SLOVENIA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,907	1	3,617	- 710
Stroke	2	1,529	2	1,977	- 448
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,346	31	105	+ 1,241
Diabetes Mellitus	4	536	18	340	+ 196
Liver Disease	5	520	12	429	+ 91
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	437	13	412	+ 26
Kidney Disease	7	411	28	143	+ 268
HIV/AIDS	8	375	70	0	+ 375
Violence	9	372	42	19	+ 353
Hypertension	10	367	4	881	- 513
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	351	16	375	- 25
Prostate Cancer	12	321	10	476	- 155
Low Birth Weight	13	297	43	17	+ 280
Breast Cancer	14	283	9	484	- 201
Lung Disease	15	264	7	675	- 411
Lung Cancers	16	241	3	1,261	- 1,020
Congenital Anomalies	17	201	38	49	+ 152
Birth Trauma	18	177	57	1	+ 176
Other Injuries	19	173	23	203	- 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	165	5	743	- 578
Liver Cancer	21	129	19	285	- 156
Endocrine Disorders	22	117	33	93	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	23	109	36	60	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	24	106	17	341	- 234
Suicide	25	103	14	411	- 309
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	98	52	4	+ 94
Pancreas Cancer	27	88	15	409	- 321
Parkinson's Disease	28	87	24	196	- 110
Asthma	29	86	45	16	+ 69
Falls	30	84	6	708	- 623
Oral Cancer	31	84	27	145	- 61
Leukemia	32	79	21	225	- 146
Lymphomas	33	73	11	465	- 392
Malnutrition	34	72	64	0	+ 72
Inflammatory/Heart	35	60	20	239	- 179
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	57	37	55	+ 3
Drownings	37	48	44	17	+ 31
Tuberculosis	38	47	46	15	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	39	39	56	1	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	40	39	32	93	- 54
Skin Cancers	41	33	25	191	- 157
Epilepsy	42	31	35	62	- 32
Drug Use	43	30	41	24	+ 6
Fires	44	27	48	8	+ 19
Meningitis	45	26	50	5	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	24	26	151	- 128
Pertussis	47	23	66	0	+ 23
Alcohol	48	23	8	511	- 488
Bladder Cancer	49	18	22	211	- 194
Ovary Cancer	50	17	29	122	- 105
Syphilis	51	14	55	2	+ 12
Appendicitis	52	13	54	2	+ 11
Skin Disease	53	10	49	5	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	9	40	30	- 20
Poisonings	55	9	51	4	+ 5
Encephalitis	56	9	65	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	57	8	30	106	- 97
Other Neoplasms	58	7	34	69	- 62
Schistosomiasis	59	4	82	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	60	3	67	0	+ 3
Tetanus	61	3	59	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	39	35	- 32
Hepatitis B	63	2	58	1	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	75	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	71	0	+ 0
War	67	0	61	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	62	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	60	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	47	9	- 9
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	53	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

Dominican Rep.

Slovenia

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.