DOMINICAN REP. VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,904	1	14,986	+ 1,919
Liver Disease	2	5,845	5	2,680	+ 3,165
Stroke	3	4,262	2	7,882	- 3,620
Liver Cancer	4	2,383	21	664	+ 1,719
Hypertension	5	2,051	10	1,894	+ 157
Kidney Disease	6	2,050	7	2,121	- 71
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,012	6	2,254	- 242
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,860	4	2,762	- 902
Lung Disease	9	1,302	15	1,360	- 58
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,183	17	1,038	+ 144
Low Birth Weight	11	1,108	13	1,532	- 425
Road Traffic Accidents	12	986	3	6,937	- 5,951
Breast Cancer	13	892	14	1,460	- 568
Lymphomas	14	733	33	374	+ 359
Asthma	15	691	29	441	+ 250
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	678	11	1,808	- 1,130
Birth Trauma	17	594	18	915	- 321
Lung Cancers	18	552	16	1,244	- 692
Bladder Cancer	19	499	49	92	+ 407
Violence	20	405	9	1,917	- 1,512
Other Injuries	21	371	19	890	- 519
Leukemia	22	366	32	409	- 43
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	359	26	504	- 145
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	300	20	851	- 551
Suicide	25	294	25	530	- 236
Pancreas Cancer	26	283	27	456	- 173
Inflammatory/Heart	27	242	35	312	- 70
Parkinson's Disease	28	232	28	446	- 214
Endocrine Disorders	29	231	22	602	- 372
Falls	30	196	30	435	- 239
Ovary Cancer	31	189	50	89	+ 100
Stomach Cancer	32	179	24	547	- 368
Fires	33	152	44	139	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	130	36	295	- 165
Prostate Cancer	35	125	12	1,655	- 1,530
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	121	46	123	- 1
Drownings	37	109	37	248	- 139
Encephalitis	38	102	56	44	+ 57
Skin Cancers	39	99	41	172	- 74
Hepatitis B	40	96	63	11	+ 85
Oesophagus Cancer	41	92	40	200	- 108
Pertussis	42	88	47	121	- 32
Meningitis	43	80	45	134	- 53
Maternal Conditions	44	77	39	202	- 125
Oral Cancer	45	77	31	434	- 357
Malnutrition	46	74	34	372	- 298
War	47	69	67	1	+ 68
Cervical Cancer	48	61	23	560	- 500
Tetanus	49	53	61	17	+ 35
Epilepsy	50	44	42	158	- 114
Tuberculosis	51	42	38	242	- 200
Uterin Cancer	52	41	57	43	- 2
HIV/AIDS	53	39	8	1,931	- 1,892
Schistosomiasis	54	21	59	22	- 0
Skin Disease	55	21	53	50	- 28
Multiple Sclerosis	56	21	62	13	+ 8
Poisonings	57	19	55	47	- 28
Syphilis	58	15	51	70	- 55
Appendicitis	59	14	52	67	- 53
Alcohol	60	14	48	120	- 107
Other Neoplasms	61	11	58	35	- 24
Drug Use	62	11	43	156	- 145
Hepatitis C	63	9	60	17	- 8
Measles	64	4	79	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	54	48	- 46
Leishmaniasis	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	70	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	68	1	- 0
Dengue	69	0	64	5	- 4
Diphtheria	70	0	69	1	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	66	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	65	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Egypt

Dominican Rep.

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.