JAMAICA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,912	3	1,726	+ 2,186
Stroke	2	2,058	1	2,415	- 357
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,811	12	444	+ 1,367
Diabetes Mellitus	4	721	2	2,077	- 1,356
Liver Disease	5	700	21	155	+ 545
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	589	15	393	+ 196
Kidney Disease	7	554	6	793	- 239
HIV/AIDS	8	504	7	757	- 253
Violence	9	500	4	1,484	- 984
Hypertension	10	494	8	651	- 156
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	472	9	587	- 115
Prostate Cancer	12	432	5	883	- 451
Low Birth Weight	13	400	18	241	+ 159
Breast Cancer	14	381	14	413	- 32
Lung Disease	15	355	11	452	- 97
Lung Cancers	16	325	10	472	- 148
Congenital Anomalies	17	271	23	139	+ 132
Birth Trauma	18	239	37	65	+ 174
Other Injuries	19	232	31	91	+ 142
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	222	13	436	- 214
Liver Cancer	21	173	29	101	+ 72
Endocrine Disorders	22	157	20	176	- 19
Cervical Cancer	23	146	16	358	- 212
Stomach Cancer	24	143	19	231	- 88
Suicide	25	138	35	70	+ 68
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	132	42	35	+ 97
Pancreas Cancer	27	119	27	119	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	28	117	25	132	- 16
Asthma	29	115	36	65	+ 50
Falls	30	114	33	82	+ 32
Oral Cancer	31	113	39	59	+ 55
Leukemia	32	107	26	129	- 22
Lymphomas	33	98	17	251	- 153
Malnutrition	34	97	40	48	+ 49
Inflammatory/Heart	35	81	24	133	- 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	77	32	82	- 5
Drownings	37	65	51	10	+ 54
Tuberculosis	38	63	54	8	+ 55
Maternal Conditions	39	53	43	35	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	40	52	34	74	- 21
Skin Cancers	41	45	52	10	+ 35
Epilepsy	42	41	41	46	- 4
Drug Use	43	41	48	13	+ 28
Fires	44	36	46	16	+ 21
Meningitis	45	35	47	16	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	32	44	27	+ 5
Pertussis	47	31	67	0	+ 31
Alcohol	48	31	55	7	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	49	24	38	60	- 35
Ovary Cancer	50	23	30	97	- 74
Syphilis	51	18	60	1	+ 18
Appendicitis	52	17	53	9	+ 8
Skin Disease	53	13	22	145	- 132
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	13	50	11	+ 1
Poisonings	55	12	57	2	+ 10
Encephalitis	56	12	49	13	- 1
Uterin Cancer	57	11	28	106	- 95
Other Neoplasms	58	9	45	19	- 9
Schistosomiasis	59	6	74	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	60	4	64	0	+ 4
Tetanus	61	4	63	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	56	3	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	3	59	1	+ 2
Dengue	64	1	58	1	+ 0
Malaria	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	62	0	+ 0
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Dominican Rep.

Jamaica

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.