SOLOMON ISL. VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,007	1	975	+ 32
Stroke	2	530	2	670	- 140
Road Traffic Accidents	3	466	8	111	+ 355
Diabetes Mellitus	4	186	4	322	- 136
Liver Disease	5	180	10	89	+ 91
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	151	3	371	- 219
Kidney Disease	7	143	15	64	+ 79
HIV/AIDS	8	130	80	0	+ 130
Violence	9	129	30	26	+ 103
Hypertension	10	127	13	76	+ 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	121	28	32	+ 90
Prostate Cancer	12	111	41	13	+ 98
Low Birth Weight	13	103	14	65	+ 38
Breast Cancer	14	98	26	34	+ 64
Lung Disease	15	91	6	209	- 117
Lung Cancers	16	84	27	33	+ 50
Congenital Anomalies	17	70	16	63	+ 7
Birth Trauma	18	61	21	51	+ 10
Other Injuries	19	60	17	60	- 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	57	31	23	+ 34
Liver Cancer	21	45	18	60	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	22	40	39	15	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	23	38	25	41	- 4
Stomach Cancer	24	37	44	12	+ 25
Suicide	25	36	9	98	- 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	34	5	218	- 184
Pancreas Cancer	27	31	51	4	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	28	30	34	21	+ 9
Asthma	29	30	12	78	- 49
Falls	30	29	20	55	- 25
Oral Cancer	31	29	49	8	+ 22
Leukemia	32	27	35	20	+ 7
Lymphomas	33	25	42	13	+ 12
Malnutrition	34	25	36	19	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	35	21	37	17	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	20	32	22	- 2
Drownings	37	17	11	80	- 64
Tuberculosis	38	16	23	45	- 28
Maternal Conditions	39	14	22	46	- 32
Oesophagus Cancer	40	13	57	1	+ 12
Skin Cancers	41	12	69	0	+ 12
Epilepsy	42	11	45	11	+ 0
Drug Use	43	10	58	1	+ 10
Fires	44	9	40	14	- 5
Meningitis	45	9	43	13	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	8	19	59	- 51
Pertussis	47	8	50	7	+ 1
Alcohol	48	8	48	9	- 1
Bladder Cancer	49	6	52	4	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	50	6	33	21	- 15
Syphilis	51	5	29	28	- 23
Appendicitis	52	4	55	1	+ 3
Skin Disease	53	3	46	10	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	3	60	0	+ 3
Poisonings	55	3	38	15	- 12
Encephalitis	56	3	54	2	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	57	3	47	9	- 6
Other Neoplasms	58	2	56	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	59	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	60	1	62	0	+ 1
Tetanus	61	1	59	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	61	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	53	3	- 2
Dengue	64	0	24	41	- 41
Malaria	65	0	7	146	- 145
Chlamydia	66	0	66	0	+ 0
War	67	0	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	70	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Dominican Rep.

Solomon Isl.

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.