JORDAN VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,482	1	4,856	+ 10,626
Stroke	2	8,143	2	2,908	+ 5,235
Road Traffic Accidents	3	7,167	3	1,717	+ 5,450
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,854	4	1,684	+ 1,170
Liver Disease	5	2,769	14	494	+ 2,276
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,329	8	937	+ 1,392
Kidney Disease	7	2,191	6	1,494	+ 697
HIV/AIDS	8	1,995	63	2	+ 1,993
Violence	9	1,980	21	269	+ 1,711
Hypertension	10	1,957	5	1,532	+ 425
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,868	11	706	+ 1,161
Prostate Cancer	12	1,709	33	131	+ 1,578
Low Birth Weight	13	1,583	10	857	+ 726
Breast Cancer	14	1,508	12	686	+ 823
Lung Disease	15	1,405	15	444	+ 961
Lung Cancers	16	1,285	7	1,059	+ 226
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,073	9	934	+ 138
Birth Trauma	18	945	20	271	+ 674
Other Injuries	19	920	19	294	+ 626
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	879	13	616	+ 263
Liver Cancer	21	686	25	186	+ 500
Endocrine Disorders	22	622	26	180	+ 442
Cervical Cancer	23	579	41	64	+ 515
Stomach Cancer	24	566	17	365	+ 200
Suicide	25	547	28	165	+ 382
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	521	30	152	+ 369
Pancreas Cancer	27	471	22	245	+ 225
Parkinson's Disease	28	461	27	169	+ 292
Asthma	29	456	35	114	+ 341
Falls	30	449	24	191	+ 259
Oral Cancer	31	448	31	143	+ 305
Leukemia	32	422	16	370	+ 53
Lymphomas	33	387	18	323	+ 63
Malnutrition	34	384	51	15	+ 369
Inflammatory/Heart	35	322	38	74	+ 247
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	305	40	67	+ 238
Drownings	37	256	36	107	+ 149
Tuberculosis	38	250	53	12	+ 238
Maternal Conditions	39	209	44	53	+ 157
Oesophagus Cancer	40	207	42	63	+ 144
Skin Cancers	41	178	49	38	+ 140
Epilepsy	42	164	46	49	+ 115
Drug Use	43	161	34	115	+ 46
Fires	44	144	29	153	- 9
Meningitis	45	138	37	78	+ 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	127	50	22	+ 104
Pertussis	47	125	43	55	+ 70
Alcohol	48	124	55	11	+ 114
Bladder Cancer	49	95	23	213	- 117
Ovary Cancer	50	92	32	139	- 47
Syphilis	51	73	45	52	+ 21
Appendicitis	52	69	58	8	+ 61
Skin Disease	53	51	48	42	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	50	61	4	+ 46
Poisonings	55	48	47	47	+ 2
Encephalitis	56	46	52	14	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	57	44	39	74	- 30
Other Neoplasms	58	37	57	9	+ 27
Schistosomiasis	59	23	62	3	+ 20
Hepatitis C	60	18	64	1	+ 16
Tetanus	61	18	56	11	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	54	12	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	11	60	4	+ 7
Dengue	64	5	72	0	+ 5
Malaria	65	4	77	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	66	2	70	0	+ 2
War	67	1	59	6	- 5
Upper Respiratory	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	67	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	65	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Dominican Rep.

Jordan

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.