DOMINICAN REP. VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,466	1	14,986	- 5,520
Kidney Disease	2	5,723	7	2,121	+ 3,602
Stroke	3	3,604	2	7,882	- 4,279
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,349	4	2,762	+ 587
Lung Disease	5	2,542	15	1,360	+ 1,182
Liver Disease	6	1,949	5	2,680	- 731
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,865	6	2,254	- 389
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,796	3	6,937	- 5,141
Hypertension	9	1,787	10	1,894	- 107
Violence	10	1,002	9	1,917	- 915
Congenital Anomalies	11	925	17	1,038	- 114
Liver Cancer	12	824	21	664	+ 160
Low Birth Weight	13	793	13	1,532	- 739
Stomach Cancer	14	774	24	547	+ 226
Prostate Cancer	15	625	12	1,655	- 1,029
Cervical Cancer	16	606	23	560	+ 46
Other Injuries	17	579	19	890	- 311
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	511	20	851	- 340
Suicide	19	461	25	530	- 69
Breast Cancer	20	458	14	1,460	- 1,002
Alcohol	21	451	48	120	+ 331
Falls	22	447	30	435	+ 12
Lung Cancers	23	444	16	1,244	- 800
Leukemia	24	368	32	409	- 41
Birth Trauma	25	321	18	915	- 594
Other Neoplasms	26	311	58	35	+ 276
Pancreas Cancer	27	288	27	456	- 168
Endocrine Disorders	28	265	22	602	- 337
Lymphomas	29	265	33	374	- 109
Malnutrition	30	264	34	372	- 107
Skin Disease	31	262	53	50	+ 212
Drownings	32	254	37	248	+ 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	241	11	1,808	- 1,566
Inflammatory/Heart	34	226	35	312	- 86
HIV/AIDS	35	226	8	1,931	- 1,705
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	198	26	504	- 306
Tuberculosis	37	186	38	242	- 56
Asthma	38	170	29	441	- 271
Maternal Conditions	39	143	39	202	- 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	138	36	295	- 156
Epilepsy	41	120	42	158	- 38
Parkinson's Disease	42	108	28	446	- 338
Oral Cancer	43	104	31	434	- 330
Ovary Cancer	44	99	50	89	+ 10
Skin Cancers	45	95	41	172	- 77
Drug Use	46	82	43	156	- 74
Oesophagus Cancer	47	68	40	200	- 133
Uterin Cancer	48	63	57	43	+ 20
Appendicitis	49	51	52	67	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	50	54	48	+ 1
Meningitis	51	47	45	134	- 87
Bladder Cancer	52	45	49	92	- 47
Anemia	53	45	81	0	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	32	46	123	- 90
Poisonings	55	29	55	47	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	27	85	0	+ 27
Fires	57	26	44	139	- 113
Encephalitis	58	17	56	44	- 28
Osteoarthritis	59	16	84	0	+ 16
Syphilis	60	15	51	70	- 55
Multiple Sclerosis	61	11	62	13	- 2
Hepatitis B	62	8	63	11	- 2
Oral conditions	63	7	86	0	+ 7
Dengue	64	7	64	5	+ 2
Chagas disease	65	6	73	0	+ 6
Schizophrenia	66	5	83	0	+ 5
Pertussis	67	5	47	121	- 116
Hepatitis C	68	2	60	17	- 15
Ascariasis	69	1	70	1	+ 1
War	70	1	67	1	- 0
Leprosy	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	68	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	66	2	- 1
Otitis Media	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	61	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	65	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	84	0	59	22	- 22
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Nicaragua

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.