WORLD HEALTH REVIEW DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VS BANGLADESH

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Compare Dominican Republic and Bangladesh health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS

Data Source: United Nations

Dominican Republic Population Pyramid

12,795,809

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Bangladesh Population Pyramid

192,567,779

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC				BANGLADESH
	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC						BANGLADESH
				World Rank						World Rank
	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All
1960	50.7	53.6	52.1	88	88	88	41.0	39.9	40.5	136	153	144
1970	57.0	60.4	58.6	85	87	86	44.8	44.3	44.5	138	153	144
1980	61.3	65.1	63.2	87	89	88	48.9	48.7	48.8	142	152	147
1990	65.6	70.6	68.0	84	89	91	54.5	55.1	54.8	144	151	146
2000	69.6	74.7	72.0	63	70	64	64.9	65.6	65.3	103	124	118
2010	69.7	75.9	72.7	92	86	90	68.9	71.1	69.9	95	118	106
2019	69.8	76.2	72.8	103	95	104	73.0	75.6	74.3	71	98	85

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC				BANGLADESH
			World Rank				World Rank
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
At Birth	69.8	76.2	103	95	73.0	75.6	71	98
Age	69.8	76.2	103	95	73.0	75.6	71	98
Age 5	72.0	78.2	95	87	75.4	77.8	51	91
Age 10	72.1	78.3	96	88	75.7	78.1	50	91
Age 15	72.2	78.4	97	88	76.0	78.2	48	91
Age 20	72.5	78.5	95	88	76.2	78.4	46	89
Age 25	73.0	78.7	91	87	76.4	78.6	46	89
Age 30	73.5	79.0	90	80	76.6	78.8	48	89
Age 35	74.1	79.3	87	79	76.9	79.0	48	89
Age 40	74.8	79.7	85	77	77.2	79.2	48	87
Age 45	75.5	80.2	81	75	77.6	79.6	51	88
Age 50	76.5	80.7	79	72	78.2	80.0	50	88
Age 55	77.7	81.5	78	70	79.2	80.7	50	87
Age 60	79.0	82.4	72	68	80.3	81.5	49	86
Age 65	80.8	83.5	65	62	81.7	82.6	48	84
Age 70	82.8	84.8	62	60	83.5	84.1	49	82
Age 75	85.2	86.5	55	58	85.4	85.8	49	75
Age 80	87.7	88.2	53	64	87.5	87.8	57	80
Age 85	90.4	90.5	56	78	90.3	90.5	60	73

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		DOMINICAN REPUBLIC		BANGLADESH
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	144.42	50	94.27	118
2.	Stroke	76.94	97	119.20	41
3.	Road Traffic Accidents	67.23	1	16.74	88
4.	Prostate Cancer	35.41	21	3.07	173
5.	Breast Cancer	28.28	14	10.69	152
6.	Diabetes Mellitus	27.63	93	25.49	98
7.	Liver Disease	26.51	71	16.64	101
8.	Kidney Disease	20.79	105	9.14	143
9.	Influenza and Pneumonia	20.03	116	22.96	103
10.	HIV/AIDS	18.91	45	0.36	130
11.	Violence	18.10	23	2.89	115
12.	Hypertension	18.05	93	13.27	114
13.	Alzheimers & Dementia	15.84	126	13.89	142
14.	Lung Disease	13.00	153	41.72	25
15.	Lung Cancers	12.65	92	10.24	102
16.	Cervical Cancer	10.82	79	7.75	97
17.	Low Birth Weight	9.31	41	7.38	60
18.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	8.53	95	3.57	172
19.	Other Injuries	8.26	84	5.56	123
20.	Congenital Anomalies	7.20	49	4.70	121
21.	Liver Cancer	6.73	60	2.29	178
22.	Endocrine Disorders	5.59	59	0.98	176
23.	Stomach Cancer	5.54	98	5.45	100
24.	Birth Trauma	5.51	59	5.68	58
25.	Suicide	5.12	141	3.85	153
26.	Pancreas Cancer	4.61	73	1.15	164
27.	Diarrhoeal diseases	4.57	81	29.61	52
28.	Oral Cancer	4.35	51	12.13	4
29.	Parkinson's Disease	4.27	82	3.49	125
30.	Asthma	4.26	94	7.70	74
31.	Leukemia	3.99	71	1.29	164
32.	Falls	3.93	126	2.64	159
33.	Lymphomas	3.77	130	2.05	173
34.	Malnutrition	3.35	65	1.70	86
35.	Inflammatory/Heart	2.98	138	1.20	180
36.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	2.84	87	1.01	149
37.	Tuberculosis	2.34	104	25.88	42
38.	Drownings	2.29	100	4.55	33
39.	Oesophagus Cancer	2.08	110	15.32	4
40.	Maternal Conditions	1.85	73	2.19	67
41.	Ovary Cancer	1.73	177	3.34	133
42.	Skin Cancers	1.71	104	0.68	153
43.	Drug Use	1.53	66	2.34	37
44.	Epilepsy	1.51	97	0.97	138
45.	Fires	1.27	99	0.89	119
46.	Meningitis	1.21	72	1.37	70
47.	Alcohol	1.20	105	0.19	175
48.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	1.17	104	2.25	58
49.	Pertussis	1.07	64	1.24	60
50.	Bladder Cancer	0.91	159	0.84	162

