RWANDA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,875	4	3,605	+ 15,270
Stroke	2	9,928	2	5,060	+ 4,868
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,737	3	3,718	+ 5,019
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,479	11	1,858	+ 1,621
Liver Disease	5	3,376	8	2,548	+ 828
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,840	1	5,280	- 2,440
Kidney Disease	7	2,671	15	1,206	+ 1,465
HIV/AIDS	8	2,432	7	2,826	- 393
Violence	9	2,414	29	548	+ 1,866
Hypertension	10	2,386	14	1,357	+ 1,028
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,277	25	657	+ 1,620
Prostate Cancer	12	2,084	32	396	+ 1,688
Low Birth Weight	13	1,930	9	2,193	- 263
Breast Cancer	14	1,839	27	600	+ 1,239
Lung Disease	15	1,713	13	1,555	+ 159
Lung Cancers	16	1,566	39	234	+ 1,332
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,308	12	1,777	- 469
Birth Trauma	18	1,152	10	1,888	- 736
Other Injuries	19	1,121	17	944	+ 177
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,072	28	591	+ 481
Liver Cancer	21	836	23	706	+ 130
Endocrine Disorders	22	759	41	219	+ 539
Cervical Cancer	23	706	18	941	- 235
Stomach Cancer	24	690	20	780	- 91
Suicide	25	667	24	704	- 37
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	635	6	3,121	- 2,486
Pancreas Cancer	27	574	43	214	+ 360
Parkinson's Disease	28	562	47	146	+ 416
Asthma	29	555	22	717	- 162
Falls	30	548	31	412	+ 136
Oral Cancer	31	546	37	272	+ 274
Leukemia	32	515	35	317	+ 198
Lymphomas	33	471	30	450	+ 22
Malnutrition	34	468	16	1,168	- 700
Inflammatory/Heart	35	392	34	347	+ 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	371	33	362	+ 9
Drownings	37	312	36	285	+ 28
Tuberculosis	38	305	26	625	- 320
Maternal Conditions	39	255	21	722	- 467
Oesophagus Cancer	40	253	44	213	+ 39
Skin Cancers	41	217	50	113	+ 104
Epilepsy	42	199	45	191	+ 8
Drug Use	43	197	60	45	+ 152
Fires	44	175	38	270	- 94
Meningitis	45	168	19	847	- 679
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	155	48	136	+ 19
Pertussis	47	152	42	218	- 66
Alcohol	48	152	49	125	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	49	116	62	35	+ 81
Ovary Cancer	50	112	53	92	+ 20
Syphilis	51	89	46	173	- 84
Appendicitis	52	84	54	70	+ 14
Skin Disease	53	63	52	103	- 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	61	63	23	+ 38
Poisonings	55	59	40	220	- 161
Encephalitis	56	56	61	39	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	57	54	56	58	- 4
Other Neoplasms	58	45	64	16	+ 28
Schistosomiasis	59	28	51	111	- 83
Hepatitis C	60	22	65	12	+ 9
Tetanus	61	22	58	53	- 31
Multiple Sclerosis	62	16	66	7	+ 9
Hepatitis B	63	14	55	68	- 55
Dengue	64	6	72	0	+ 6
Malaria	65	5	5	3,298	- 3,293
Chlamydia	66	2	70	2	- 0
War	67	1	69	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	57	58	- 57
Diphtheria	69	1	71	1	- 0
Ascariasis	70	1	67	5	- 4
Otitis Media	71	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	59	51	- 51
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Dominican Rep.

Rwanda

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.