YEMEN VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	DOMINICAN REP.		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	44,531	1	30,158	+ 14,374
Stroke	2	23,423	2	13,570	+ 9,853
Road Traffic Accidents	3	20,614	6	8,561	+ 12,053
Diabetes Mellitus	4	8,208	19	1,794	+ 6,414
Liver Disease	5	7,965	13	2,891	+ 5,074
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,699	4	11,978	- 5,279
Kidney Disease	7	6,302	15	2,679	+ 3,624
HIV/AIDS	8	5,738	46	396	+ 5,342
Violence	9	5,695	14	2,839	+ 2,856
Hypertension	10	5,628	8	5,293	+ 335
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	5,372	22	1,405	+ 3,967
Prostate Cancer	12	4,917	63	39	+ 4,877
Low Birth Weight	13	4,553	5	8,810	- 4,256
Breast Cancer	14	4,339	26	1,134	+ 3,205
Lung Disease	15	4,042	11	3,196	+ 846
Lung Cancers	16	3,696	41	569	+ 3,126
Congenital Anomalies	17	3,085	10	4,291	- 1,206
Birth Trauma	18	2,718	7	5,939	- 3,221
Other Injuries	19	2,645	16	2,225	+ 420
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	2,529	30	913	+ 1,616
Liver Cancer	21	1,973	39	609	+ 1,364
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,790	36	738	+ 1,052
Cervical Cancer	23	1,665	57	119	+ 1,546
Stomach Cancer	24	1,627	31	902	+ 725
Suicide	25	1,574	21	1,699	- 125
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	1,498	9	4,372	- 2,873
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,354	51	283	+ 1,071
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,326	49	362	+ 965
Asthma	29	1,310	17	2,106	- 796
Falls	30	1,293	24	1,170	+ 123
Oral Cancer	31	1,289	42	547	+ 742
Leukemia	32	1,215	34	776	+ 438
Lymphomas	33	1,112	45	433	+ 679
Malnutrition	34	1,104	27	1,058	+ 46
Inflammatory/Heart	35	926	40	585	+ 341
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	876	33	833	+ 43
Drownings	37	736	25	1,142	- 406
Tuberculosis	38	719	18	1,899	- 1,180
Maternal Conditions	39	602	32	890	- 288
Oesophagus Cancer	40	596	35	765	- 169
Skin Cancers	41	512	58	100	+ 412
Epilepsy	42	470	43	539	- 69
Drug Use	43	464	38	613	- 149
Fires	44	414	29	991	- 577
Meningitis	45	397	28	1,018	- 621
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	365	37	707	- 342
Pertussis	47	358	23	1,239	- 881
Alcohol	48	358	59	78	+ 279
Bladder Cancer	49	274	55	160	+ 114
Ovary Cancer	50	264	52	188	+ 76
Syphilis	51	209	53	175	+ 34
Appendicitis	52	198	54	162	+ 36
Skin Disease	53	148	61	44	+ 104
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	144	66	14	+ 130
Poisonings	55	139	44	532	- 393
Encephalitis	56	132	48	369	- 237
Uterin Cancer	57	128	69	5	+ 123
Other Neoplasms	58	105	64	21	+ 84
Schistosomiasis	59	65	56	124	- 59
Hepatitis C	60	51	68	8	+ 43
Tetanus	61	51	47	395	- 344
Multiple Sclerosis	62	39	62	42	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	32	50	299	- 267
Dengue	64	14	60	71	- 57
Malaria	65	12	20	1,719	- 1,707
Chlamydia	66	5	72	1	+ 4
War	67	4	3	12,915	- 12,911
Upper Respiratory	68	3	70	5	- 2
Diphtheria	69	2	67	14	- 12
Ascariasis	70	2	65	17	- 15
Otitis Media	71	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	71	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	12	3,019	- 3,019
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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 YEMEN

Dominican Rep.

Yemen

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.