DOMINICAN REP. VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,192	6	2,254	+ 1,937
Stroke	2	4,017	2	7,882	- 3,865
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,952	3	6,937	- 3,985
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,862	1	14,986	- 12,123
Malaria	5	2,618	65	4	+ 2,614
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,478	26	504	+ 1,974
HIV/AIDS	7	2,243	8	1,931	+ 312
Liver Disease	8	2,023	5	2,680	- 657
Low Birth Weight	9	1,741	13	1,532	+ 209
Birth Trauma	10	1,499	18	915	+ 584
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,475	4	2,762	- 1,287
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,411	17	1,038	+ 373
Lung Disease	13	1,234	15	1,360	- 126
Hypertension	14	1,078	10	1,894	- 816
Kidney Disease	15	957	7	2,121	- 1,163
Malnutrition	16	927	34	372	+ 556
Other Injuries	17	750	19	890	- 141
Cervical Cancer	18	747	23	560	+ 186
Meningitis	19	673	45	134	+ 539
Stomach Cancer	20	619	24	547	+ 72
Maternal Conditions	21	574	39	202	+ 371
Asthma	22	569	29	441	+ 128
Liver Cancer	23	561	21	664	- 103
Suicide	24	559	25	530	+ 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	522	11	1,808	- 1,286
Tuberculosis	26	496	38	242	+ 254
Breast Cancer	27	476	14	1,460	- 984
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	469	20	851	- 382
Violence	29	435	9	1,917	- 1,482
Lymphomas	30	357	33	374	- 17
Falls	31	327	30	435	- 108
Prostate Cancer	32	314	12	1,655	- 1,340
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	288	36	295	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	34	275	35	312	- 36
Leukemia	35	252	32	409	- 157
Drownings	36	226	37	248	- 22
Oral Cancer	37	216	31	434	- 218
Fires	38	214	44	139	+ 75
Lung Cancers	39	186	16	1,244	- 1,058
Poisonings	40	175	55	47	+ 128
Endocrine Disorders	41	174	22	602	- 428
Pertussis	42	173	47	121	+ 52
Pancreas Cancer	43	170	27	456	- 286
Oesophagus Cancer	44	169	40	200	- 31
Epilepsy	45	152	42	158	- 6
Syphilis	46	137	51	70	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	47	116	28	446	- 330
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	108	46	123	- 15
Alcohol	49	100	48	120	- 21
Skin Cancers	50	90	41	172	- 83
Schistosomiasis	51	88	59	22	+ 66
Skin Disease	52	82	53	50	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	53	73	50	89	- 16
Appendicitis	54	56	52	67	- 11
Hepatitis B	55	54	63	11	+ 43
Uterin Cancer	56	46	57	43	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	57	46	68	1	+ 45
Tetanus	58	42	61	17	+ 25
Measles	59	41	79	0	+ 41
Drug Use	60	35	43	156	- 121
Encephalitis	61	31	56	44	- 14
Bladder Cancer	62	28	49	92	- 64
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	18	54	48	- 30
Other Neoplasms	64	13	58	35	- 22
Hepatitis C	65	10	60	17	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	62	13	- 7
Ascariasis	67	4	70	1	+ 3
Otitis Media	68	3	71	0	+ 3
War	69	2	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	2	66	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	1	69	1	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	64	5	- 4
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	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.

Rwanda

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.