DOMINICAN REP. VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,701	1	14,986	- 10,285
Stroke	2	2,815	2	7,882	- 5,067
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,662	3	6,937	- 5,275
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,630	4	2,762	- 1,132
Hypertension	5	1,483	10	1,894	- 411
Kidney Disease	6	1,446	7	2,121	- 675
Lung Cancers	7	1,025	16	1,244	- 219
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	907	6	2,254	- 1,347
Congenital Anomalies	9	904	17	1,038	- 134
Low Birth Weight	10	830	13	1,532	- 703
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	684	11	1,808	- 1,124
Breast Cancer	12	664	14	1,460	- 796
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	597	20	851	- 254
Liver Disease	14	478	5	2,680	- 2,203
Lung Disease	15	430	15	1,360	- 930
Leukemia	16	358	32	409	- 51
Stomach Cancer	17	353	24	547	- 194
Lymphomas	18	313	33	374	- 61
Other Injuries	19	284	19	890	- 606
Birth Trauma	20	262	18	915	- 653
Violence	21	260	9	1,917	- 1,656
Pancreas Cancer	22	238	27	456	- 218
Bladder Cancer	23	206	49	92	+ 113
Falls	24	184	30	435	- 251
Liver Cancer	25	180	21	664	- 484
Endocrine Disorders	26	174	22	602	- 428
Parkinson's Disease	27	164	28	446	- 283
Suicide	28	160	25	530	- 370
Fires	29	148	44	139	+ 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	147	26	504	- 357
Oral Cancer	31	138	31	434	- 296
Ovary Cancer	32	135	50	89	+ 46
Prostate Cancer	33	127	12	1,655	- 1,528
Drug Use	34	111	43	156	- 45
Asthma	35	111	29	441	- 330
Drownings	36	104	37	248	- 144
Meningitis	37	76	45	134	- 58
Inflammatory/Heart	38	72	35	312	- 240
Uterin Cancer	39	72	57	43	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	64	36	295	- 230
Cervical Cancer	41	62	23	560	- 499
Oesophagus Cancer	42	61	40	200	- 139
Pertussis	43	53	47	121	- 68
Maternal Conditions	44	51	39	202	- 152
Syphilis	45	50	51	70	- 20
Epilepsy	46	47	42	158	- 111
Poisonings	47	45	55	47	- 2
Skin Disease	48	41	53	50	- 9
Skin Cancers	49	37	41	172	- 136
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	22	46	123	- 101
Malnutrition	51	14	34	372	- 357
Encephalitis	52	13	56	44	- 31
Tuberculosis	53	12	38	242	- 230
Multiple Sclerosis	54	11	62	13	- 2
Alcohol	55	10	48	120	- 110
Tetanus	56	10	61	17	- 7
Other Neoplasms	57	9	58	35	- 26
Appendicitis	58	8	52	67	- 59
War	59	6	67	1	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	4	63	11	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	4	54	48	- 45
Schistosomiasis	62	3	59	22	- 19
HIV/AIDS	63	2	8	1,931	- 1,929
Hepatitis C	64	1	60	17	- 16
Measles	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	69	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	70	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	66	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	64	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	65	4	- 4
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Jordan

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.