DOMINICAN REP. VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,486	1	14,986	- 5,500
Violence	2	8,950	9	1,917	+ 7,034
Kidney Disease	3	7,711	7	2,121	+ 5,590
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,945	6	2,254	+ 1,691
Stroke	5	2,603	2	7,882	- 5,279
Lung Disease	6	2,435	15	1,360	+ 1,075
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,260	4	2,762	- 502
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,198	3	6,937	- 4,739
HIV/AIDS	9	1,374	8	1,931	- 557
Liver Disease	10	1,301	5	2,680	- 1,380
Stomach Cancer	11	1,146	24	547	+ 598
Alcohol	12	1,058	48	120	+ 937
Cervical Cancer	13	737	23	560	+ 176
Congenital Anomalies	14	733	17	1,038	- 306
Suicide	15	637	25	530	+ 108
Liver Cancer	16	580	21	664	- 85
Prostate Cancer	17	536	12	1,655	- 1,119
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	522	11	1,808	- 1,286
Low Birth Weight	19	517	13	1,532	- 1,015
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	513	20	851	- 338
Leukemia	21	509	32	409	+ 100
Breast Cancer	22	476	14	1,460	- 985
Lung Cancers	23	473	16	1,244	- 771
Falls	24	396	30	435	- 39
Endocrine Disorders	25	363	22	602	- 239
Malnutrition	26	350	34	372	- 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	325	26	504	- 180
Lymphomas	28	304	33	374	- 70
Pancreas Cancer	29	262	27	456	- 193
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	256	36	295	- 39
Hypertension	31	238	10	1,894	- 1,656
Other Neoplasms	32	237	58	35	+ 201
Drownings	33	223	37	248	- 25
Anemia	34	214	81	0	+ 214
Asthma	35	199	29	441	- 242
Skin Disease	36	197	53	50	+ 147
Birth Trauma	37	197	18	915	- 718
Other Injuries	38	156	19	890	- 735
Oral Cancer	39	153	31	434	- 281
Ovary Cancer	40	152	50	89	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	41	131	40	200	- 69
Inflammatory/Heart	42	126	35	312	- 185
Drug Use	43	120	43	156	- 36
Parkinson's Disease	44	114	28	446	- 333
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	104	85	0	+ 104
Tuberculosis	46	98	38	242	- 144
Skin Cancers	47	97	41	172	- 75
Epilepsy	48	82	42	158	- 76
Bladder Cancer	49	68	49	92	- 24
Uterin Cancer	50	64	57	43	+ 21
Meningitis	51	58	45	134	- 76
Pertussis	52	52	47	121	- 68
Maternal Conditions	53	43	39	202	- 159
Fires	54	35	44	139	- 104
Chagas disease	55	29	73	0	+ 29
Appendicitis	56	29	52	67	- 37
Poisonings	57	24	55	47	- 22
Syphilis	58	23	51	70	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	23	54	48	- 25
Tetanus	60	18	61	17	+ 1
Dengue	61	15	64	5	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	62	14	68	1	+ 13
Encephalitis	63	12	56	44	- 33
Multiple Sclerosis	64	11	62	13	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	10	46	123	- 113
Hepatitis B	66	7	63	11	- 3
Schizophrenia	67	6	83	0	+ 6
Oral conditions	68	4	86	0	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	69	2	84	0	+ 2
War	70	1	67	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	70	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	75	0	60	17	- 17
Measles	76	0	79	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	66	2	- 2
Malaria	80	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	59	22	- 22
Hookworm Disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

El Salvador

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.