DOMINICAN REP. VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	16,264	2	7,882	+ 8,382
Coronary Heart Disease	2	9,402	1	14,986	- 5,583
Lung Disease	3	3,669	15	1,360	+ 2,309
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,463	4	2,762	+ 701
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,014	3	6,937	- 3,922
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,997	11	1,808	+ 1,189
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,847	6	2,254	+ 592
Kidney Disease	8	2,582	7	2,121	+ 462
Liver Cancer	9	2,556	21	664	+ 1,892
Liver Disease	10	2,444	5	2,680	- 236
Lung Cancers	11	2,178	16	1,244	+ 934
Hypertension	12	2,033	10	1,894	+ 139
Falls	13	1,578	30	435	+ 1,143
Stomach Cancer	14	1,548	24	547	+ 1,000
Tuberculosis	15	966	38	242	+ 724
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	845	20	851	- 6
Asthma	17	833	29	441	+ 393
Suicide	18	741	25	530	+ 212
Low Birth Weight	19	729	13	1,532	- 803
Oral Cancer	20	725	31	434	+ 291
Congenital Anomalies	21	722	17	1,038	- 316
Breast Cancer	22	633	14	1,460	- 827
Other Injuries	23	566	19	890	- 324
Inflammatory/Heart	24	548	35	312	+ 236
Parkinson's Disease	25	546	28	446	+ 100
Drownings	26	521	37	248	+ 273
HIV/AIDS	27	511	8	1,931	- 1,420
Leukemia	28	501	32	409	+ 92
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	449	26	504	- 55
Lymphomas	30	303	33	374	- 71
Cervical Cancer	31	245	23	560	- 316
Birth Trauma	32	239	18	915	- 675
Oesophagus Cancer	33	232	40	200	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	34	213	22	602	- 389
Prostate Cancer	35	195	12	1,655	- 1,459
Violence	36	183	9	1,917	- 1,734
Measles	37	182	79	0	+ 182
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	175	46	123	+ 52
Encephalitis	39	159	56	44	+ 115
Skin Disease	40	155	53	50	+ 105
Drug Use	41	140	43	156	- 16
Uterin Cancer	42	118	57	43	+ 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	98	36	295	- 197
Pancreas Cancer	44	95	27	456	- 361
Bladder Cancer	45	92	49	92	- 1
Alcohol	46	89	48	120	- 32
Ovary Cancer	47	88	50	89	- 0
Poisonings	48	85	55	47	+ 38
Maternal Conditions	49	79	39	202	- 123
Pertussis	50	72	47	121	- 48
Meningitis	51	64	45	134	- 70
Fires	52	61	44	139	- 78
Epilepsy	53	60	42	158	- 99
Skin Cancers	54	48	41	172	- 124
Hepatitis B	55	39	63	11	+ 28
Syphilis	56	34	51	70	- 37
Other Neoplasms	57	33	58	35	- 2
Tetanus	58	29	61	17	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	23	54	48	- 26
Appendicitis	60	21	52	67	- 46
Multiple Sclerosis	61	14	62	13	+ 1
Dengue	62	13	64	5	+ 8
Malnutrition	63	12	34	372	- 359
Hepatitis C	64	8	60	17	- 9
War	65	3	67	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	68	1	+ 2
Malaria	67	1	65	4	- 3
Ascariasis	68	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	66	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	22	- 22
Leishmaniasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	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.

Viet Nam

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.