DOMINICAN REP. VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,493	1	14,986	- 3,493
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,346	6	2,254	+ 5,092
Stroke	3	6,756	2	7,882	- 1,126
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,247	3	6,937	- 4,690
Lung Disease	5	2,075	15	1,360	+ 715
Kidney Disease	6	2,074	7	2,121	- 46
Liver Disease	7	1,604	5	2,680	- 1,076
Lung Cancers	8	1,351	16	1,244	+ 108
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,285	4	2,762	- 1,477
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,250	11	1,808	- 557
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,199	20	851	+ 348
Breast Cancer	12	961	14	1,460	- 499
HIV/AIDS	13	838	8	1,931	- 1,093
Other Injuries	14	695	19	890	- 195
Skin Disease	15	646	53	50	+ 597
Liver Cancer	16	621	21	664	- 43
Oral Cancer	17	583	31	434	+ 150
Falls	18	580	30	435	+ 145
Suicide	19	571	25	530	+ 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	555	26	504	+ 50
Stomach Cancer	21	451	24	547	- 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	446	36	295	+ 151
Leukemia	23	442	32	409	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	24	439	17	1,038	- 599
Lymphomas	25	413	33	374	+ 39
Tuberculosis	26	384	38	242	+ 142
Inflammatory/Heart	27	380	35	312	+ 68
Parkinson's Disease	28	346	28	446	- 100
Low Birth Weight	29	319	13	1,532	- 1,213
Asthma	30	317	29	441	- 124
Cervical Cancer	31	316	23	560	- 244
Pancreas Cancer	32	311	27	456	- 145
Prostate Cancer	33	283	12	1,655	- 1,372
Violence	34	272	9	1,917	- 1,645
Ovary Cancer	35	259	50	89	+ 170
Drownings	36	257	37	248	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	37	253	22	602	- 349
Hypertension	38	203	10	1,894	- 1,691
Bladder Cancer	39	146	49	92	+ 54
Encephalitis	40	142	56	44	+ 97
Oesophagus Cancer	41	136	40	200	- 65
Birth Trauma	42	112	18	915	- 803
Uterin Cancer	43	110	57	43	+ 67
Fires	44	105	44	139	- 34
Drug Use	45	101	43	156	- 55
Meningitis	46	94	45	134	- 40
Dengue	47	88	64	5	+ 83
Other Neoplasms	48	83	58	35	+ 47
Malnutrition	49	78	34	372	- 294
Skin Cancers	50	77	41	172	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	77	46	123	- 46
Epilepsy	52	71	42	158	- 88
Poisonings	53	66	55	47	+ 19
Hepatitis B	54	64	63	11	+ 53
Alcohol	55	57	48	120	- 64
Maternal Conditions	56	52	39	202	- 150
Pertussis	57	25	47	121	- 96
Appendicitis	58	22	52	67	- 44
Multiple Sclerosis	59	9	62	13	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	9	54	48	- 40
Tetanus	61	7	61	17	- 10
Syphilis	62	6	51	70	- 64
War	63	3	67	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	60	17	- 15
Upper Respiratory	65	2	68	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	70	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	66	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	59	22	- 22
Malaria	76	0	65	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Malaysia

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.