DOMINICAN REP. VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	63,086	1	14,986	+ 48,100
Stroke	2	23,223	2	7,882	+ 15,341
Lung Cancers	3	5,468	16	1,244	+ 4,224
Hypertension	4	5,305	10	1,894	+ 3,411
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	4,419	20	851	+ 3,568
Suicide	6	2,969	25	530	+ 2,440
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,692	6	2,254	+ 438
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,671	11	1,808	+ 863
Liver Disease	9	2,648	5	2,680	- 32
Stomach Cancer	10	2,630	24	547	+ 2,083
Breast Cancer	11	2,588	14	1,460	+ 1,128
Prostate Cancer	12	2,461	12	1,655	+ 806
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,378	27	456	+ 1,923
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,161	4	2,762	- 601
Falls	15	2,132	30	435	+ 1,697
Lung Disease	16	2,111	15	1,360	+ 751
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,992	35	312	+ 1,680
Other Injuries	18	1,710	19	890	+ 820
Kidney Disease	19	1,530	7	2,121	- 591
Oral Cancer	20	1,391	31	434	+ 957
Lymphomas	21	1,323	33	374	+ 949
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	1,287	36	295	+ 992
Bladder Cancer	23	1,203	49	92	+ 1,111
Leukemia	24	1,168	32	409	+ 759
Liver Cancer	25	983	21	664	+ 319
Ovary Cancer	26	960	50	89	+ 871
Road Traffic Accidents	27	924	3	6,937	- 6,013
Cervical Cancer	28	923	23	560	+ 363
Parkinson's Disease	29	915	28	446	+ 469
Oesophagus Cancer	30	900	40	200	+ 700
Other Neoplasms	31	872	58	35	+ 837
Skin Cancers	32	809	41	172	+ 637
Alcohol	33	789	48	120	+ 668
Uterin Cancer	34	656	57	43	+ 613
Drownings	35	617	37	248	+ 369
Violence	36	541	9	1,917	- 1,375
Drug Use	37	503	43	156	+ 347
Tuberculosis	38	489	38	242	+ 247
Endocrine Disorders	39	296	22	602	- 306
Epilepsy	40	255	42	158	+ 97
Congenital Anomalies	41	254	17	1,038	- 785
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	244	26	504	- 260
Fires	43	211	44	139	+ 72
Skin Disease	44	197	53	50	+ 147
Poisonings	45	190	55	47	+ 143
Asthma	46	187	29	441	- 254
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	169	54	48	+ 120
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	120	46	123	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	49	118	62	13	+ 105
Hepatitis C	50	96	60	17	+ 79
HIV/AIDS	51	92	8	1,931	- 1,839
Meningitis	52	80	45	134	- 54
Birth Trauma	53	42	18	915	- 872
Appendicitis	54	40	52	67	- 27
Low Birth Weight	55	36	13	1,532	- 1,496
Schizophrenia	56	35	83	0	+ 35
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	33	85	0	+ 33
Malnutrition	58	29	34	372	- 342
Osteoarthritis	59	26	84	0	+ 26
Anemia	60	22	81	0	+ 22
Hepatitis B	61	19	63	11	+ 9
Tetanus	62	10	61	17	- 7
Maternal Conditions	63	9	39	202	- 194
Oral conditions	64	8	86	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	65	7	56	44	- 38
Otitis Media	66	4	71	0	+ 4
War	67	1	67	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	68	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	47	121	- 120
Syphilis	70	0	51	70	- 70
Chlamydia	71	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	70	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	64	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	59	22	- 22
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	65	4	- 4
Diphtheria	82	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	83	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Lithuania

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.