ESTONIA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,654	1	3,009	- 1,355
Stroke	2	870	3	1,116	- 246
Road Traffic Accidents	3	766	35	59	+ 706
Diabetes Mellitus	4	305	19	146	+ 159
Liver Disease	5	296	7	328	- 33
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	249	6	349	- 100
Kidney Disease	7	234	17	176	+ 58
HIV/AIDS	8	213	39	40	+ 173
Violence	9	212	42	28	+ 183
Hypertension	10	209	2	2,700	- 2,491
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	200	12	229	- 30
Prostate Cancer	12	183	8	298	- 116
Low Birth Weight	13	169	55	7	+ 162
Breast Cancer	14	161	11	260	- 99
Lung Disease	15	150	13	229	- 79
Lung Cancers	16	137	4	657	- 520
Congenital Anomalies	17	115	43	25	+ 90
Birth Trauma	18	101	57	5	+ 96
Other Injuries	19	98	20	141	- 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	94	5	527	- 433
Liver Cancer	21	73	26	107	- 34
Endocrine Disorders	22	66	33	66	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	23	62	32	68	- 6
Stomach Cancer	24	60	9	290	- 229
Suicide	25	58	16	197	- 139
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	56	53	8	+ 47
Pancreas Cancer	27	50	10	268	- 218
Parkinson's Disease	28	49	29	82	- 33
Asthma	29	49	44	24	+ 25
Falls	30	48	24	119	- 71
Oral Cancer	31	48	25	110	- 63
Leukemia	32	45	22	126	- 80
Lymphomas	33	41	15	213	- 172
Malnutrition	34	41	79	0	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	35	34	14	217	- 183
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	33	36	55	- 22
Drownings	37	27	40	30	- 3
Tuberculosis	38	27	47	16	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	39	22	61	1	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	40	22	27	99	- 76
Skin Cancers	41	19	30	79	- 60
Epilepsy	42	17	37	45	- 27
Drug Use	43	17	31	75	- 58
Fires	44	15	38	41	- 26
Meningitis	45	15	54	7	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	14	45	22	- 8
Pertussis	47	13	83	0	+ 13
Alcohol	48	13	18	148	- 135
Bladder Cancer	49	10	21	126	- 116
Ovary Cancer	50	10	28	87	- 77
Syphilis	51	8	62	1	+ 7
Appendicitis	52	7	59	2	+ 5
Skin Disease	53	5	41	29	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	5	46	17	- 12
Poisonings	55	5	52	8	- 3
Encephalitis	56	5	63	0	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	57	5	34	60	- 55
Other Neoplasms	58	4	23	123	- 119
Schistosomiasis	59	2	72	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	60	2	58	4	- 2
Tetanus	61	2	81	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	48	16	- 15
Hepatitis B	63	1	65	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	75	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	78	0	+ 0
War	67	0	64	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Dominican Rep.

Estonia

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.