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Dominican Republic
COUNTRY #1
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VS INDIA

Compare Dominican Republic and India 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.

India
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Dominican Republic Population Pyramid
12,795,809
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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India Population Pyramid
1,639,176,036
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   India INDIA
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   India INDIA
       
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
  
43.2
41.3
42.3
121
145
135
1970
57.0
60.4
58.6
85
87
86
  
50.1
48.5
49.3
119
136
124
1980
61.3
65.1
63.2
87
89
88
  
55.9
55.5
55.7
117
129
124
1990
65.6
70.6
68.0
84
89
91
  
59.3
60.0
59.7
125
134
130
2000
69.6
74.7
72.0
63
70
64
  
61.7
63.4
62.5
119
130
128
2010
69.7
75.9
72.7
92
86
90
  
65.3
67.6
66.4
116
132
126
2019
69.8
76.2
72.8
103
95
104
  
69.5
72.2
70.8
107
122
117
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   India INDIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.8
76.2
103
95
69.5
72.2
107
122
Age
69.8
76.2
103
95
69.5
72.2
107
122
Age 5
72.0
78.2
95
87
71.9
74.7
98
119
Age 10
72.1
78.3
96
88
72.1
74.9
98
120
Age 15
72.2
78.4
97
88
72.2
75.1
96
120
Age 20
72.5
78.5
95
88
72.4
75.4
98
118
Age 25
73.0
78.7
91
87
72.8
75.7
97
116
Age 30
73.5
79.0
90
80
73.2
76.0
97
116
Age 35
74.1
79.3
87
79
73.6
76.3
94
115
Age 40
74.8
79.7
85
77
74.2
76.7
93
115
Age 45
75.5
80.2
81
75
74.9
77.1
91
113
Age 50
76.5
80.7
79
72
75.7
77.7
91
115
Age 55
77.7
81.5
78
70
76.7
78.5
87
113
Age 60
79.0
82.4
72
68
78.1
79.5
85
110
Age 65
80.8
83.5
65
62
79.7
80.9
84
106
Age 70
82.8
84.8
62
60
81.7
82.6
88
106
Age 75
85.2
86.5
55
58
84.0
84.7
84
104
Age 80
87.7
88.2
53
64
86.7
87.1
86
109
Age 85
90.4
90.5
56
78
90.1
90.4
77
95
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   India INDIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
144.42
50
140.72
55
2. Stroke
76.94
97
64.97
113
3. Road Traffic Accidents
67.23
1
16.33
90
4. Prostate Cancer
35.41
21
6.69
147
5. Breast Cancer
28.28
14
13.62
125
6. Diabetes Mellitus
27.63
93
25.49
97
7. Liver Disease
26.51
71
22.24
83
8. Kidney Disease
20.79
105
19.90
107
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.03
116
35.30
77
10. HIV/AIDS
18.91
45
3.35
87
11. Violence
18.10
23
3.84
104
12. Hypertension
18.05
93
10.68
128
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.84
126
14.60
137
14. Lung Disease
13.00
153
87.90
3
15. Lung Cancers
12.65
92
7.82
117
16. Cervical Cancer
10.82
79
7.46
100
17. Low Birth Weight
9.31
41
11.98
19
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.53
95
7.03
118
19. Other Injuries
8.26
84
12.19
44
20. Congenital Anomalies
7.20
49
4.70
122
21. Liver Cancer
6.73
60
2.67
175
22. Endocrine Disorders
5.59
59
1.29
169
23. Stomach Cancer
5.54
98
7.07
76
24. Birth Trauma
5.51
59
5.11
64
25. Suicide
5.12
141
12.91
41
26. Pancreas Cancer
4.61
73
2.97
113
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.57
81
64.45
20
28. Oral Cancer
4.35
51
11.45
6
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.27
82
4.57
65
30. Asthma
4.26
94
18.49
24
31. Leukemia
3.99
71
2.79
129
32. Falls
3.93
126
21.87
1
33. Lymphomas
3.77
130
3.44
136
34. Malnutrition
3.35
65
0.70
109
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
138
1.12
182
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.84
