PANAMA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,194	1	2,624	+ 3,570
Stroke	2	3,258	2	2,006	+ 1,252
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,867	9	591	+ 2,276
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,142	4	1,070	+ 72
Liver Disease	5	1,108	15	325	+ 782
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	932	7	697	+ 235
Kidney Disease	7	877	3	1,106	- 230
HIV/AIDS	8	798	8	653	+ 145
Violence	9	792	6	730	+ 62
Hypertension	10	783	10	510	+ 273
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	747	17	296	+ 451
Prostate Cancer	12	684	12	390	+ 294
Low Birth Weight	13	633	22	238	+ 396
Breast Cancer	14	603	19	279	+ 325
Lung Disease	15	562	5	815	- 253
Lung Cancers	16	514	16	303	+ 211
Congenital Anomalies	17	429	13	378	+ 52
Birth Trauma	18	378	36	94	+ 284
Other Injuries	19	368	35	100	+ 268
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	352	14	352	- 1
Liver Cancer	21	274	27	182	+ 93
Endocrine Disorders	22	249	18	279	- 30
Cervical Cancer	23	232	26	185	+ 47
Stomach Cancer	24	226	11	397	- 171
Suicide	25	219	32	121	+ 98
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	208	28	163	+ 45
Pancreas Cancer	27	188	29	135	+ 53
Parkinson's Disease	28	184	33	115	+ 70
Asthma	29	182	43	56	+ 126
Falls	30	180	37	92	+ 88
Oral Cancer	31	179	38	78	+ 101
Leukemia	32	169	25	189	- 20
Lymphomas	33	155	24	205	- 50
Malnutrition	34	154	31	122	+ 31
Inflammatory/Heart	35	129	20	270	- 141
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	122	50	30	+ 92
Drownings	37	102	34	103	- 1
Tuberculosis	38	100	23	223	- 123
Maternal Conditions	39	84	48	32	+ 51
Oesophagus Cancer	40	83	45	52	+ 31
Skin Cancers	41	71	44	56	+ 15
Epilepsy	42	65	39	66	- 1
Drug Use	43	64	47	33	+ 32
Fires	44	58	57	11	+ 46
Meningitis	45	55	52	27	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	51	53	25	+ 26
Pertussis	47	50	74	0	+ 50
Alcohol	48	50	49	30	+ 20
Bladder Cancer	49	38	46	33	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	50	37	41	64	- 27
Syphilis	51	29	65	1	+ 28
Appendicitis	52	28	56	11	+ 16
Skin Disease	53	21	30	127	- 107
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	20	55	14	+ 6
Poisonings	55	19	61	4	+ 15
Encephalitis	56	18	63	3	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	57	18	40	66	- 48
Other Neoplasms	58	15	21	256	- 241
Schistosomiasis	59	9	80	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	60	7	66	1	+ 6
Tetanus	61	7	69	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	62	3	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	4	59	7	- 3
Dengue	64	2	64	2	+ 0
Malaria	65	2	81	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	66	1	84	0	+ 1
War	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	54	14	- 13
Diphtheria	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	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	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	58	10	- 10
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Dominican Rep.

Panama

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.