TANZANIA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	93,470	9	13,215	+ 80,256
Stroke	2	49,165	7	16,894	+ 32,271
Road Traffic Accidents	3	43,268	5	18,054	+ 25,214
Diabetes Mellitus	4	17,228	15	6,247	+ 10,982
Liver Disease	5	16,718	13	6,586	+ 10,132
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	14,062	2	26,028	- 11,966
Kidney Disease	7	13,228	19	4,547	+ 8,681
HIV/AIDS	8	12,044	1	27,402	- 15,358
Violence	9	11,955	18	4,713	+ 7,242
Hypertension	10	11,814	17	5,209	+ 6,605
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	11,275	27	2,048	+ 9,227
Prostate Cancer	12	10,320	28	1,819	+ 8,501
Low Birth Weight	13	9,558	10	12,173	- 2,615
Breast Cancer	14	9,107	37	1,285	+ 7,822
Lung Disease	15	8,485	22	3,051	+ 5,433
Lung Cancers	16	7,757	61	159	+ 7,598
Congenital Anomalies	17	6,476	11	9,791	- 3,315
Birth Trauma	18	5,705	8	15,086	- 9,380
Other Injuries	19	5,552	20	4,270	+ 1,282
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	5,307	33	1,567	+ 3,740
Liver Cancer	21	4,142	36	1,413	+ 2,729
Endocrine Disorders	22	3,757	29	1,778	+ 1,979
Cervical Cancer	23	3,495	14	6,424	- 2,929
Stomach Cancer	24	3,415	39	1,190	+ 2,224
Suicide	25	3,303	24	2,474	+ 829
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	3,145	6	17,587	- 14,442
Pancreas Cancer	27	2,843	62	158	+ 2,685
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,784	45	513	+ 2,271
Asthma	29	2,750	30	1,700	+ 1,050
Falls	30	2,713	34	1,533	+ 1,180
Oral Cancer	31	2,706	31	1,646	+ 1,060
Leukemia	32	2,550	47	416	+ 2,134
Lymphomas	33	2,334	41	805	+ 1,529
Malnutrition	34	2,318	16	5,574	- 3,257
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,943	38	1,227	+ 716
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	1,840	46	462	+ 1,378
Drownings	37	1,546	32	1,642	- 96
Tuberculosis	38	1,509	4	20,269	- 18,760
Maternal Conditions	39	1,263	12	6,835	- 5,572
Oesophagus Cancer	40	1,251	25	2,247	- 997
Skin Cancers	41	1,074	42	744	+ 329
Epilepsy	42	987	43	707	+ 280
Drug Use	43	973	48	404	+ 569
Fires	44	868	35	1,424	- 556
Meningitis	45	834	21	3,188	- 2,354
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	765	50	401	+ 365
Pertussis	47	752	23	2,774	- 2,022
Alcohol	48	751	56	270	+ 480
Bladder Cancer	49	576	44	667	- 91
Ovary Cancer	50	554	53	337	+ 217
Syphilis	51	439	26	2,115	- 1,676
Appendicitis	52	416	58	218	+ 198
Skin Disease	53	311	52	359	- 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	302	63	81	+ 221
Poisonings	55	291	40	1,170	- 878
Encephalitis	56	277	59	199	+ 79
Uterin Cancer	57	269	57	218	+ 51
Other Neoplasms	58	221	64	58	+ 163
Schistosomiasis	59	137	51	371	- 234
Hepatitis C	60	107	66	40	+ 67
Tetanus	61	107	49	402	- 295
Multiple Sclerosis	62	82	68	27	+ 55
Hepatitis B	63	67	60	168	- 101
Dengue	64	29	73	2	+ 28
Malaria	65	25	3	21,758	- 21,733
Chlamydia	66	10	71	9	+ 1
War	67	7	67	30	- 22
Upper Respiratory	68	6	54	299	- 293
Diphtheria	69	4	70	11	- 6
Ascariasis	70	4	65	56	- 52
Otitis Media	71	0	69	17	- 17
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	55	295	- 295
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Dominican Rep.

Tanzania

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.