IRELAND VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,251	1	4,762	+ 2,489
Stroke	2	3,814	5	1,770	+ 2,044
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,357	33	153	+ 3,204
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,337	16	414	+ 923
Liver Disease	5	1,297	19	279	+ 1,018
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,091	6	1,298	- 207
Kidney Disease	7	1,026	10	566	+ 460
HIV/AIDS	8	934	57	9	+ 926
Violence	9	927	47	38	+ 889
Hypertension	10	916	29	175	+ 742
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	875	2	3,209	- 2,335
Prostate Cancer	12	801	9	585	+ 216
Low Birth Weight	13	741	44	56	+ 686
Breast Cancer	14	707	8	760	- 53
Lung Disease	15	658	4	1,915	- 1,257
Lung Cancers	16	602	3	1,916	- 1,314
Congenital Anomalies	17	502	32	153	+ 349
Birth Trauma	18	443	56	10	+ 433
Other Injuries	19	431	30	171	+ 260
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	412	7	1,095	- 683
Liver Cancer	21	321	18	318	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	22	291	24	249	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	23	271	35	103	+ 168
Stomach Cancer	24	265	17	357	- 92
Suicide	25	256	14	470	- 214
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	244	45	53	+ 191
Pancreas Cancer	27	221	11	530	- 310
Parkinson's Disease	28	216	12	530	- 314
Asthma	29	213	41	58	+ 155
Falls	30	210	25	247	- 36
Oral Cancer	31	210	28	183	+ 27
Leukemia	32	198	20	274	- 76
Lymphomas	33	181	13	513	- 332
Malnutrition	34	180	63	2	+ 178
Inflammatory/Heart	35	151	26	240	- 89
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	143	38	67	+ 76
Drownings	37	120	43	57	+ 63
Tuberculosis	38	117	50	23	+ 94
Maternal Conditions	39	98	61	3	+ 95
Oesophagus Cancer	40	97	15	419	- 322
Skin Cancers	41	83	23	252	- 168
Epilepsy	42	77	36	85	- 8
Drug Use	43	75	31	167	- 91
Fires	44	67	48	30	+ 37
Meningitis	45	65	58	7	+ 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	59	46	50	+ 10
Pertussis	47	58	67	0	+ 58
Alcohol	48	58	39	64	- 6
Bladder Cancer	49	45	22	256	- 211
Ovary Cancer	50	43	21	273	- 230
Syphilis	51	34	68	0	+ 34
Appendicitis	52	32	60	3	+ 29
Skin Disease	53	24	42	58	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	23	40	59	- 36
Poisonings	55	23	53	14	+ 9
Encephalitis	56	22	66	0	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	57	21	34	126	- 105
Other Neoplasms	58	17	27	218	- 201
Schistosomiasis	59	11	72	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	60	8	52	19	- 11
Tetanus	61	8	81	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	37	83	- 77
Hepatitis B	63	5	59	6	- 1
Dengue	64	2	78	0	+ 2
Malaria	65	2	75	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	66	1	69	0	+ 1
War	67	1	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Dominican Rep.

Ireland

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.