DOMINICAN REP. VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,229	1	14,986	+ 2,244
Stroke	2	11,112	2	7,882	+ 3,230
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	7,353	11	1,808	+ 5,545
Lung Cancers	4	6,059	16	1,244	+ 4,815
Lung Disease	5	5,745	15	1,360	+ 4,385
Hypertension	6	5,310	10	1,894	+ 3,416
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,771	20	851	+ 2,920
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,519	4	2,762	+ 757
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,899	6	2,254	+ 644
Breast Cancer	10	2,460	14	1,460	+ 1,000
Kidney Disease	11	2,258	7	2,121	+ 137
Other Injuries	12	2,149	19	890	+ 1,259
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,146	27	456	+ 1,690
Stomach Cancer	14	1,819	24	547	+ 1,271
Other Neoplasms	15	1,771	58	35	+ 1,736
Lymphomas	16	1,716	33	374	+ 1,341
Liver Cancer	17	1,707	21	664	+ 1,043
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,496	22	602	+ 893
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,495	28	446	+ 1,049
Prostate Cancer	20	1,492	12	1,655	- 163
Leukemia	21	1,194	32	409	+ 785
Bladder Cancer	22	1,191	49	92	+ 1,098
Liver Disease	23	986	5	2,680	- 1,694
Inflammatory/Heart	24	981	35	312	+ 670
Falls	25	749	30	435	+ 314
Suicide	26	717	25	530	+ 188
Oral Cancer	27	593	31	434	+ 159
Ovary Cancer	28	582	50	89	+ 493
Skin Cancers	29	575	41	172	+ 402
Road Traffic Accidents	30	571	3	6,937	- 6,366
Hepatitis C	31	435	60	17	+ 418
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	393	46	123	+ 270
Uterin Cancer	33	390	57	43	+ 347
Oesophagus Cancer	34	363	40	200	+ 162
Anemia	35	297	81	0	+ 297
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	288	26	504	- 217
Congenital Anomalies	37	256	17	1,038	- 782
Skin Disease	38	255	53	50	+ 206
Epilepsy	39	237	42	158	+ 79
Cervical Cancer	40	205	23	560	- 356
Malnutrition	41	138	34	372	- 234
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	124	54	48	+ 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	122	36	295	- 173
Multiple Sclerosis	44	120	62	13	+ 107
Drug Use	45	116	43	156	- 40
HIV/AIDS	46	92	8	1,931	- 1,839
Asthma	47	88	29	441	- 353
Osteoarthritis	48	85	84	0	+ 85
Schizophrenia	49	75	83	0	+ 75
Violence	50	72	9	1,917	- 1,844
Low Birth Weight	51	63	13	1,532	- 1,469
Drownings	52	61	37	248	- 187
Tuberculosis	53	60	38	242	- 182
Hepatitis B	54	59	63	11	+ 48
Alcohol	55	49	48	120	- 71
Fires	56	48	44	139	- 91
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	43	85	0	+ 43
Poisonings	58	27	55	47	- 19
Birth Trauma	59	25	18	915	- 890
Meningitis	60	23	45	134	- 111
Appendicitis	61	9	52	67	- 58
Oral conditions	62	8	86	0	+ 8
Tetanus	63	4	61	17	- 13
Upper Respiratory	64	4	68	1	+ 3
Otitis Media	65	3	71	0	+ 3
War	66	1	67	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	39	202	- 201
Encephalitis	68	1	56	44	- 44
Syphilis	69	1	51	70	- 70
Leishmaniasis	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Measles	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	47	121	- 120
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	59	22	- 22
Malaria	79	0	65	4	- 4
Ascariasis	80	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	81	0	64	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Italy

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.