DOMINICAN REP. VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,667	1	14,986	- 3,319
Lung Disease	2	6,752	15	1,360	+ 5,392
Stroke	3	5,350	2	7,882	- 2,532
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	5,145	26	504	+ 4,641
Tuberculosis	5	3,346	38	242	+ 3,104
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,012	6	2,254	+ 758
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,084	4	2,762	- 678
Liver Disease	8	2,062	5	2,680	- 619
Low Birth Weight	9	1,832	13	1,532	+ 300
Falls	10	1,733	30	435	+ 1,298
Kidney Disease	11	1,711	7	2,121	- 410
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,632	3	6,937	- 5,305
Asthma	13	1,505	29	441	+ 1,064
Suicide	14	1,331	25	530	+ 801
Other Injuries	15	1,148	19	890	+ 258
Oral Cancer	16	1,030	31	434	+ 596
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	972	11	1,808	- 836
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	968	46	123	+ 845
Hypertension	19	829	10	1,894	- 1,065
Birth Trauma	20	789	18	915	- 126
Lung Cancers	21	678	16	1,244	- 566
Breast Cancer	22	636	14	1,460	- 824
Congenital Anomalies	23	635	17	1,038	- 403
Stomach Cancer	24	622	24	547	+ 75
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	594	20	851	- 257
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	523	36	295	+ 228
Violence	27	397	9	1,917	- 1,519
Drownings	28	374	37	248	+ 127
Encephalitis	29	369	56	44	+ 325
Cervical Cancer	30	348	23	560	- 212
HIV/AIDS	31	341	8	1,931	- 1,590
Parkinson's Disease	32	333	28	446	- 113
Lymphomas	33	308	33	374	- 66
Oesophagus Cancer	34	299	40	200	+ 98
Leukemia	35	256	32	409	- 153
Meningitis	36	256	45	134	+ 122
Pancreas Cancer	37	252	27	456	- 204
Prostate Cancer	38	238	12	1,655	- 1,417
Liver Cancer	39	233	21	664	- 431
Epilepsy	40	233	42	158	+ 74
Maternal Conditions	41	199	39	202	- 4
Fires	42	179	44	139	+ 39
Alcohol	43	177	48	120	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	44	168	50	89	+ 80
Skin Disease	45	137	53	50	+ 87
Dengue	46	135	64	5	+ 130
Endocrine Disorders	47	117	22	602	- 485
Bladder Cancer	48	108	49	92	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	49	97	35	312	- 214
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	92	54	48	+ 43
Measles	51	92	79	0	+ 92
Drug Use	52	90	43	156	- 66
Appendicitis	53	86	52	67	+ 20
Pertussis	54	77	47	121	- 43
Malnutrition	55	66	34	372	- 305
Hepatitis B	56	63	63	11	+ 52
Malaria	57	59	65	4	+ 55
Tetanus	58	54	61	17	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	59	53	57	43	+ 9
Skin Cancers	60	39	41	172	- 133
Poisonings	61	27	55	47	- 20
Other Neoplasms	62	23	58	35	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	63	18	62	13	+ 5
Syphilis	64	15	51	70	- 55
Hepatitis C	65	10	60	17	- 7
Leishmaniasis	66	7	74	0	+ 7
War	67	7	67	1	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	68	4	68	1	+ 4
Chlamydia	69	3	66	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	70	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	0	69	1	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	59	22	- 22
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

India

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.