LITHUANIA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,641	1	15,329	- 11,688
Stroke	2	1,915	2	5,643	- 3,728
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,686	27	225	+ 1,461
Diabetes Mellitus	4	671	14	525	+ 146
Liver Disease	5	651	9	644	+ 8
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	548	7	654	- 106
Kidney Disease	7	515	19	372	+ 143
HIV/AIDS	8	469	51	22	+ 447
Violence	9	466	36	132	+ 334
Hypertension	10	460	4	1,289	- 829
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	439	8	649	- 210
Prostate Cancer	12	402	12	598	- 196
Low Birth Weight	13	372	55	9	+ 364
Breast Cancer	14	355	11	629	- 274
Lung Disease	15	331	16	513	- 182
Lung Cancers	16	302	3	1,329	- 1,027
Congenital Anomalies	17	252	41	62	+ 191
Birth Trauma	18	222	53	10	+ 212
Other Injuries	19	216	18	416	- 199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	207	5	1,074	- 867
Liver Cancer	21	161	25	239	- 78
Endocrine Disorders	22	146	39	72	+ 74
Cervical Cancer	23	136	28	224	- 88
Stomach Cancer	24	133	10	639	- 506
Suicide	25	129	6	721	- 593
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	123	42	59	+ 63
Pancreas Cancer	27	111	13	578	- 467
Parkinson's Disease	28	108	29	222	- 114
Asthma	29	107	46	45	+ 62
Falls	30	106	15	518	- 412
Oral Cancer	31	105	20	338	- 233
Leukemia	32	99	24	284	- 184
Lymphomas	33	91	21	321	- 231
Malnutrition	34	90	58	7	+ 83
Inflammatory/Heart	35	76	17	484	- 408
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	72	22	313	- 241
Drownings	37	60	35	150	- 90
Tuberculosis	38	59	38	119	- 60
Maternal Conditions	39	49	63	2	+ 47
Oesophagus Cancer	40	49	30	219	- 170
Skin Cancers	41	42	32	197	- 155
Epilepsy	42	38	40	62	- 24
Drug Use	43	38	37	122	- 84
Fires	44	34	43	51	- 17
Meningitis	45	32	52	19	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	30	48	29	+ 1
Pertussis	47	29	69	0	+ 29
Alcohol	48	29	33	192	- 162
Bladder Cancer	49	22	23	292	- 270
Ovary Cancer	50	22	26	233	- 212
Syphilis	51	17	70	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	52	16	54	10	+ 6
Skin Disease	53	12	44	48	- 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	12	47	41	- 29
Poisonings	55	11	45	46	- 35
Encephalitis	56	11	65	2	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	57	10	34	159	- 149
Other Neoplasms	58	9	31	212	- 203
Schistosomiasis	59	5	78	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	60	4	50	23	- 19
Tetanus	61	4	62	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	49	29	- 26
Hepatitis B	63	3	61	5	- 2
Dengue	64	1	76	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	71	0	+ 0
War	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Dominican Rep.

Lithuania

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.