SWITZERLAND VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,277	1	10,713	+ 1,563
Stroke	2	6,457	3	3,918	+ 2,540
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,683	34	193	+ 5,490
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,263	17	1,022	+ 1,241
Liver Disease	5	2,196	21	677	+ 1,518
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,847	8	1,949	- 102
Kidney Disease	7	1,737	13	1,261	+ 476
HIV/AIDS	8	1,582	54	29	+ 1,553
Violence	9	1,570	51	42	+ 1,528
Hypertension	10	1,552	6	2,471	- 920
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,481	2	7,192	- 5,711
Prostate Cancer	12	1,355	10	1,579	- 224
Low Birth Weight	13	1,255	43	105	+ 1,150
Breast Cancer	14	1,196	11	1,577	- 381
Lung Disease	15	1,114	5	2,902	- 1,788
Lung Cancers	16	1,019	4	3,520	- 2,501
Congenital Anomalies	17	851	31	305	+ 545
Birth Trauma	18	749	52	32	+ 717
Other Injuries	19	729	30	410	+ 320
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	697	7	1,995	- 1,298
Liver Cancer	21	544	19	805	- 261
Endocrine Disorders	22	493	25	593	- 99
Cervical Cancer	23	459	42	105	+ 354
Stomach Cancer	24	448	24	614	- 165
Suicide	25	434	14	1,249	- 815
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	413	35	186	+ 227
Pancreas Cancer	27	373	12	1,486	- 1,113
Parkinson's Disease	28	366	18	857	- 491
Asthma	29	361	46	95	+ 267
Falls	30	356	9	1,919	- 1,563
Oral Cancer	31	355	26	500	- 145
Leukemia	32	335	22	671	- 336
Lymphomas	33	307	15	1,131	- 825
Malnutrition	34	304	47	84	+ 220
Inflammatory/Heart	35	255	16	1,027	- 772
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	242	41	122	+ 119
Drownings	37	203	50	49	+ 154
Tuberculosis	38	198	56	21	+ 177
Maternal Conditions	39	166	64	4	+ 162
Oesophagus Cancer	40	164	28	491	- 327
Skin Cancers	41	141	27	493	- 352
Epilepsy	42	130	39	159	- 29
Drug Use	43	128	36	176	- 48
Fires	44	114	55	21	+ 93
Meningitis	45	110	57	20	+ 90
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	101	48	78	+ 23
Pertussis	47	99	73	0	+ 99
Alcohol	48	99	32	229	- 130
Bladder Cancer	49	76	23	669	- 594
Ovary Cancer	50	73	29	457	- 384
Syphilis	51	58	65	2	+ 56
Appendicitis	52	55	59	15	+ 40
Skin Disease	53	41	40	129	- 88
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	40	49	68	- 28
Poisonings	55	38	60	13	+ 25
Encephalitis	56	36	68	1	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	57	35	33	224	- 188
Other Neoplasms	58	29	20	681	- 652
Schistosomiasis	59	18	72	0	+ 18
Hepatitis C	60	14	58	15	- 1
Tetanus	61	14	70	0	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	38	160	- 149
Hepatitis B	63	9	63	5	+ 4
Dengue	64	4	81	0	+ 4
Malaria	65	3	77	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	66	1	79	0	+ 1
War	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	61	11	- 10
Diphtheria	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	66	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	102	- 102
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	45	96	- 96
Osteoarthritis	84	0	37	170	- 170
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Dominican Rep.

Switzerland

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.