DOMINICAN REP. VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,149	1	14,986	- 4,837
Stroke	2	4,566	2	7,882	- 3,316
War	3	4,346	67	1	+ 4,345
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,031	6	2,254	+ 1,777
Low Birth Weight	5	2,965	13	1,532	+ 1,432
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,881	3	6,937	- 4,056
Birth Trauma	7	1,999	18	915	+ 1,084
Hypertension	8	1,781	10	1,894	- 113
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,471	26	504	+ 967
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,444	17	1,038	+ 406
Lung Disease	11	1,075	15	1,360	- 285
Measles	12	1,016	79	0	+ 1,016
Liver Disease	13	973	5	2,680	- 1,707
Violence	14	955	9	1,917	- 961
Kidney Disease	15	901	7	2,121	- 1,219
Other Injuries	16	749	19	890	- 141
Asthma	17	709	29	441	+ 268
Tuberculosis	18	639	38	242	+ 397
Diabetes Mellitus	19	604	4	2,762	- 2,158
Malaria	20	578	65	4	+ 574
Suicide	21	572	25	530	+ 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	473	11	1,808	- 1,335
Pertussis	23	417	47	121	+ 296
Falls	24	394	30	435	- 41
Drownings	25	384	37	248	+ 137
Breast Cancer	26	381	14	1,460	- 1,079
Malnutrition	27	356	34	372	- 15
Meningitis	28	343	45	134	+ 209
Fires	29	333	44	139	+ 194
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	307	20	851	- 544
Stomach Cancer	31	304	24	547	- 244
Maternal Conditions	32	299	39	202	+ 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	280	36	295	- 14
Leukemia	34	261	32	409	- 147
Oesophagus Cancer	35	257	40	200	+ 57
Endocrine Disorders	36	248	22	602	- 354
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	238	46	123	+ 115
Drug Use	38	206	43	156	+ 50
Liver Cancer	39	205	21	664	- 459
Inflammatory/Heart	40	197	35	312	- 115
Lung Cancers	41	192	16	1,244	- 1,052
Oral Cancer	42	184	31	434	- 250
Epilepsy	43	181	42	158	+ 23
Poisonings	44	179	55	47	+ 132
Lymphomas	45	146	33	374	- 229
HIV/AIDS	46	133	8	1,931	- 1,798
Tetanus	47	133	61	17	+ 116
Encephalitis	48	124	56	44	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	49	122	28	446	- 325
Hepatitis B	50	101	63	11	+ 90
Pancreas Cancer	51	95	27	456	- 361
Ovary Cancer	52	63	50	89	- 25
Syphilis	53	59	51	70	- 11
Appendicitis	54	54	52	67	- 12
Bladder Cancer	55	54	49	92	- 38
Schistosomiasis	56	42	59	22	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	57	40	23	560	- 520
Skin Cancers	58	34	41	172	- 139
Alcohol	59	26	48	120	- 94
Dengue	60	24	64	5	+ 19
Skin Disease	61	15	53	50	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	62	13	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	63	13	12	1,655	- 1,641
Other Neoplasms	64	7	58	35	- 28
Ascariasis	65	6	70	1	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	5	54	48	- 44
Diphtheria	67	5	69	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	68	3	60	17	- 14
Uterin Cancer	69	2	57	43	- 41
Upper Respiratory	70	2	68	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	66	2	- 1
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Yemen

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.