MALI VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		MALI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,469	7	5,907	+ 24,561
Stroke	2	16,026	6	6,163	+ 9,863
Road Traffic Accidents	3	14,104	11	4,465	+ 9,639
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,616	16	2,289	+ 3,327
Liver Disease	5	5,450	14	2,733	+ 2,717
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,584	1	14,885	- 10,301
Kidney Disease	7	4,312	17	2,185	+ 2,127
HIV/AIDS	8	3,926	9	5,785	- 1,859
Violence	9	3,897	18	2,095	+ 1,802
Hypertension	10	3,851	25	1,291	+ 2,560
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,675	34	756	+ 2,920
Prostate Cancer	12	3,364	44	362	+ 3,002
Low Birth Weight	13	3,116	4	8,880	- 5,765
Breast Cancer	14	2,969	30	947	+ 2,022
Lung Disease	15	2,766	19	1,973	+ 793
Lung Cancers	16	2,529	49	252	+ 2,277
Congenital Anomalies	17	2,111	12	3,743	- 1,632
Birth Trauma	18	1,860	5	8,310	- 6,450
Other Injuries	19	1,810	15	2,310	- 500
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,730	36	703	+ 1,027
Liver Cancer	21	1,350	38	562	+ 788
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,225	21	1,618	- 393
Cervical Cancer	23	1,139	20	1,735	- 595
Stomach Cancer	24	1,113	27	1,063	+ 50
Suicide	25	1,077	32	806	+ 270
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	1,025	2	13,419	- 12,394
Pancreas Cancer	27	927	47	258	+ 669
Parkinson's Disease	28	907	50	236	+ 672
Asthma	29	897	23	1,492	- 595
Falls	30	884	31	867	+ 18
Oral Cancer	31	882	48	252	+ 630
Leukemia	32	831	56	192	+ 639
Lymphomas	33	761	45	316	+ 445
Malnutrition	34	755	8	5,848	- 5,092
Inflammatory/Heart	35	633	40	549	+ 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	600	37	625	- 26
Drownings	37	504	28	1,053	- 549
Tuberculosis	38	492	24	1,491	- 999
Maternal Conditions	39	412	13	2,858	- 2,446
Oesophagus Cancer	40	408	58	159	+ 248
Skin Cancers	41	350	54	194	+ 156
Epilepsy	42	322	41	485	- 163
Drug Use	43	317	59	139	+ 178
Fires	44	283	35	750	- 467
Meningitis	45	272	10	4,531	- 4,259
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	249	46	283	- 33
Pertussis	47	245	29	1,006	- 761
Alcohol	48	245	60	83	+ 162
Bladder Cancer	49	188	42	431	- 243
Ovary Cancer	50	181	53	197	- 17
Syphilis	51	143	33	770	- 627
Appendicitis	52	135	62	70	+ 66
Skin Disease	53	101	57	170	- 69
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	98	69	16	+ 82
Poisonings	55	95	39	561	- 467
Encephalitis	56	90	55	193	- 103
Uterin Cancer	57	88	61	80	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	58	72	67	21	+ 51
Schistosomiasis	59	45	51	220	- 175
Hepatitis C	60	35	64	32	+ 3
Tetanus	61	35	43	427	- 392
Multiple Sclerosis	62	27	68	20	+ 7
Hepatitis B	63	22	52	207	- 185
Dengue	64	10	72	0	+ 9
Malaria	65	8	3	11,678	- 11,670
Chlamydia	66	3	70	3	+ 1
War	67	2	26	1,099	- 1,096
Upper Respiratory	68	2	65	31	- 29
Diphtheria	69	1	66	22	- 20
Ascariasis	70	1	63	56	- 55
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
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	22	1,548	- 1,548
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALI

Dominican Rep.

Mali

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.