EQU. GUINEA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,488	7	419	+ 2,069
Stroke	2	1,309	6	437	+ 872
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,152	8	368	+ 783
Diabetes Mellitus	4	459	11	299	+ 159
Liver Disease	5	445	13	199	+ 246
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	374	2	913	- 538
Kidney Disease	7	352	14	198	+ 154
HIV/AIDS	8	321	1	1,838	- 1,518
Violence	9	318	33	45	+ 274
Hypertension	10	314	16	165	+ 149
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	300	29	55	+ 245
Prostate Cancer	12	275	35	43	+ 232
Low Birth Weight	13	254	4	457	- 202
Breast Cancer	14	242	24	84	+ 158
Lung Disease	15	226	20	120	+ 105
Lung Cancers	16	206	41	27	+ 180
Congenital Anomalies	17	172	12	249	- 77
Birth Trauma	18	152	5	441	- 289
Other Injuries	19	148	23	105	+ 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	141	40	29	+ 113
Liver Cancer	21	110	34	43	+ 67
Endocrine Disorders	22	100	25	73	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	23	93	28	56	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	24	91	49	16	+ 75
Suicide	25	88	22	107	- 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	84	9	349	- 265
Pancreas Cancer	27	76	55	11	+ 64
Parkinson's Disease	28	74	46	18	+ 57
Asthma	29	73	26	65	+ 8
Falls	30	72	32	46	+ 27
Oral Cancer	31	72	37	35	+ 38
Leukemia	32	68	61	4	+ 64
Lymphomas	33	62	45	19	+ 43
Malnutrition	34	62	31	48	+ 14
Inflammatory/Heart	35	52	27	63	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	49	43	22	+ 27
Drownings	37	41	36	39	+ 2
Tuberculosis	38	40	10	321	- 281
Maternal Conditions	39	34	17	139	- 105
Oesophagus Cancer	40	33	54	12	+ 21
Skin Cancers	41	29	48	16	+ 12
Epilepsy	42	26	38	32	- 6
Drug Use	43	26	30	50	- 24
Fires	44	23	39	30	- 7
Meningitis	45	22	19	127	- 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	20	50	14	+ 6
Pertussis	47	20	21	109	- 89
Alcohol	48	20	53	12	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	49	15	56	9	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	50	15	52	13	+ 2
Syphilis	51	12	18	134	- 122
Appendicitis	52	11	59	6	+ 6
Skin Disease	53	8	51	13	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	8	62	4	+ 4
Poisonings	55	8	44	21	- 13
Encephalitis	56	7	57	8	- 0
Uterin Cancer	57	7	58	8	- 1
Other Neoplasms	58	6	63	3	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	59	4	60	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	60	3	69	0	+ 3
Tetanus	61	3	42	23	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	67	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	2	65	3	- 1
Dengue	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	3	668	- 667
Chlamydia	66	0	68	0	- 0
War	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	64	3	- 3
Ascariasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	47	16	- 16
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	15	181	- 181
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Dominican Rep.

Equ. Guinea

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.