DOMINICAN REP. VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,983	1	14,986	+ 5,998
Diabetes Mellitus	2	13,327	4	2,762	+ 10,565
Stroke	3	12,934	2	7,882	+ 5,052
Kidney Disease	4	6,107	7	2,121	+ 3,986
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,623	6	2,254	+ 3,368
Lung Disease	6	4,477	15	1,360	+ 3,116
Suicide	7	3,487	25	530	+ 2,957
Hypertension	8	2,945	10	1,894	+ 1,050
Liver Disease	9	2,575	5	2,680	- 106
Lung Cancers	10	2,490	16	1,244	+ 1,247
Drownings	11	1,870	37	248	+ 1,622
Breast Cancer	12	1,844	14	1,460	+ 384
Asthma	13	1,727	29	441	+ 1,287
Low Birth Weight	14	1,625	13	1,532	+ 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,490	46	123	+ 1,367
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	1,458	26	504	+ 954
Other Injuries	17	1,445	19	890	+ 555
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,442	17	1,038	+ 404
Tuberculosis	19	1,359	38	242	+ 1,117
Stomach Cancer	20	1,275	24	547	+ 728
Birth Trauma	21	1,175	18	915	+ 260
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	916	20	851	+ 65
Cervical Cancer	23	904	23	560	+ 344
Liver Cancer	24	886	21	664	+ 222
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	719	36	295	+ 424
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	708	11	1,808	- 1,100
Falls	27	668	30	435	+ 233
Inflammatory/Heart	28	654	35	312	+ 343
Prostate Cancer	29	598	12	1,655	- 1,056
Endocrine Disorders	30	576	22	602	- 26
Violence	31	572	9	1,917	- 1,345
Leukemia	32	545	32	409	+ 137
Parkinson's Disease	33	507	28	446	+ 61
Maternal Conditions	34	398	39	202	+ 196
Pancreas Cancer	35	394	27	456	- 62
Lymphomas	36	391	33	374	+ 16
Pertussis	37	383	47	121	+ 262
Oral Cancer	38	367	31	434	- 67
Meningitis	39	347	45	134	+ 213
Syphilis	40	328	51	70	+ 258
Uterin Cancer	41	311	57	43	+ 268
Skin Disease	42	298	53	50	+ 248
Epilepsy	43	296	42	158	+ 138
Malnutrition	44	289	34	372	- 83
Ovary Cancer	45	251	50	89	+ 162
Alcohol	46	247	48	120	+ 127
Oesophagus Cancer	47	237	40	200	+ 36
Fires	48	219	44	139	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	49	170	49	92	+ 77
Poisonings	50	111	55	47	+ 64
Skin Cancers	51	99	41	172	- 73
Drug Use	52	67	43	156	- 89
Encephalitis	53	65	56	44	+ 20
Appendicitis	54	48	52	67	- 19
Other Neoplasms	55	40	58	35	+ 5
Measles	56	38	79	0	+ 38
Hepatitis B	57	33	63	11	+ 22
Road Traffic Accidents	58	20	3	6,937	- 6,917
Tetanus	59	18	61	17	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	16	54	48	- 33
Dengue	61	15	64	5	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	62	15	62	13	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	4	60	17	- 13
Diphtheria	64	4	69	1	+ 3
Ascariasis	65	3	70	1	+ 3
War	66	1	67	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	1	66	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	8	1,931	- 1,931
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	59	22	- 22
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
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Micronesia

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.