DOMINICAN REP. VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,554	1	14,986	- 3,432
Stroke	2	4,970	2	7,882	- 2,912
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,645	3	6,937	- 3,291
Kidney Disease	4	2,679	7	2,121	+ 558
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,815	6	2,254	- 440
Falls	6	1,580	30	435	+ 1,146
Liver Disease	7	1,459	5	2,680	- 1,221
Other Injuries	8	1,185	19	890	+ 295
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,151	4	2,762	- 1,611
Lung Disease	10	841	15	1,360	- 519
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	723	11	1,808	- 1,085
Congenital Anomalies	12	683	17	1,038	- 355
Suicide	13	605	25	530	+ 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	482	20	851	- 368
Endocrine Disorders	15	428	22	602	- 174
Inflammatory/Heart	16	397	35	312	+ 86
Asthma	17	346	29	441	- 95
Low Birth Weight	18	293	13	1,532	- 1,240
Leukemia	19	274	32	409	- 135
Breast Cancer	20	269	14	1,460	- 1,191
Liver Cancer	21	250	21	664	- 414
Hypertension	22	247	10	1,894	- 1,647
Fires	23	244	44	139	+ 105
Drownings	24	243	37	248	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	25	230	28	446	- 217
Lung Cancers	26	229	16	1,244	- 1,014
Tuberculosis	27	223	38	242	- 19
Lymphomas	28	212	33	374	- 162
Epilepsy	29	206	42	158	+ 47
Violence	30	191	9	1,917	- 1,726
Pancreas Cancer	31	156	27	456	- 300
Skin Disease	32	153	53	50	+ 103
Drug Use	33	145	43	156	- 11
Oral Cancer	34	138	31	434	- 296
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	135	26	504	- 369
Stomach Cancer	36	115	24	547	- 432
Birth Trauma	37	102	18	915	- 813
Uterin Cancer	38	96	57	43	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	83	46	123	- 40
Poisonings	40	83	55	47	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	81	36	295	- 213
Ovary Cancer	42	73	50	89	- 16
Encephalitis	43	69	56	44	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	44	68	40	200	- 133
Meningitis	45	67	45	134	- 67
Bladder Cancer	46	63	49	92	- 29
HIV/AIDS	47	57	8	1,931	- 1,874
Maternal Conditions	48	51	39	202	- 151
Cervical Cancer	49	46	23	560	- 514
Prostate Cancer	50	44	12	1,655	- 1,611
Alcohol	51	38	48	120	- 82
Malnutrition	52	23	34	372	- 348
Hepatitis B	53	17	63	11	+ 6
Pertussis	54	17	47	121	- 104
Skin Cancers	55	16	41	172	- 156
Multiple Sclerosis	56	14	62	13	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	57	12	58	35	- 23
Appendicitis	58	10	52	67	- 56
Syphilis	59	10	51	70	- 61
Schistosomiasis	60	7	59	22	- 15
Tetanus	61	5	61	17	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	54	48	- 46
Dengue	63	3	64	5	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	60	17	- 15
War	65	1	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	70	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	70	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	66	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	65	4	- 4
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	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.

Saudi Arabia

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.