SRI LANKA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,457	1	26,304	+ 4,153
Stroke	2	16,020	6	6,805	+ 9,215
Road Traffic Accidents	3	14,099	9	4,200	+ 9,899
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,614	2	12,460	- 6,846
Liver Disease	5	5,448	17	1,303	+ 4,145
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,582	8	5,117	- 535
Kidney Disease	7	4,310	5	6,858	- 2,548
HIV/AIDS	8	3,925	55	39	+ 3,885
Violence	9	3,895	31	499	+ 3,396
Hypertension	10	3,849	20	1,055	+ 2,794
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,674	4	6,939	- 3,264
Prostate Cancer	12	3,363	30	507	+ 2,856
Low Birth Weight	13	3,114	29	536	+ 2,578
Breast Cancer	14	2,968	15	1,383	+ 1,585
Lung Disease	15	2,765	3	9,456	- 6,692
Lung Cancers	16	2,528	12	1,775	+ 753
Congenital Anomalies	17	2,110	22	989	+ 1,121
Birth Trauma	18	1,859	44	193	+ 1,666
Other Injuries	19	1,809	14	1,529	+ 280
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,729	24	911	+ 818
Liver Cancer	21	1,350	19	1,090	+ 259
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,224	32	462	+ 762
Cervical Cancer	23	1,139	26	762	+ 377
Stomach Cancer	24	1,113	16	1,321	- 208
Suicide	25	1,076	10	2,977	- 1,901
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	1,025	28	605	+ 420
Pancreas Cancer	27	926	43	214	+ 713
Parkinson's Disease	28	907	45	168	+ 739
Asthma	29	896	7	6,471	- 5,575
Falls	30	884	23	964	- 80
Oral Cancer	31	882	11	2,893	- 2,012
Leukemia	32	831	18	1,155	- 324
Lymphomas	33	761	21	1,027	- 267
Malnutrition	34	755	54	43	+ 712
Inflammatory/Heart	35	633	35	425	+ 208
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	599	56	38	+ 561
Drownings	37	504	27	731	- 227
Tuberculosis	38	492	25	769	- 277
Maternal Conditions	39	412	48	96	+ 315
Oesophagus Cancer	40	407	13	1,544	- 1,137
Skin Cancers	41	350	52	58	+ 292
Epilepsy	42	322	39	269	+ 52
Drug Use	43	317	40	257	+ 60
Fires	44	283	41	239	+ 44
Meningitis	45	272	46	146	+ 126
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	249	53	49	+ 200
Pertussis	47	245	59	15	+ 231
Alcohol	48	245	51	82	+ 162
Bladder Cancer	49	188	34	432	- 244
Ovary Cancer	50	180	37	281	- 101
Syphilis	51	143	58	15	+ 128
Appendicitis	52	135	64	5	+ 130
Skin Disease	53	101	36	293	- 191
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	98	60	11	+ 87
Poisonings	55	95	49	93	+ 2
Encephalitis	56	90	61	10	+ 80
Uterin Cancer	57	88	42	218	- 130
Other Neoplasms	58	72	50	86	- 14
Schistosomiasis	59	45	81	0	+ 45
Hepatitis C	60	35	75	0	+ 35
Tetanus	61	35	57	27	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	27	69	2	+ 24
Hepatitis B	63	22	62	6	+ 16
Dengue	64	10	47	131	- 121
Malaria	65	8	80	0	+ 8
Chlamydia	66	3	84	0	+ 3
War	67	2	38	280	- 277
Upper Respiratory	68	2	66	5	- 3
Diphtheria	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	63	6	- 6
Chagas disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	33	445	- 445
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	65	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	84	0	67	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	70	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	68	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Dominican Rep.

Sri Lanka

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.