DOMINICAN REP. VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,765	1	14,986	- 7,220
Stroke	2	3,982	2	7,882	- 3,901
Lung Disease	3	2,534	15	1,360	+ 1,174
Kidney Disease	4	2,236	7	2,121	+ 115
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,314	11	1,808	- 494
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,303	4	2,762	- 1,460
Lung Cancers	7	1,011	16	1,244	- 233
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	919	6	2,254	- 1,336
Breast Cancer	9	778	14	1,460	- 682
Liver Cancer	10	746	21	664	+ 82
Liver Disease	11	678	5	2,680	- 2,002
Endocrine Disorders	12	601	22	602	- 1
Cervical Cancer	13	598	23	560	+ 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	583	20	851	- 268
Congenital Anomalies	15	536	17	1,038	- 503
Falls	16	523	30	435	+ 88
Hypertension	17	456	10	1,894	- 1,438
Other Injuries	18	436	19	890	- 454
Oral Cancer	19	429	31	434	- 5
Low Birth Weight	20	408	13	1,532	- 1,124
Suicide	21	404	25	530	- 125
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	399	26	504	- 105
Drownings	23	385	37	248	+ 137
Leukemia	24	356	32	409	- 53
Parkinson's Disease	25	322	28	446	- 124
Prostate Cancer	26	320	12	1,655	- 1,335
Tuberculosis	27	314	38	242	+ 72
Violence	28	278	9	1,917	- 1,638
Asthma	29	274	29	441	- 167
Ovary Cancer	30	258	50	89	+ 169
Road Traffic Accidents	31	240	3	6,937	- 6,697
Skin Disease	32	235	53	50	+ 185
Dengue	33	210	64	5	+ 205
Lymphomas	34	206	33	374	- 169
Maternal Conditions	35	151	39	202	- 51
Inflammatory/Heart	36	149	35	312	- 163
Bladder Cancer	37	146	49	92	+ 54
Epilepsy	38	136	42	158	- 22
Birth Trauma	39	134	18	915	- 781
Pancreas Cancer	40	122	27	456	- 333
Fires	41	109	44	139	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	100	36	295	- 195
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	95	46	123	- 28
Encephalitis	44	75	56	44	+ 31
Malnutrition	45	75	34	372	- 296
Other Neoplasms	46	57	58	35	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	47	55	57	43	+ 12
Drug Use	48	51	43	156	- 105
Stomach Cancer	49	34	24	547	- 514
Meningitis	50	30	45	134	- 104
Alcohol	51	19	48	120	- 102
Pertussis	52	10	47	121	- 110
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	9	54	48	- 39
Tetanus	54	8	61	17	- 9
Poisonings	55	7	55	47	- 40
Hepatitis B	56	6	63	11	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	57	6	62	13	- 7
Syphilis	58	4	51	70	- 66
Oesophagus Cancer	59	4	40	200	- 197
Measles	60	4	79	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	3	52	67	- 64
War	62	2	67	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	41	172	- 171
Hepatitis C	64	1	60	17	- 16
Ascariasis	65	1	70	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	68	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	66	2	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	59	22	- 22
Leishmaniasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	65	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	8	1,931	- 1,931
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
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Maldives

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.