DOMINICAN REP. VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,085	6	2,254	+ 2,830
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,568	1	14,986	- 10,417
Stroke	3	2,562	2	7,882	- 5,320
Kidney Disease	4	2,400	7	2,121	+ 279
Liver Disease	5	2,115	5	2,680	- 565
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,928	11	1,808	+ 120
Stomach Cancer	7	1,683	24	547	+ 1,135
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,472	4	2,762	- 1,290
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,464	3	6,937	- 5,472
Lung Cancers	10	1,051	16	1,244	- 192
Prostate Cancer	11	1,051	12	1,655	- 604
Violence	12	1,000	9	1,917	- 917
Other Injuries	13	954	19	890	+ 64
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	877	20	851	+ 26
Lung Disease	15	836	15	1,360	- 525
Liver Cancer	16	822	21	664	+ 157
Tuberculosis	17	789	38	242	+ 547
Lymphomas	18	748	33	374	+ 374
Congenital Anomalies	19	662	17	1,038	- 376
Breast Cancer	20	653	14	1,460	- 807
Cervical Cancer	21	638	23	560	+ 78
Leukemia	22	614	32	409	+ 205
Pancreas Cancer	23	533	27	456	+ 77
Low Birth Weight	24	489	13	1,532	- 1,043
Falls	25	426	30	435	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	26	421	28	446	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	368	26	504	- 137
Hypertension	28	352	10	1,894	- 1,542
Malnutrition	29	334	34	372	- 38
Suicide	30	300	25	530	- 230
HIV/AIDS	31	282	8	1,931	- 1,649
Skin Cancers	32	261	41	172	+ 89
Ovary Cancer	33	237	50	89	+ 148
Drug Use	34	211	43	156	+ 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	202	36	295	- 93
Drownings	36	194	37	248	- 54
Birth Trauma	37	178	18	915	- 737
Oral Cancer	38	172	31	434	- 262
Inflammatory/Heart	39	164	35	312	- 148
Endocrine Disorders	40	157	22	602	- 445
Bladder Cancer	41	154	49	92	+ 61
Oesophagus Cancer	42	131	40	200	- 70
Maternal Conditions	43	114	39	202	- 88
Alcohol	44	107	48	120	- 14
Uterin Cancer	45	101	57	43	+ 58
Encephalitis	46	93	56	44	+ 49
Epilepsy	47	87	42	158	- 71
Pertussis	48	86	47	121	- 34
Fires	49	79	44	139	- 60
Asthma	50	69	29	441	- 372
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	66	46	123	- 57
Syphilis	52	61	51	70	- 10
Appendicitis	53	57	52	67	- 10
Skin Disease	54	52	53	50	+ 2
Poisonings	55	42	55	47	- 5
Meningitis	56	39	45	134	- 95
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	36	54	48	- 13
Other Neoplasms	58	18	58	35	- 17
Chagas disease	59	16	73	0	+ 16
Tetanus	60	16	61	17	- 1
Malaria	61	12	65	4	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	62	13	- 2
Upper Respiratory	63	4	68	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	64	3	63	11	- 8
Hepatitis C	65	1	60	17	- 16
Dengue	66	1	64	5	- 3
War	67	1	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	1	66	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	1	70	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Peru

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.