	21	407	16	355	+ 52
Endocrine Disorders	22	369	25	223	+ 147
Cervical Cancer	23	343	13	451	- 108
Stomach Cancer	24	336	11	702	- 367
Suicide	25	325	15	391	- 66
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	309	27	199	+ 110
Pancreas Cancer	27	279	29	161	+ 119
Parkinson's Disease	28	274	44	70	+ 204
Asthma	29	270	35	122	+ 148
Falls	30	267	24	243	+ 24
Oral Cancer	31	266	39	94	+ 172
Leukemia	32	251	21	312	- 61
Lymphomas	33	229	28	186	+ 43
Malnutrition	34	228	26	214	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	35	191	42	78	+ 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	181	30	157	+ 24
Drownings	37	152	33	137	+ 15
Tuberculosis	38	148	46	60	+ 88
Maternal Conditions	39	124	53	26	+ 98
Oesophagus Cancer	40	123	41	80	+ 43
Skin Cancers	41	106	47	60	+ 46
Epilepsy	42	97	48	50	+ 47
Drug Use	43	96	43	74	+ 22
Fires	44	85	54	21	+ 64
Meningitis	45	82	51	36	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	75	65	6	+ 69
Pertussis	47	74	52	32	+ 42
Alcohol	48	74	12	648	- 575
Bladder Cancer	49	57	49	42	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	50	54	40	93	- 39
Syphilis	51	43	58	14	+ 29
Appendicitis	52	41	56	18	+ 23
Skin Disease	53	31	36	121	- 90
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	30	59	14	+ 16
Poisonings	55	29	57	15	+ 14
Encephalitis	56	27	63	7	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	57	26	50	39	- 13
Other Neoplasms	58	22	32	145	- 123
Schistosomiasis	59	13	82	0	+ 13
Hepatitis C	60	10	75	0	+ 10
Tetanus	61	10	60	11	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	64	7	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	7	66	5	+ 2
Dengue	64	3	61	9	- 6
Malaria	65	2	80	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	66	1	79	0	+ 1
War	67	1	70	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	9	- 8
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	55	18	- 18
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	67	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Dominican Rep.

El Salvador

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.