NO MACEDONIA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,959	2	4,420	- 1,461
Stroke	2	1,556	1	5,521	- 3,964
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,370	24	107	+ 1,263
Diabetes Mellitus	4	545	4	1,104	- 558
Liver Disease	5	529	15	218	+ 312
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	445	19	157	+ 289
Kidney Disease	7	419	9	516	- 97
HIV/AIDS	8	381	61	0	+ 381
Violence	9	378	36	31	+ 348
Hypertension	10	374	7	627	- 253
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	357	30	71	+ 286
Prostate Cancer	12	327	14	259	+ 68
Low Birth Weight	13	303	28	73	+ 229
Breast Cancer	14	288	11	386	- 98
Lung Disease	15	269	6	807	- 538
Lung Cancers	16	246	5	1,055	- 809
Congenital Anomalies	17	205	37	29	+ 176
Birth Trauma	18	181	48	7	+ 173
Other Injuries	19	176	17	183	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	168	8	560	- 392
Liver Cancer	21	131	13	260	- 129
Endocrine Disorders	22	119	44	12	+ 107
Cervical Cancer	23	111	31	68	+ 43
Stomach Cancer	24	108	10	455	- 347
Suicide	25	105	16	196	- 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	100	56	1	+ 99
Pancreas Cancer	27	90	12	267	- 177
Parkinson's Disease	28	88	20	141	- 52
Asthma	29	87	33	53	+ 34
Falls	30	86	27	78	+ 8
Oral Cancer	31	86	29	72	+ 14
Leukemia	32	81	22	114	- 34
Lymphomas	33	74	25	96	- 22
Malnutrition	34	73	58	1	+ 73
Inflammatory/Heart	35	62	3	4,249	- 4,188
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	58	32	56	+ 2
Drownings	37	49	41	18	+ 31
Tuberculosis	38	48	35	32	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	39	40	54	2	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	40	40	34	45	- 6
Skin Cancers	41	34	21	126	- 92
Epilepsy	42	31	38	23	+ 8
Drug Use	43	31	47	9	+ 22
Fires	44	27	46	11	+ 17
Meningitis	45	26	51	4	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	24	43	13	+ 11
Pertussis	47	24	50	4	+ 20
Alcohol	48	24	42	14	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	49	18	18	163	- 144
Ovary Cancer	50	18	26	93	- 76
Syphilis	51	14	62	0	+ 14
Appendicitis	52	13	55	1	+ 12
Skin Disease	53	10	57	1	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	10	60	0	+ 9
Poisonings	55	9	45	11	- 2
Encephalitis	56	9	59	1	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	57	9	23	108	- 99
Other Neoplasms	58	7	40	19	- 12
Schistosomiasis	59	4	79	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	60	3	67	0	+ 3
Tetanus	61	3	75	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	39	21	- 19
Hepatitis B	63	2	49	7	- 5
Dengue	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	68	0	+ 0
War	67	0	63	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	52	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Dominican Rep.

No Macedonia

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.