NAMIBIA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,885	5	1,221	+ 2,664
Stroke	2	2,043	4	1,333	+ 710
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,798	6	868	+ 930
Diabetes Mellitus	4	716	7	724	- 8
Liver Disease	5	695	14	336	+ 359
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	584	2	1,464	- 880
Kidney Disease	7	550	15	322	+ 228
HIV/AIDS	8	501	1	2,928	- 2,428
Violence	9	497	11	450	+ 47
Hypertension	10	491	12	428	+ 63
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	469	21	176	+ 293
Prostate Cancer	12	429	31	94	+ 335
Low Birth Weight	13	397	9	516	- 119
Breast Cancer	14	378	24	121	+ 257
Lung Disease	15	353	10	461	- 109
Lung Cancers	16	322	35	59	+ 264
Congenital Anomalies	17	269	16	283	- 14
Birth Trauma	18	237	13	345	- 107
Other Injuries	19	231	19	207	+ 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	221	36	54	+ 166
Liver Cancer	21	172	41	45	+ 127
Endocrine Disorders	22	156	33	73	+ 83
Cervical Cancer	23	145	23	133	+ 12
Stomach Cancer	24	142	45	33	+ 109
Suicide	25	137	17	243	- 105
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	131	8	645	- 514
Pancreas Cancer	27	118	53	18	+ 101
Parkinson's Disease	28	116	42	43	+ 72
Asthma	29	114	20	200	- 86
Falls	30	113	34	62	+ 51
Oral Cancer	31	112	30	100	+ 13
Leukemia	32	106	49	24	+ 82
Lymphomas	33	97	40	46	+ 51
Malnutrition	34	96	18	224	- 127
Inflammatory/Heart	35	81	22	162	- 81
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	76	32	76	+ 1
Drownings	37	64	26	110	- 45
Tuberculosis	38	63	3	1,416	- 1,354
Maternal Conditions	39	52	25	110	- 58
Oesophagus Cancer	40	52	52	21	+ 31
Skin Cancers	41	45	29	108	- 63
Epilepsy	42	41	38	49	- 8
Drug Use	43	40	46	32	+ 9
Fires	44	36	28	109	- 73
Meningitis	45	35	27	109	- 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	32	44	33	- 1
Pertussis	47	31	37	54	- 23
Alcohol	48	31	48	28	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	49	24	54	16	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	50	23	50	23	- 0
Syphilis	51	18	43	35	- 17
Appendicitis	52	17	58	9	+ 8
Skin Disease	53	13	47	31	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	13	57	9	+ 3
Poisonings	55	12	39	46	- 34
Encephalitis	56	12	59	8	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	57	11	56	11	- 0
Other Neoplasms	58	9	60	8	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	59	6	55	14	- 8
Hepatitis C	60	4	66	1	+ 4
Tetanus	61	4	62	6	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	64	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	3	63	4	- 2
Dengue	64	1	74	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	51	22	- 20
Chlamydia	66	0	68	0	+ 0
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	61	6	- 6
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	65	2	- 2
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Dominican Rep.

Namibia

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.