INDIA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		INDIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,952,382	1	1,520,034	+ 432,347
Stroke	2	1,026,934	3	697,038	+ 329,896
Road Traffic Accidents	3	903,764	12	212,596	+ 691,168
Diabetes Mellitus	4	359,862	7	271,495	+ 88,367
Liver Disease	5	349,199	8	268,580	+ 80,619
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	293,715	6	392,425	- 98,710
Kidney Disease	7	276,300	11	222,903	+ 53,398
HIV/AIDS	8	251,570	31	44,406	+ 207,165
Violence	9	249,705	27	51,767	+ 197,939
Hypertension	10	246,760	19	108,050	+ 138,710
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	235,518	17	126,593	+ 108,925
Prostate Cancer	12	215,557	38	30,945	+ 184,612
Low Birth Weight	13	199,638	9	238,739	- 39,101
Breast Cancer	14	190,231	22	82,821	+ 107,411
Lung Disease	15	177,223	2	879,732	- 702,509
Lung Cancers	16	162,023	21	88,276	+ 73,747
Congenital Anomalies	17	135,266	23	82,769	+ 52,497
Birth Trauma	18	119,171	20	102,819	+ 16,352
Other Injuries	19	115,966	15	149,570	- 33,604
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	110,859	25	77,368	+ 33,491
Liver Cancer	21	86,517	39	30,369	+ 56,149
Endocrine Disorders	22	78,479	47	15,264	+ 63,215
Cervical Cancer	23	73,000	30	45,319	+ 27,681
Stomach Cancer	24	71,322	24	81,058	- 9,736
Suicide	25	68,993	14	173,347	- 104,355
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	65,695	4	670,315	- 604,619
Pancreas Cancer	27	59,377	37	32,812	+ 26,565
Parkinson's Disease	28	58,151	32	43,398	+ 14,753
Asthma	29	57,448	13	196,051	- 138,603
Falls	30	56,672	10	225,755	- 169,084
Oral Cancer	31	56,518	16	134,187	- 77,669
Leukemia	32	53,254	35	33,383	+ 19,871
Lymphomas	33	48,752	33	40,159	+ 8,593
Malnutrition	34	48,408	55	8,626	+ 39,781
Inflammatory/Heart	35	40,584	49	12,651	+ 27,933
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	38,423	26	68,108	- 29,684
Drownings	37	32,286	28	48,774	- 16,488
Tuberculosis	38	31,530	5	435,882	- 404,352
Maternal Conditions	39	26,379	41	25,917	+ 462
Oesophagus Cancer	40	26,121	34	38,898	- 12,777
Skin Cancers	41	22,429	60	5,054	+ 17,376
Epilepsy	42	20,622	40	30,307	- 9,685
Drug Use	43	20,325	52	11,747	+ 8,578
Fires	44	18,131	42	23,265	- 5,134
Meningitis	45	17,419	36	33,337	- 15,917
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	15,985	18	126,079	- 110,094
Pertussis	47	15,708	54	10,094	+ 5,615
Alcohol	48	15,682	43	23,097	- 7,415
Bladder Cancer	49	12,032	48	14,081	- 2,049
Ovary Cancer	50	11,567	44	21,947	- 10,380
Syphilis	51	9,160	64	2,007	+ 7,153
Appendicitis	52	8,682	53	11,245	- 2,564
Skin Disease	53	6,489	45	17,857	- 11,369
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	6,301	50	11,931	- 5,630
Poisonings	55	6,086	61	3,540	+ 2,546
Encephalitis	56	5,791	29	48,080	- 42,289
Uterin Cancer	57	5,611	59	6,841	- 1,229
Other Neoplasms	58	4,606	62	2,968	+ 1,638
Schistosomiasis	59	2,854	76	0	+ 2,854
Hepatitis C	60	2,227	65	1,364	+ 863
Tetanus	61	2,225	58	7,093	- 4,868
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1,703	63	2,328	- 625
Hepatitis B	63	1,409	56	8,184	- 6,775
Dengue	64	613	46	17,546	- 16,932
Malaria	65	521	57	7,705	- 7,184
Chlamydia	66	202	69	379	- 176
War	67	155	67	890	- 735
Upper Respiratory	68	126	68	584	- 458
Diphtheria	69	91	72	65	+ 27
Ascariasis	70	85	70	126	- 41
Otitis Media	71	1	71	68	- 67
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	66	973	- 973
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	51	11,923	- 11,923
Depression	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to INDIA

Dominican Rep.

India

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.