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		DOMINICAN REPUBLIC		BANGLADESH
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	14,986	21.98	108,528	15.16
2.	Stroke	7,882	11.56	134,166	18.74
3.	Road Traffic Accidents	6,937	10.17	25,023	3.50
4.	Diabetes Mellitus	2,762	4.05	28,976	4.05
5.	Liver Disease	2,680	3.93	21,024	2.94
6.	Influenza and Pneumonia	2,254	3.31	29,586	4.13
7.	Kidney Disease	2,121	3.11	10,841	1.51
8.	HIV/AIDS	1,931	2.83	563	0.08
9.	Violence	1,917	2.81	4,623	0.65
10.	Hypertension	1,894	2.78	14,776	2.06
11.	Alzheimers & Dementia	1,808	2.65	14,993	2.09
12.	Prostate Cancer	1,655	2.43	1,664	0.23
13.	Low Birth Weight	1,532	2.25	17,457	2.44
14.	Breast Cancer	1,460	2.14	6,808	0.95
15.	Lung Disease	1,360	1.99	45,699	6.38
16.	Lung Cancers	1,244	1.82	12,174	1.70
17.	Congenital Anomalies	1,038	1.52	10,113	1.41
18.	Birth Trauma	915	1.34	13,392	1.87
19.	Other Injuries	890	1.31	7,629	1.07
20.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	851	1.25	4,534	0.63
21.	Liver Cancer	664	0.97	2,884	0.40
22.	Endocrine Disorders	602	0.88	1,335	0.19
23.	Cervical Cancer	560	0.82	5,132	0.72
24.	Stomach Cancer	547	0.80	6,799	0.95
25.	Suicide	530	0.78	5,998	0.84
26.	Diarrhoeal diseases	504	0.74	36,111	5.05
27.	Pancreas Cancer	456	0.67	1,414	0.20
28.	Parkinson's Disease	446	0.65	3,782	0.53
29.	Asthma	441	0.65	8,893	1.24
30.	Falls	435	0.64	3,328	0.46
31.	Oral Cancer	434	0.64	15,511	2.17
32.	Leukemia	409	0.60	1,895	0.26
33.	Lymphomas	374	0.55	2,667	0.37
34.	Malnutrition	372	0.55	2,418	0.34
35.	Inflammatory/Heart	312	0.46	1,485	0.21
36.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	295	0.43	1,251	0.17
37.	Drownings	248	0.36	7,094	0.99
38.	Tuberculosis	242	0.35	37,175	5.19
39.	Maternal Conditions	202	0.30	3,920	0.55
40.	Oesophagus Cancer	200	0.29	19,525	2.73
41.	Skin Cancers	172	0.25	853	0.12
42.	Epilepsy	158	0.23	1,353	0.19
43.	Drug Use	156	0.23	2,967	0.41
44.	Fires	139	0.20	1,271	0.18
45.	Meningitis	134	0.20	2,105	0.29
46.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	123	0.18	2,922	0.41
47.	Pertussis	121	0.18	2,011	0.28
48.	Alcohol	120	0.18	262	0.04
49.	Bladder Cancer	92	0.13	991	0.14
50.	Ovary Cancer	89	0.13	2,231	0.31

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		DOMINICAN REPUBLIC		BANGLADESH
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Prostate Cancer	35.41	21	3.07	173
2.	Breast Cancer	28.28	14	10.69	152
3.	Lung Cancers	12.65	92	10.24	102
4.	Cervical Cancer	10.82	79	7.75	97
5.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	8.53	95	3.57	172
6.	Liver Cancer	6.73	60	2.29	178
7.	Stomach Cancer	5.54	98	5.45	100
8.	Pancreas Cancer	4.61	73	1.15	164
9.	Oral Cancer	4.35	51	12.13	4
10.	Leukemia	3.99	71	1.29	164
11.	Lymphomas	3.77	130	2.05	173
12.	Oesophagus Cancer	2.08	110	15.32	4
13.	Ovary Cancer	1.73	177	3.34	133
14.	Skin Cancers	1.71	104	0.68	153
15.	Bladder Cancer	0.91	159	0.84	162
16.	Uterin Cancer	0.83	167	0.68	170

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.

Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020

Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.