SLOVAKIA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		SLOVAKIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,709	1	10,654	- 2,945
Stroke	2	4,055	3	3,756	+ 299
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,568	27	331	+ 3,237
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,421	16	750	+ 671
Liver Disease	5	1,379	7	1,425	- 47
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,160	6	2,024	- 864
Kidney Disease	7	1,091	14	830	+ 261
HIV/AIDS	8	993	65	2	+ 991
Violence	9	986	42	59	+ 927
Hypertension	10	974	11	1,034	- 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	930	2	4,482	- 3,552
Prostate Cancer	12	851	12	968	- 117
Low Birth Weight	13	788	39	97	+ 691
Breast Cancer	14	751	10	1,071	- 320
Lung Disease	15	700	9	1,121	- 422
Lung Cancers	16	640	4	2,562	- 1,922
Congenital Anomalies	17	534	36	167	+ 367
Birth Trauma	18	471	52	15	+ 456
Other Injuries	19	458	20	554	- 96
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	438	5	2,528	- 2,091
Liver Cancer	21	342	22	469	- 128
Endocrine Disorders	22	310	37	163	+ 147
Cervical Cancer	23	288	32	273	+ 16
Stomach Cancer	24	282	15	827	- 545
Suicide	25	272	19	660	- 387
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	259	47	34	+ 225
Pancreas Cancer	27	234	13	876	- 641
Parkinson's Disease	28	230	29	310	- 80
Asthma	29	227	44	47	+ 180
Falls	30	224	8	1,277	- 1,054
Oral Cancer	31	223	18	716	- 493
Leukemia	32	210	23	448	- 238
Lymphomas	33	192	17	736	- 543
Malnutrition	34	191	49	29	+ 162
Inflammatory/Heart	35	160	25	339	- 178
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	152	31	274	- 122
Drownings	37	127	38	144	- 16
Tuberculosis	38	124	50	26	+ 98
Maternal Conditions	39	104	63	3	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	40	103	28	314	- 210
Skin Cancers	41	89	24	357	- 269
Epilepsy	42	81	35	168	- 86
Drug Use	43	80	45	45	+ 36
Fires	44	72	46	39	+ 33
Meningitis	45	69	51	25	+ 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	63	41	70	- 7
Pertussis	47	62	61	4	+ 58
Alcohol	48	62	33	219	- 157
Bladder Cancer	49	48	21	489	- 441
Ovary Cancer	50	46	26	334	- 289
Syphilis	51	36	62	3	+ 33
Appendicitis	52	34	55	9	+ 25
Skin Disease	53	26	34	170	- 144
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	25	53	15	+ 10
Poisonings	55	24	48	30	- 6
Encephalitis	56	23	67	1	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	57	22	30	280	- 258
Other Neoplasms	58	18	40	93	- 75
Schistosomiasis	59	11	74	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	60	9	54	12	- 4
Tetanus	61	9	71	0	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	43	55	- 48
Hepatitis B	63	6	56	8	- 2
Dengue	64	2	81	0	+ 2
Malaria	65	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	66	1	73	0	+ 1
War	67	1	68	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	58	6	- 6
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	64	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	59	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	7	- 7
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVAKIA

Dominican Rep.

Slovakia

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.