DOMINICAN REP. VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	21,988	8	1,931	+ 20,057
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,749	6	2,254	+ 6,495
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,477	4	2,762	+ 5,715
Stroke	4	7,607	2	7,882	- 275
Coronary Heart Disease	5	7,175	1	14,986	- 7,811
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	4,915	26	504	+ 4,411
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,652	3	6,937	- 3,285
Kidney Disease	8	3,623	7	2,121	+ 1,502
Suicide	9	3,208	25	530	+ 2,678
Hypertension	10	2,776	10	1,894	+ 882
Liver Disease	11	2,601	5	2,680	- 80
Lung Disease	12	2,513	15	1,360	+ 1,153
Tuberculosis	13	2,431	38	242	+ 2,189
Low Birth Weight	14	2,214	13	1,532	+ 682
Cervical Cancer	15	2,042	23	560	+ 1,482
Violence	16	2,017	9	1,917	+ 101
Other Injuries	17	1,807	19	890	+ 917
Birth Trauma	18	1,582	18	915	+ 667
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,525	17	1,038	+ 486
Asthma	20	1,421	29	441	+ 980
Maternal Conditions	21	1,101	39	202	+ 898
Malnutrition	22	1,005	34	372	+ 634
Meningitis	23	926	45	134	+ 792
Inflammatory/Heart	24	891	35	312	+ 579
Drownings	25	826	37	248	+ 578
Fires	26	795	44	139	+ 656
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	728	11	1,808	- 1,080
Endocrine Disorders	28	705	22	602	+ 102
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	483	36	295	+ 188
Epilepsy	30	434	42	158	+ 276
Prostate Cancer	31	427	12	1,655	- 1,228
Falls	32	392	30	435	- 43
Pertussis	33	368	47	121	+ 248
Poisonings	34	356	55	47	+ 309
Breast Cancer	35	350	14	1,460	- 1,110
Lymphomas	36	295	33	374	- 79
Liver Cancer	37	279	21	664	- 385
Drug Use	38	255	43	156	+ 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	249	46	123	+ 126
Skin Disease	40	240	53	50	+ 190
Parkinson's Disease	41	227	28	446	- 220
Skin Cancers	42	189	41	172	+ 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	177	20	851	- 674
Oesophagus Cancer	44	176	40	200	- 25
Syphilis	45	166	51	70	+ 95
Lung Cancers	46	158	16	1,244	- 1,086
Leukemia	47	155	32	409	- 254
Alcohol	48	152	48	120	+ 32
Schistosomiasis	49	122	59	22	+ 100
Uterin Cancer	50	109	57	43	+ 66
Oral Cancer	51	97	31	434	- 337
Ovary Cancer	52	94	50	89	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	53	65	24	547	- 483
Appendicitis	54	63	52	67	- 4
Bladder Cancer	55	57	49	92	- 35
Pancreas Cancer	56	57	27	456	- 398
Hepatitis B	57	56	63	11	+ 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	47	54	48	- 2
Encephalitis	59	46	56	44	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	39	68	1	+ 38
Other Neoplasms	61	37	58	35	+ 2
Tetanus	62	35	61	17	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	63	14	62	13	+ 1
Measles	64	6	79	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	65	3	60	17	- 14
Ascariasis	66	3	70	1	+ 2
Malaria	67	3	65	4	- 1
Otitis Media	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	2	66	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	2	69	1	+ 1
War	71	2	67	1	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	64	5	- 4
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	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
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Swaziland

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.