URUGUAY VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,746	1	4,265	+ 481
Stroke	2	2,496	2	2,850	- 354
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,197	16	512	+ 1,685
Diabetes Mellitus	4	875	11	747	+ 127
Liver Disease	5	849	27	206	+ 643
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	714	6	1,370	- 656
Kidney Disease	7	672	8	1,040	- 368
HIV/AIDS	8	612	28	195	+ 416
Violence	9	607	23	295	+ 312
Hypertension	10	600	15	648	- 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	573	3	1,899	- 1,326
Prostate Cancer	12	524	13	707	- 183
Low Birth Weight	13	485	42	73	+ 412
Breast Cancer	14	462	9	848	- 386
Lung Disease	15	431	4	1,706	- 1,275
Lung Cancers	16	394	5	1,463	- 1,069
Congenital Anomalies	17	329	30	170	+ 159
Birth Trauma	18	290	53	22	+ 267
Other Injuries	19	282	10	774	- 492
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	269	7	1,245	- 975
Liver Cancer	21	210	34	147	+ 63
Endocrine Disorders	22	191	17	487	- 296
Cervical Cancer	23	177	29	172	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	24	173	18	480	- 307
Suicide	25	168	12	735	- 568
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	160	35	134	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	27	144	14	656	- 511
Parkinson's Disease	28	141	21	320	- 179
Asthma	29	140	37	127	+ 13
Falls	30	138	47	55	+ 83
Oral Cancer	31	137	31	167	- 30
Leukemia	32	129	25	280	- 151
Lymphomas	33	119	20	457	- 339
Malnutrition	34	118	43	73	+ 45
Inflammatory/Heart	35	99	22	314	- 216
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	93	46	57	+ 37
Drownings	37	78	45	65	+ 14
Tuberculosis	38	77	41	81	- 4
Maternal Conditions	39	64	60	9	+ 55
Oesophagus Cancer	40	63	24	286	- 223
Skin Cancers	41	55	33	149	- 95
Epilepsy	42	50	40	86	- 36
Drug Use	43	49	49	41	+ 9
Fires	44	44	48	54	- 10
Meningitis	45	42	58	10	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	39	50	39	- 0
Pertussis	47	38	72	0	+ 38
Alcohol	48	38	39	104	- 66
Bladder Cancer	49	29	26	276	- 247
Ovary Cancer	50	28	32	160	- 132
Syphilis	51	22	66	3	+ 19
Appendicitis	52	21	59	9	+ 12
Skin Disease	53	16	36	130	- 114
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	15	51	35	- 19
Poisonings	55	15	55	17	- 2
Encephalitis	56	14	64	4	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	57	14	38	115	- 102
Other Neoplasms	58	11	19	464	- 452
Schistosomiasis	59	7	77	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	60	5	65	3	+ 2
Tetanus	61	5	71	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	56	13	- 9
Hepatitis B	63	3	63	4	- 1
Dengue	64	1	83	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	75	0	+ 0
War	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	5	- 5
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	61	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Dominican Rep.

Uruguay

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.