PERU VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,168	2	13,769	+ 31,399
Stroke	2	23,758	3	7,722	+ 16,037
Road Traffic Accidents	3	20,909	9	4,414	+ 16,494
Diabetes Mellitus	4	8,325	8	4,437	+ 3,889
Liver Disease	5	8,079	5	6,375	+ 1,703
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,795	1	15,326	- 8,531
Kidney Disease	7	6,392	4	7,234	- 842
HIV/AIDS	8	5,820	31	849	+ 4,971
Violence	9	5,777	12	3,013	+ 2,764
Hypertension	10	5,709	28	1,061	+ 4,648
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	5,449	6	5,811	- 363
Prostate Cancer	12	4,987	11	3,167	+ 1,820
Low Birth Weight	13	4,619	24	1,475	+ 3,143
Breast Cancer	14	4,401	20	1,969	+ 2,432
Lung Disease	15	4,100	15	2,519	+ 1,582
Lung Cancers	16	3,748	10	3,169	+ 580
Congenital Anomalies	17	3,129	19	1,997	+ 1,133
Birth Trauma	18	2,757	37	537	+ 2,220
Other Injuries	19	2,683	13	2,876	- 193
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	2,565	14	2,642	- 77
Liver Cancer	21	2,002	16	2,476	- 475
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,816	40	474	+ 1,341
Cervical Cancer	23	1,689	21	1,924	- 235
Stomach Cancer	24	1,650	7	5,072	- 3,422
Suicide	25	1,596	30	903	+ 693
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	1,520	27	1,108	+ 412
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,374	23	1,607	- 233
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,345	26	1,270	+ 76
Asthma	29	1,329	50	208	+ 1,121
Falls	30	1,311	25	1,285	+ 26
Oral Cancer	31	1,308	38	519	+ 788
Leukemia	32	1,232	22	1,850	- 618
Lymphomas	33	1,128	18	2,254	- 1,126
Malnutrition	34	1,120	29	1,006	+ 114
Inflammatory/Heart	35	939	39	494	+ 445
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	889	35	609	+ 280
Drownings	37	747	36	584	+ 163
Tuberculosis	38	729	17	2,377	- 1,648
Maternal Conditions	39	610	43	345	+ 265
Oesophagus Cancer	40	604	42	394	+ 210
Skin Cancers	41	519	32	786	- 267
Epilepsy	42	477	47	262	+ 215
Drug Use	43	470	34	635	- 165
Fires	44	419	49	239	+ 181
Meningitis	45	403	56	118	+ 285
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	370	51	198	+ 172
Pertussis	47	363	48	260	+ 103
Alcohol	48	363	44	321	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	49	278	41	463	- 184
Ovary Cancer	50	268	33	713	- 446
Syphilis	51	212	52	182	+ 30
Appendicitis	52	201	53	170	+ 30
Skin Disease	53	150	54	156	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	146	57	107	+ 38
Poisonings	55	141	55	126	+ 15
Encephalitis	56	134	46	281	- 147
Uterin Cancer	57	130	45	304	- 174
Other Neoplasms	58	107	58	54	+ 52
Schistosomiasis	59	66	77	0	+ 66
Hepatitis C	60	52	65	4	+ 48
Tetanus	61	51	60	48	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	39	62	35	+ 5
Hepatitis B	63	33	64	10	+ 23
Dengue	64	14	66	4	+ 11
Malaria	65	12	61	35	- 23
Chlamydia	66	5	68	3	+ 2
War	67	4	67	3	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	3	63	11	- 8
Diphtheria	69	2	70	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	2	69	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	59	49	- 49
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PERU

Dominican Rep.

Peru

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.