ERITREA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,790	4	2,154	+ 6,636
Stroke	2	4,623	2	2,564	+ 2,059
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,069	5	1,326	+ 2,743
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,620	7	944	+ 676
Liver Disease	5	1,572	6	1,215	+ 357
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,322	1	3,277	- 1,954
Kidney Disease	7	1,244	12	578	+ 666
HIV/AIDS	8	1,133	25	308	+ 825
Violence	9	1,124	20	384	+ 740
Hypertension	10	1,111	8	926	+ 185
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,060	24	310	+ 751
Prostate Cancer	12	970	47	54	+ 916
Low Birth Weight	13	899	16	531	+ 368
Breast Cancer	14	856	23	311	+ 545
Lung Disease	15	798	9	662	+ 136
Lung Cancers	16	729	46	62	+ 668
Congenital Anomalies	17	609	18	432	+ 177
Birth Trauma	18	537	11	616	- 80
Other Injuries	19	522	15	540	- 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	499	35	113	+ 386
Liver Cancer	21	390	45	69	+ 320
Endocrine Disorders	22	353	43	71	+ 282
Cervical Cancer	23	329	30	132	+ 196
Stomach Cancer	24	321	48	48	+ 273
Suicide	25	311	21	382	- 71
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	296	3	2,292	- 1,996
Pancreas Cancer	27	267	58	20	+ 248
Parkinson's Disease	28	262	37	85	+ 177
Asthma	29	259	22	326	- 67
Falls	30	255	26	168	+ 87
Oral Cancer	31	254	44	71	+ 183
Leukemia	32	240	29	144	+ 96
Lymphomas	33	219	28	147	+ 73
Malnutrition	34	218	10	660	- 442
Inflammatory/Heart	35	183	32	123	+ 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	173	27	147	+ 26
Drownings	37	145	33	118	+ 28
Tuberculosis	38	142	14	543	- 401
Maternal Conditions	39	119	13	544	- 425
Oesophagus Cancer	40	118	39	81	+ 37
Skin Cancers	41	101	56	30	+ 71
Epilepsy	42	93	38	81	+ 11
Drug Use	43	92	53	36	+ 55
Fires	44	82	31	132	- 50
Meningitis	45	78	19	404	- 326
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	72	41	77	- 5
Pertussis	47	71	36	90	- 19
Alcohol	48	71	49	45	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	49	54	51	42	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	50	52	40	79	- 27
Syphilis	51	41	54	35	+ 6
Appendicitis	52	39	55	31	+ 8
Skin Disease	53	29	50	45	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	28	64	12	+ 16
Poisonings	55	27	34	114	- 87
Encephalitis	56	26	62	16	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	57	25	61	18	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	58	21	66	6	+ 15
Schistosomiasis	59	13	42	73	- 60
Hepatitis C	60	10	65	6	+ 4
Tetanus	61	10	52	37	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	67	4	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	6	57	28	- 21
Dengue	64	3	73	0	+ 3
Malaria	65	2	17	437	- 435
Chlamydia	66	1	70	1	- 0
War	67	1	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	60	18	- 17
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	68	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	59	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	63	13	- 13
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Dominican Rep.

Eritrea

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.