MAURITIUS VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,816	2	1,805	+ 11
Stroke	2	955	3	985	- 30
Road Traffic Accidents	3	841	11	155	+ 685
Diabetes Mellitus	4	335	1	1,873	- 1,539
Liver Disease	5	325	12	145	+ 179
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	273	7	346	- 73
Kidney Disease	7	257	4	724	- 467
HIV/AIDS	8	234	13	141	+ 93
Violence	9	232	41	30	+ 203
Hypertension	10	229	6	592	- 362
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	219	34	42	+ 177
Prostate Cancer	12	200	15	115	+ 85
Low Birth Weight	13	186	35	37	+ 149
Breast Cancer	14	177	8	232	- 55
Lung Disease	15	165	5	646	- 482
Lung Cancers	16	151	9	182	- 32
Congenital Anomalies	17	126	25	57	+ 69
Birth Trauma	18	111	36	37	+ 74
Other Injuries	19	108	21	66	+ 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	103	10	182	- 79
Liver Cancer	21	80	27	56	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	22	73	19	101	- 28
Cervical Cancer	23	68	30	49	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	24	66	18	104	- 38
Suicide	25	64	14	120	- 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	61	42	23	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	27	55	28	55	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	28	54	47	12	+ 42
Asthma	29	53	17	107	- 54
Falls	30	53	26	57	- 4
Oral Cancer	31	53	23	63	- 11
Leukemia	32	50	31	48	+ 1
Lymphomas	33	45	24	57	- 11
Malnutrition	34	45	54	4	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	35	38	16	108	- 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	36	43	22	+ 13
Drownings	37	30	33	43	- 13
Tuberculosis	38	29	45	17	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	39	25	48	11	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	40	24	37	35	- 11
Skin Cancers	41	21	53	5	+ 16
Epilepsy	42	19	38	35	- 16
Drug Use	43	19	46	16	+ 3
Fires	44	17	50	10	+ 6
Meningitis	45	16	57	2	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	15	56	3	+ 12
Pertussis	47	15	66	0	+ 15
Alcohol	48	15	29	53	- 39
Bladder Cancer	49	11	44	21	- 10
Ovary Cancer	50	11	32	46	- 35
Syphilis	51	9	67	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	52	8	59	1	+ 7
Skin Disease	53	6	22	64	- 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	6	60	1	+ 5
Poisonings	55	6	49	11	- 5
Encephalitis	56	5	61	1	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	57	5	40	32	- 27
Other Neoplasms	58	4	20	77	- 73
Schistosomiasis	59	3	69	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	60	2	51	9	- 7
Tetanus	61	2	76	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	84	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	1	65	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	74	0	+ 0
War	67	0	62	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	82	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	52	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Dominican Rep.

Mauritius

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.