DOMINICAN REP. VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,586	6	2,254	+ 3,332
Stroke	2	4,371	2	7,882	- 3,511
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,908	26	504	+ 3,404
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,672	1	14,986	- 11,314
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,261	3	6,937	- 4,676
Liver Disease	6	2,071	5	2,680	- 609
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,610	4	2,762	- 1,152
Hypertension	8	1,578	10	1,894	- 316
Lung Disease	9	1,128	15	1,360	- 232
Malnutrition	10	1,125	34	372	+ 753
Birth Trauma	11	1,051	18	915	+ 136
Kidney Disease	12	985	7	2,121	- 1,136
Maternal Conditions	13	927	39	202	+ 724
Tuberculosis	14	927	38	242	+ 685
Other Injuries	15	921	19	890	+ 31
Low Birth Weight	16	905	13	1,532	- 627
Malaria	17	745	65	4	+ 741
Congenital Anomalies	18	737	17	1,038	- 302
Meningitis	19	690	45	134	+ 556
Violence	20	655	9	1,917	- 1,262
Suicide	21	651	25	530	+ 121
Asthma	22	556	29	441	+ 115
Breast Cancer	23	531	14	1,460	- 929
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	528	11	1,808	- 1,280
HIV/AIDS	25	524	8	1,931	- 1,407
Falls	26	287	30	435	- 148
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	251	36	295	- 44
Lymphomas	28	250	33	374	- 124
Leukemia	29	246	32	409	- 163
Cervical Cancer	30	226	23	560	- 334
Fires	31	225	44	139	+ 86
Inflammatory/Heart	32	209	35	312	- 102
Drownings	33	201	37	248	- 47
Poisonings	34	195	55	47	+ 148
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	193	20	851	- 658
Pertussis	36	153	47	121	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	37	145	28	446	- 302
Epilepsy	38	139	42	158	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	39	138	40	200	- 62
Ovary Cancer	40	136	50	89	+ 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	131	46	123	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	42	124	59	22	+ 102
Endocrine Disorders	43	121	22	602	- 481
Oral Cancer	44	121	31	434	- 313
Liver Cancer	45	118	21	664	- 546
Lung Cancers	46	105	16	1,244	- 1,138
Prostate Cancer	47	92	12	1,655	- 1,562
Stomach Cancer	48	82	24	547	- 465
Alcohol	49	78	48	120	- 43
Skin Disease	50	76	53	50	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	51	72	49	92	- 21
Tetanus	52	64	61	17	+ 47
Drug Use	53	62	43	156	- 94
Syphilis	54	59	51	70	- 11
Appendicitis	55	53	52	67	- 13
Skin Cancers	56	51	41	172	- 121
Hepatitis B	57	47	63	11	+ 36
Pancreas Cancer	58	33	27	456	- 422
Leishmaniasis	59	32	74	0	+ 32
Upper Respiratory	60	30	68	1	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	61	30	57	43	- 13
Encephalitis	62	26	56	44	- 18
Measles	63	22	79	0	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	20	54	48	- 28
Hepatitis C	65	11	60	17	- 6
Other Neoplasms	66	10	58	35	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	67	6	62	13	- 7
Ascariasis	68	3	70	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	3	71	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	70	2	66	2	+ 0
War	71	1	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	1	69	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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.

Eritrea

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.