KAZAKHSTAN VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		KAZAKHSTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,071	1	31,074	- 3,003
Stroke	2	14,765	2	21,553	- 6,788
Road Traffic Accidents	3	12,994	11	2,352	+ 10,642
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,174	12	2,244	+ 2,930
Liver Disease	5	5,021	4	5,474	- 453
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,223	7	3,469	+ 754
Kidney Disease	7	3,973	16	1,640	+ 2,333
HIV/AIDS	8	3,617	42	340	+ 3,277
Violence	9	3,590	23	949	+ 2,641
Hypertension	10	3,548	14	1,836	+ 1,712
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,386	10	2,404	+ 982
Prostate Cancer	12	3,099	34	532	+ 2,568
Low Birth Weight	13	2,870	28	701	+ 2,169
Breast Cancer	14	2,735	15	1,696	+ 1,039
Lung Disease	15	2,548	3	7,391	- 4,843
Lung Cancers	16	2,330	5	3,888	- 1,558
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,945	24	946	+ 999
Birth Trauma	18	1,713	35	438	+ 1,275
Other Injuries	19	1,667	17	1,468	+ 199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,594	13	2,128	- 534
Liver Cancer	21	1,244	22	1,020	+ 224
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,128	43	303	+ 825
Cervical Cancer	23	1,050	25	806	+ 244
Stomach Cancer	24	1,025	9	2,645	- 1,620
Suicide	25	992	8	3,259	- 2,267
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	945	48	258	+ 687
Pancreas Cancer	27	854	21	1,122	- 268
Parkinson's Disease	28	836	26	723	+ 113
Asthma	29	826	20	1,140	- 314
Falls	30	815	27	701	+ 113
Oral Cancer	31	813	31	679	+ 134
Leukemia	32	766	33	612	+ 154
Lymphomas	33	701	36	436	+ 265
Malnutrition	34	696	51	83	+ 613
Inflammatory/Heart	35	583	6	3,863	- 3,279
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	552	37	376	+ 177
Drownings	37	464	30	680	- 216
Tuberculosis	38	453	45	293	+ 160
Maternal Conditions	39	379	55	29	+ 350
Oesophagus Cancer	40	376	19	1,298	- 923
Skin Cancers	41	322	47	286	+ 36
Epilepsy	42	297	44	295	+ 1
Drug Use	43	292	29	692	- 399
Fires	44	261	40	354	- 94
Meningitis	45	250	50	89	+ 162
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	230	46	293	- 63
Pertussis	47	226	66	1	+ 225
Alcohol	48	225	18	1,310	- 1,085
Bladder Cancer	49	173	41	346	- 173
Ovary Cancer	50	166	32	634	- 467
Syphilis	51	132	63	2	+ 130
Appendicitis	52	125	57	19	+ 106
Skin Disease	53	93	54	31	+ 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	91	56	25	+ 65
Poisonings	55	88	39	358	- 271
Encephalitis	56	83	49	142	- 59
Uterin Cancer	57	81	38	366	- 286
Other Neoplasms	58	66	53	37	+ 29
Schistosomiasis	59	41	75	0	+ 41
Hepatitis C	60	32	64	1	+ 31
Tetanus	61	32	61	4	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	62	24	52	47	- 23
Hepatitis B	63	20	59	15	+ 5
Dengue	64	9	72	0	+ 9
Malaria	65	7	76	0	+ 7
Chlamydia	66	3	62	3	+ 0
War	67	2	60	7	- 5
Upper Respiratory	68	2	58	17	- 15
Diphtheria	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	67	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	65	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	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 KAZAKHSTAN

Dominican Rep.

Kazakhstan

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.