LATVIA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,496	1	8,099	- 5,603
Stroke	2	1,313	2	5,893	- 4,580
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,155	27	154	+ 1,002
Diabetes Mellitus	4	460	8	529	- 69
Liver Disease	5	446	15	365	+ 82
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	375	9	501	- 126
Kidney Disease	7	353	17	356	- 3
HIV/AIDS	8	322	39	74	+ 247
Violence	9	319	37	94	+ 225
Hypertension	10	315	3	1,194	- 878
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	301	7	664	- 363
Prostate Cancer	12	276	12	464	- 188
Low Birth Weight	13	255	56	11	+ 244
Breast Cancer	14	243	10	472	- 229
Lung Disease	15	227	18	346	- 120
Lung Cancers	16	207	4	956	- 749
Congenital Anomalies	17	173	43	46	+ 126
Birth Trauma	18	152	55	12	+ 141
Other Injuries	19	148	16	362	- 214
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	142	6	722	- 580
Liver Cancer	21	111	26	157	- 46
Endocrine Disorders	22	100	41	59	+ 41
Cervical Cancer	23	93	33	128	- 34
Stomach Cancer	24	91	11	470	- 378
Suicide	25	88	14	384	- 296
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	84	54	14	+ 70
Pancreas Cancer	27	76	13	436	- 360
Parkinson's Disease	28	74	35	125	- 51
Asthma	29	73	46	42	+ 32
Falls	30	72	23	201	- 129
Oral Cancer	31	72	22	214	- 142
Leukemia	32	68	25	186	- 118
Lymphomas	33	62	19	245	- 183
Malnutrition	34	62	64	2	+ 60
Inflammatory/Heart	35	52	5	921	- 869
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	49	31	142	- 93
Drownings	37	41	34	127	- 86
Tuberculosis	38	40	40	71	- 31
Maternal Conditions	39	34	60	5	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	40	33	32	131	- 98
Skin Cancers	41	29	30	144	- 116
Epilepsy	42	26	45	44	- 18
Drug Use	43	26	48	41	- 15
Fires	44	23	36	103	- 80
Meningitis	45	22	52	15	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	20	47	41	- 20
Pertussis	47	20	70	0	+ 20
Alcohol	48	20	21	227	- 207
Bladder Cancer	49	15	20	228	- 213
Ovary Cancer	50	15	24	196	- 182
Syphilis	51	12	65	1	+ 10
Appendicitis	52	11	59	5	+ 6
Skin Disease	53	8	38	76	- 68
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	8	51	20	- 12
Poisonings	55	8	49	23	- 15
Encephalitis	56	7	69	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	57	7	29	148	- 141
Other Neoplasms	58	6	28	153	- 147
Schistosomiasis	59	4	78	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	60	3	42	53	- 50
Tetanus	61	3	71	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	50	20	- 18
Hepatitis B	63	2	63	3	- 1
Dengue	64	1	83	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	75	0	+ 0
War	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	4	- 3
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Dominican Rep.

Latvia

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.