ISRAEL VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		ISRAEL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,028	1	5,122	+ 7,905
Stroke	2	6,852	4	2,431	+ 4,421
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,031	26	333	+ 5,698
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,401	6	1,913	+ 488
Liver Disease	5	2,330	28	292	+ 2,038
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,960	8	1,519	+ 441
Kidney Disease	7	1,844	3	2,437	- 593
HIV/AIDS	8	1,679	52	25	+ 1,653
Violence	9	1,666	41	104	+ 1,562
Hypertension	10	1,647	21	400	+ 1,246
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,572	2	2,996	- 1,424
Prostate Cancer	12	1,438	17	521	+ 917
Low Birth Weight	13	1,332	42	94	+ 1,238
Breast Cancer	14	1,269	10	1,237	+ 32
Lung Disease	15	1,183	7	1,546	- 364
Lung Cancers	16	1,081	5	2,026	- 945
Congenital Anomalies	17	903	29	291	+ 612
Birth Trauma	18	795	50	35	+ 760
Other Injuries	19	774	14	828	- 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	740	9	1,510	- 771
Liver Cancer	21	577	25	345	+ 232
Endocrine Disorders	22	524	12	1,002	- 479
Cervical Cancer	23	487	38	133	+ 354
Stomach Cancer	24	476	16	565	- 89
Suicide	25	460	19	453	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	438	32	166	+ 272
Pancreas Cancer	27	396	11	1,023	- 626
Parkinson's Disease	28	388	22	398	- 10
Asthma	29	383	36	142	+ 242
Falls	30	378	39	123	+ 255
Oral Cancer	31	377	33	150	+ 227
Leukemia	32	355	15	612	- 256
Lymphomas	33	325	13	925	- 600
Malnutrition	34	323	48	39	+ 284
Inflammatory/Heart	35	271	30	214	+ 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	256	51	33	+ 223
Drownings	37	215	45	39	+ 176
Tuberculosis	38	210	57	16	+ 194
Maternal Conditions	39	176	61	6	+ 170
Oesophagus Cancer	40	174	37	138	+ 36
Skin Cancers	41	150	23	379	- 229
Epilepsy	42	138	40	109	+ 29
Drug Use	43	136	43	67	+ 68
Fires	44	121	53	24	+ 97
Meningitis	45	116	55	20	+ 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	107	35	144	- 37
Pertussis	47	105	69	0	+ 105
Alcohol	48	105	49	39	+ 66
Bladder Cancer	49	80	18	496	- 416
Ovary Cancer	50	77	27	323	- 245
Syphilis	51	61	71	0	+ 61
Appendicitis	52	58	64	4	+ 54
Skin Disease	53	43	24	368	- 325
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	42	54	23	+ 19
Poisonings	55	41	63	4	+ 37
Encephalitis	56	39	66	3	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	57	37	31	202	- 164
Other Neoplasms	58	31	20	420	- 389
Schistosomiasis	59	19	78	0	+ 19
Hepatitis C	60	15	46	39	- 24
Tetanus	61	15	73	0	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	47	39	- 27
Hepatitis B	63	9	58	16	- 6
Dengue	64	4	84	0	+ 4
Malaria	65	3	77	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	66	1	80	0	+ 1
War	67	1	60	7	- 6
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	5	- 5
Diphtheria	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	34	149	- 149
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	44	66	- 66
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	65	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ISRAEL

Dominican Rep.

Israel

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.