SWAZILAND VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,577	5	755	+ 822
Stroke	2	829	4	800	+ 29
Road Traffic Accidents	3	730	7	384	+ 346
Diabetes Mellitus	4	291	3	892	- 601
Liver Disease	5	282	11	274	+ 8
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	237	2	921	- 683
Kidney Disease	7	223	8	381	- 158
HIV/AIDS	8	203	1	2,314	- 2,110
Violence	9	202	16	212	- 11
Hypertension	10	199	10	292	- 93
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	190	27	77	+ 114
Prostate Cancer	12	174	31	45	+ 129
Low Birth Weight	13	161	14	233	- 72
Breast Cancer	14	154	35	37	+ 117
Lung Disease	15	143	12	264	- 121
Lung Cancers	16	131	46	17	+ 114
Congenital Anomalies	17	109	19	160	- 51
Birth Trauma	18	96	18	166	- 70
Other Injuries	19	94	17	190	- 96
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	90	43	19	+ 71
Liver Cancer	21	70	37	29	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	22	63	28	74	- 11
Cervical Cancer	23	59	15	215	- 156
Stomach Cancer	24	58	53	7	+ 51
Suicide	25	56	9	338	- 282
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	53	6	517	- 464
Pancreas Cancer	27	48	56	6	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	28	47	41	24	+ 23
Asthma	29	46	20	150	- 103
Falls	30	46	32	41	+ 5
Oral Cancer	31	46	51	10	+ 35
Leukemia	32	43	47	16	+ 27
Lymphomas	33	39	36	31	+ 8
Malnutrition	34	39	22	106	- 67
Inflammatory/Heart	35	33	24	94	- 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	31	29	51	- 20
Drownings	37	26	25	87	- 61
Tuberculosis	38	25	13	256	- 230
Maternal Conditions	39	21	21	116	- 94
Oesophagus Cancer	40	21	44	18	+ 3
Skin Cancers	41	18	42	20	- 2
Epilepsy	42	17	30	46	- 29
Drug Use	43	16	38	27	- 10
Fires	44	15	26	84	- 69
Meningitis	45	14	23	97	- 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	13	39	26	- 13
Pertussis	47	13	33	39	- 26
Alcohol	48	13	48	16	- 3
Bladder Cancer	49	10	55	6	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	50	9	52	10	- 1
Syphilis	51	7	45	17	- 10
Appendicitis	52	7	54	7	+ 0
Skin Disease	53	5	40	25	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	5	58	5	+ 0
Poisonings	55	5	34	37	- 33
Encephalitis	56	5	59	5	- 0
Uterin Cancer	57	5	50	11	- 7
Other Neoplasms	58	4	61	4	- 0
Schistosomiasis	59	2	49	13	- 11
Hepatitis C	60	2	65	0	+ 1
Tetanus	61	2	62	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	63	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	57	6	- 5
Dengue	64	0	72	0	+ 0
Malaria	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	- 0
War	67	0	71	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	4	- 4
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
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	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	64	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	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 SWAZILAND

Dominican Rep.

Swaziland

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.