87
6.24
42
37. Tuberculosis
2.34
104
32.84
32
38. Drownings
2.29
100
3.76
51
39. Oesophagus Cancer
2.08
110
3.40
57
40. Maternal Conditions
1.85
73
1.79
74
41. Ovary Cancer
1.73
177
3.73
120
42. Skin Cancers
1.71
104
0.47
164
43. Drug Use
1.53
66
0.94
119
44. Epilepsy
1.51
97
2.44
47
45. Fires
1.27
99
1.84
79
46. Meningitis
1.21
72
2.52
55
47. Alcohol
1.20
105
1.81
68
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.17
104
10.94
8
49. Pertussis
1.07
64
0.76
73
50. Bladder Cancer
0.91
159
1.34
140
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   India INDIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
14,986
21.98
1.52m
17.94
2. Stroke
7,882
11.56
697,038
8.23
3. Road Traffic Accidents
6,937
10.17
212,596
2.51
4. Diabetes Mellitus
2,762
4.05
271,495
3.20
5. Liver Disease
2,680
3.93
268,580
3.17
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,254
3.31
392,425
4.63
7. Kidney Disease
2,121
3.11
222,903
2.63
8. HIV/AIDS
1,931
2.83
44,406
0.52
9. Violence
1,917
2.81
51,767
0.61
10. Hypertension
1,894
2.78
108,050
1.28
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,808
2.65
126,593
1.49
12. Prostate Cancer
1,655
2.43
30,945
0.37
13. Low Birth Weight
1,532
2.25
238,739
2.82
14. Breast Cancer
1,460
2.14
82,821
0.98
15. Lung Disease
1,360
1.99
879,732
10.38
16. Lung Cancers
1,244
1.82
88,276
1.04
17. Congenital Anomalies
1,038
1.52
82,769
0.98
18. Birth Trauma
915
1.34
102,819
1.21
19. Other Injuries
890
1.31
149,570
1.77
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
851
1.25
77,368
0.91
21. Liver Cancer
664
0.97
30,369
0.36
22. Endocrine Disorders
602
0.88
15,264
0.18
23. Cervical Cancer
560
0.82
45,319
0.53
24. Stomach Cancer
547
0.80
81,058
0.96
25. Suicide
530
0.78
173,347
2.05
26. Diarrhoeal diseases
504
0.74
670,315
7.91
27. Pancreas Cancer
456
0.67
32,812
0.39
28. Parkinson's Disease
446
0.65
43,398
0.51
29. Asthma
441
0.65
196,051
2.31
30. Falls
435
0.64
225,755
2.66
31. Oral Cancer
434
0.64
134,187
1.58
32. Leukemia
409
0.60
33,383
0.39
33. Lymphomas
374
0.55
40,159
0.47
34. Malnutrition
372
0.55
8,626
0.10
35. Inflammatory/Heart
312
0.46
12,651
0.15
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
295
0.43
68,108
0.80
37. Drownings
248
0.36
48,774
0.58
38. Tuberculosis
242
0.35
435,882
5.15
39. Maternal Conditions
202
0.30
25,917
0.31
40. Oesophagus Cancer
200
0.29
38,898
0.46
41. Skin Cancers
172
0.25
5,054
0.06
42. Epilepsy
158
0.23
30,307
0.36
43. Drug Use
156
0.23
11,747
0.14
44. Fires
139
0.20
23,265
0.27
45. Meningitis
134
0.20
33,337
0.39
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
123
0.18
126,079
1.49
47. Pertussis
121
0.18
10,094
0.12
48. Alcohol
120
0.18
23,097
0.27
49. Bladder Cancer
92
0.13
14,081
0.17
50. Ovary Cancer
89
0.13
21,947
0.26
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   India INDIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
35.41
21
6.69
147
2. Breast Cancer
28.28
14
13.62
125
3. Lung Cancers
12.65
92
7.82
117
4. Cervical Cancer
10.82
79
7.46
100
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.53
95
7.03
118
6. Liver Cancer
6.73
60
2.67
175
7. Stomach Cancer
5.54
98
7.07
76
8. Pancreas Cancer
4.61
73
2.97
113
9. Oral Cancer
4.35
51
11.45
6
10. Leukemia
3.99
71
2.79
129
11. Lymphomas
3.77
130
3.44
136
12. Oesophagus Cancer
2.08
110
3.40
57
13. Ovary Cancer
1.73
177
3.73
120
14. Skin Cancers
1.71
104
0.47
164
15. Bladder Cancer
0.91
159
1.34
140
16. Uterin Cancer
0.83
167
1.19
155
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.