HUNGARY VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		HUNGARY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,655	1	36,766	- 23,111
Stroke	2	7,183	2	11,915	- 4,732
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,321	24	750	+ 5,571
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,517	9	2,515	+ 2
Liver Disease	5	2,442	8	3,060	- 617
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,054	15	1,528	+ 526
Kidney Disease	7	1,933	22	874	+ 1,058
HIV/AIDS	8	1,760	61	14	+ 1,746
Violence	9	1,746	39	135	+ 1,611
Hypertension	10	1,726	4	7,262	- 5,536
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,647	7	4,595	- 2,948
Prostate Cancer	12	1,508	18	1,324	+ 184
Low Birth Weight	13	1,396	43	113	+ 1,283
Breast Cancer	14	1,331	10	2,259	- 928
Lung Disease	15	1,240	5	6,436	- 5,197
Lung Cancers	16	1,133	3	8,377	- 7,244
Congenital Anomalies	17	946	37	254	+ 692
Birth Trauma	18	834	60	20	+ 813
Other Injuries	19	811	25	703	+ 109
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	775	6	5,027	- 4,251
Liver Cancer	21	605	23	848	- 243
Endocrine Disorders	22	549	30	568	- 19
Cervical Cancer	23	511	34	466	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	24	499	16	1,360	- 861
Suicide	25	483	14	1,612	- 1,130
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	459	36	281	+ 179
Pancreas Cancer	27	415	11	2,098	- 1,683
Parkinson's Disease	28	407	32	489	- 82
Asthma	29	402	41	122	+ 280
Falls	30	396	12	1,746	- 1,350
Oral Cancer	31	395	17	1,342	- 947
Leukemia	32	372	20	908	- 536
Lymphomas	33	341	21	905	- 564
Malnutrition	34	339	59	21	+ 318
Inflammatory/Heart	35	284	13	1,627	- 1,343
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	269	26	686	- 418
Drownings	37	226	46	97	+ 129
Tuberculosis	38	221	52	62	+ 159
Maternal Conditions	39	184	62	11	+ 174
Oesophagus Cancer	40	183	31	565	- 383
Skin Cancers	41	157	29	579	- 422
Epilepsy	42	144	47	93	+ 51
Drug Use	43	142	53	59	+ 83
Fires	44	127	45	103	+ 24
Meningitis	45	122	57	39	+ 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	112	38	243	- 131
Pertussis	47	110	70	0	+ 110
Alcohol	48	110	33	484	- 374
Bladder Cancer	49	84	19	1,050	- 966
Ovary Cancer	50	81	27	656	- 575
Syphilis	51	64	74	0	+ 64
Appendicitis	52	61	58	36	+ 25
Skin Disease	53	45	40	133	- 88
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	44	49	66	- 22
Poisonings	55	43	54	48	- 6
Encephalitis	56	41	67	2	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	57	39	35	418	- 378
Other Neoplasms	58	32	28	615	- 582
Schistosomiasis	59	20	75	0	+ 20
Hepatitis C	60	16	50	64	- 49
Tetanus	61	16	65	4	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	62	12	44	110	- 99
Hepatitis B	63	10	56	39	- 30
Dengue	64	4	82	0	+ 4
Malaria	65	4	79	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	66	1	73	0	+ 1
War	67	1	68	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	63	8	- 8
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	64	8	- 8
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	69	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	55	40	- 40
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	48	79	- 79
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	63	- 63
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	42	121	- 121
Oral conditions	86	0	66	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HUNGARY

Dominican Rep.

Hungary

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.