DOMINICAN REP. VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,712	1	14,986	- 5,273
Stroke	2	3,825	2	7,882	- 4,058
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,121	3	6,937	- 4,816
Kidney Disease	4	1,742	7	2,121	- 378
War	5	1,550	67	1	+ 1,548
Hypertension	6	1,344	10	1,894	- 550
Tuberculosis	7	1,193	38	242	+ 951
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,180	4	2,762	- 1,582
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,092	6	2,254	- 1,162
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,092	11	1,808	- 716
Liver Disease	11	926	5	2,680	- 1,754
Lung Disease	12	892	15	1,360	- 468
Lung Cancers	13	870	16	1,244	- 374
Congenital Anomalies	14	724	17	1,038	- 314
Other Injuries	15	635	19	890	- 255
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	627	20	851	- 224
Drug Use	17	545	43	156	+ 389
Low Birth Weight	18	527	13	1,532	- 1,005
Suicide	19	446	25	530	- 84
Asthma	20	436	29	441	- 5
HIV/AIDS	21	329	8	1,931	- 1,602
Leukemia	22	318	32	409	- 90
Pancreas Cancer	23	307	27	456	- 149
Falls	24	299	30	435	- 136
Breast Cancer	25	279	14	1,460	- 1,181
Lymphomas	26	278	33	374	- 97
Parkinson's Disease	27	234	28	446	- 212
Liver Cancer	28	224	21	664	- 440
Endocrine Disorders	29	224	22	602	- 378
Violence	30	213	9	1,917	- 1,703
Bladder Cancer	31	200	49	92	+ 107
Cervical Cancer	32	198	23	560	- 362
Stomach Cancer	33	197	24	547	- 351
Birth Trauma	34	194	18	915	- 720
Maternal Conditions	35	182	39	202	- 21
Fires	36	169	44	139	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	37	158	35	312	- 154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	145	36	295	- 150
Prostate Cancer	39	140	12	1,655	- 1,514
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	134	26	504	- 370
Oral Cancer	41	119	31	434	- 315
Ovary Cancer	42	110	50	89	+ 21
Drownings	43	109	37	248	- 139
Epilepsy	44	98	42	158	- 61
Poisonings	45	82	55	47	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	73	46	123	- 50
Meningitis	47	61	45	134	- 73
Hepatitis B	48	50	63	11	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	49	48	40	200	- 152
Alcohol	50	32	48	120	- 89
Skin Cancers	51	30	41	172	- 143
Multiple Sclerosis	52	29	62	13	+ 16
Encephalitis	53	29	56	44	- 16
Skin Disease	54	25	53	50	- 25
Pertussis	55	25	47	121	- 96
Appendicitis	56	22	52	67	- 45
Malnutrition	57	16	34	372	- 356
Other Neoplasms	58	15	58	35	- 21
Schistosomiasis	59	13	59	22	- 9
Uterin Cancer	60	12	57	43	- 31
Syphilis	61	8	51	70	- 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	54	48	- 42
Leishmaniasis	63	3	74	0	+ 3
Tetanus	64	2	61	17	- 16
Hepatitis C	65	1	60	17	- 16
Ascariasis	66	0	70	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	69	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	64	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	65	4	- 4
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Libya

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.