MALTA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	651	1	876	- 225
Stroke	2	342	2	291	+ 51
Road Traffic Accidents	3	301	31	18	+ 283
Diabetes Mellitus	4	120	6	163	- 43
Liver Disease	5	116	24	23	+ 93
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	98	3	213	- 115
Kidney Disease	7	92	11	79	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	8	84	41	4	+ 80
Violence	9	83	40	4	+ 79
Hypertension	10	82	20	33	+ 49
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	79	4	207	- 129
Prostate Cancer	12	72	13	53	+ 19
Low Birth Weight	13	67	35	11	+ 55
Breast Cancer	14	63	10	85	- 21
Lung Disease	15	59	8	127	- 68
Lung Cancers	16	54	5	197	- 143
Congenital Anomalies	17	45	32	17	+ 28
Birth Trauma	18	40	44	3	+ 37
Other Injuries	19	39	33	16	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	37	7	147	- 110
Liver Cancer	21	29	18	34	- 5
Endocrine Disorders	22	26	30	19	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	23	24	39	4	+ 20
Stomach Cancer	24	24	15	50	- 26
Suicide	25	23	22	27	- 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	22	55	1	+ 21
Pancreas Cancer	27	20	9	90	- 71
Parkinson's Disease	28	19	16	50	- 30
Asthma	29	19	36	8	+ 11
Falls	30	19	14	52	- 33
Oral Cancer	31	19	23	25	- 6
Leukemia	32	18	21	28	- 10
Lymphomas	33	16	12	53	- 37
Malnutrition	34	16	60	0	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	35	14	27	22	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	13	37	7	+ 6
Drownings	37	11	48	2	+ 9
Tuberculosis	38	11	52	2	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	39	9	64	0	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	40	9	29	20	- 12
Skin Cancers	41	7	34	14	- 7
Epilepsy	42	7	43	3	+ 3
Drug Use	43	7	38	7	- 0
Fires	44	6	62	0	+ 6
Meningitis	45	6	56	1	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	5	49	2	+ 3
Pertussis	47	5	72	0	+ 5
Alcohol	48	5	47	3	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	49	4	19	33	- 29
Ovary Cancer	50	4	17	34	- 30
Syphilis	51	3	81	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	52	3	63	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	53	2	25	23	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	2	51	2	+ 0
Poisonings	55	2	58	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	56	2	65	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	57	2	28	21	- 19
Other Neoplasms	58	2	26	22	- 21
Schistosomiasis	59	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	60	1	53	1	- 1
Tetanus	61	1	74	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	45	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	63	0	61	0	+ 0
Dengue	64	0	78	0	+ 0
Malaria	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	80	0	+ 0
War	67	0	54	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	59	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Dominican Rep.

Malta

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.