ZAMBIA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,818	10	4,432	+ 24,386
Stroke	2	15,158	3	7,948	+ 7,210
Road Traffic Accidents	3	13,340	11	3,654	+ 9,686
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,312	14	2,395	+ 2,917
Liver Disease	5	5,154	9	4,501	+ 654
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,335	2	9,517	- 5,182
Kidney Disease	7	4,078	18	1,760	+ 2,318
HIV/AIDS	8	3,713	1	17,234	- 13,521
Violence	9	3,686	23	1,153	+ 2,533
Hypertension	10	3,642	13	2,616	+ 1,026
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,476	29	590	+ 2,887
Prostate Cancer	12	3,182	30	561	+ 2,620
Low Birth Weight	13	2,947	8	4,857	- 1,910
Breast Cancer	14	2,808	35	366	+ 2,442
Lung Disease	15	2,616	21	1,273	+ 1,343
Lung Cancers	16	2,392	41	226	+ 2,166
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,997	12	3,146	- 1,149
Birth Trauma	18	1,759	7	5,062	- 3,303
Other Injuries	19	1,712	19	1,729	- 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,636	43	203	+ 1,434
Liver Cancer	21	1,277	46	177	+ 1,100
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,158	37	354	+ 805
Cervical Cancer	23	1,077	17	1,799	- 721
Stomach Cancer	24	1,053	42	206	+ 846
Suicide	25	1,018	20	1,303	- 284
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	970	5	6,275	- 5,306
Pancreas Cancer	27	876	62	42	+ 834
Parkinson's Disease	28	858	47	164	+ 694
Asthma	29	848	26	741	+ 107
Falls	30	836	28	596	+ 240
Oral Cancer	31	834	48	155	+ 679
Leukemia	32	786	39	261	+ 525
Lymphomas	33	720	31	548	+ 172
Malnutrition	34	715	15	2,303	- 1,588
Inflammatory/Heart	35	599	33	501	+ 98
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	567	40	246	+ 322
Drownings	37	477	27	689	- 212
Tuberculosis	38	465	6	5,941	- 5,476
Maternal Conditions	39	389	22	1,188	- 799
Oesophagus Cancer	40	386	36	359	+ 27
Skin Cancers	41	331	54	108	+ 223
Epilepsy	42	304	38	332	- 28
Drug Use	43	300	53	122	+ 178
Fires	44	268	32	546	- 279
Meningitis	45	257	16	1,976	- 1,719
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	236	45	190	+ 46
Pertussis	47	232	25	743	- 511
Alcohol	48	231	49	140	+ 92
Bladder Cancer	49	178	50	132	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	50	171	57	82	+ 88
Syphilis	51	135	24	885	- 750
Appendicitis	52	128	56	84	+ 44
Skin Disease	53	96	52	126	- 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	93	63	30	+ 63
Poisonings	55	90	34	456	- 366
Encephalitis	56	85	59	70	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	57	83	64	30	+ 53
Other Neoplasms	58	68	65	20	+ 48
Schistosomiasis	59	42	51	128	- 86
Hepatitis C	60	33	66	18	+ 15
Tetanus	61	33	44	190	- 157
Multiple Sclerosis	62	25	67	13	+ 12
Hepatitis B	63	21	55	104	- 83
Dengue	64	9	74	1	+ 8
Malaria	65	8	4	7,882	- 7,874
Chlamydia	66	3	71	3	- 0
War	67	2	69	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	68	2	60	68	- 66
Diphtheria	69	1	73	3	- 1
Ascariasis	70	1	68	9	- 7
Otitis Media	71	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	58	72	- 72
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	61	48	- 48
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Dominican Rep.

Zambia

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.