WORLD HEALTH REVIEW DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VS JAMAICA

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Compare Dominican Republic and Jamaica 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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Jamaica Population Pyramid

2,960,321

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC				JAMAICA
	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC						JAMAICA
				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	62.5	66.3	64.4	40	44	41
1970	57.0	60.4	58.6	85	87	86	66.6	70.2	68.4	28	47	41
1980	61.3	65.1	63.2	87	89	88	69.1	72.4	70.7	31	53	35
1990	65.6	70.6	68.0	84	89	91	69.9	73.4	71.6	39	65	47
2000	69.6	74.7	72.0	63	70	64	69.8	75.5	72.6	58	59	59
2010	69.7	75.9	72.7	92	86	90	72.5	77.7	75.0	53	58	53
2019	69.8	76.2	72.8	103	95	104	74.4	77.7	76.0	57	82	66

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC				JAMAICA
			World Rank				World Rank
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
At Birth	69.8	76.2	103	95	74.4	77.7	57	82
Age	69.8	76.2	103	95	74.4	77.7	57	82
Age 5	72.0	78.2	95	87	75.5	78.6	50	78
Age 10	72.1	78.3	96	88	75.6	78.7	51	77
Age 15	72.2	78.4	97	88	75.7	78.8	51	77
Age 20	72.5	78.5	95	88	75.9	78.9	51	78
Age 25	73.0	78.7	91	87	76.1	79.1	53	77
Age 30	73.5	79.0	90	80	76.4	79.3	54	76
Age 35	74.1	79.3	87	79	76.7	79.6	53	74
Age 40	74.8	79.7	85	77	77.1	80.0	51	73
Age 45	75.5	80.2	81	75	77.6	80.4	49	71
Age 50	76.5	80.7	79	72	78.2	81.0	52	69
Age 55	77.7	81.5	78	70	79.0	81.8	53	64
Age 60	79.0	82.4	72	68	80.1	82.6	55	61
Age 65	80.8	83.5	65	62	81.4	83.8	52	58
Age 70	82.8	84.8	62	60	83.1	85.2	54	54
Age 75	85.2	86.5	55	58	85.4	86.9	50	50
Age 80	87.7	88.2	53	64	88.1	89.1	40	42
Age 85	90.4	90.5	56	78	91.1	91.5	20	25

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		DOMINICAN REPUBLIC		JAMAICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	144.42	50	49.69	162
2.	Stroke	76.94	97	70.26	104
3.	Road Traffic Accidents	67.23	1	14.23	101
4.	Prostate Cancer	35.41	21	53.37	3
5.	Breast Cancer	28.28	14	25.54	24
6.	Diabetes Mellitus	27.63	93	61.66	24
7.	Liver Disease	26.51	71	4.80	162
8.	Kidney Disease	20.79	105	23.98	84
9.	Influenza and Pneumonia	20.03	116	11.23	153
10.	HIV/AIDS	18.91	45	25.41	38
11.	Violence	18.10	23	47.92	4
12.	Hypertension	18.05	93	18.75	89
13.	Alzheimers & Dementia	15.84	126	15.09	133
14.	Lung Disease	13.00	153	13.20	151
15.	Lung Cancers	12.65	92	14.66	78
16.	Cervical Cancer	10.82	79	22.18	32
17.	Low Birth Weight	9.31	41	6.72	67
18.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	8.53	95	13.25	39
19.	Other Injuries	8.26	84	2.77	173
20.	Congenital Anomalies	7.20	49	4.63	124
21.	Liver Cancer	6.73	60	3.14	161
22.	Endocrine Disorders	5.59	59	5.56	60
23.	Stomach Cancer	5.54	98	7.00	77
24.	Birth Trauma	5.51	59	1.82	96
25.	Suicide	5.12	141	2.28	175
26.	Pancreas Cancer	4.61	73	3.62	94
27.	Diarrhoeal diseases	4.57	81	1.06	133
28.	Oral Cancer	4.35	51	1.87	141
29.	Parkinson's Disease	4.27	82	3.69	118
30.	Asthma	4.26	94	2.02	115
31.	Leukemia	3.99	71	4.13	63
32.	Falls	3.93	126	2.34	167
33.	Lymphomas	3.77	130	7.87	10
34.	Malnutrition	3.35	65	1.43	90
35.	Inflammatory/Heart	2.98	138	4.11	112
36.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	2.84	87	2.47	92
37.	Tuberculosis	2.34	104	0.24	157
38.	Drownings	2.29	100	0.34	182
39.	Oesophagus Cancer	2.08	110	2.28	95
40.	Maternal Conditions	1.85	73	1.15	81
41.	Ovary Cancer	1.73	177	5.85	38
42.	Skin Cancers	1.71	104	0.29	168
43.	Drug Use	1.53	66	0.40	169
44.	Epilepsy	1.51	97	1.48	101
45.	Fires	1.27	99	0.47	145
46.	Meningitis	1.21	72	0.49	116
47.	Alcohol	1.20	105	0.24	169
48.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	1.17	104	0.85	127
49.	Pertussis	1.07	64	0.00	177
50.	Bladder Cancer	0.91	159	1.77	108

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		DOMINICAN REPUBLIC		JAMAICA
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	14,986	21.98	1,726	9.88
2.	Stroke	7,882	11.56	2,415	13.82
3.	Road Traffic Accidents	6,937	10.17	444	2.54
4.	Diabetes Mellitus	2,762	4.05	2,077	11.88
5.	Liver Disease	2,680	3.93	155	0.89
6.	Influenza and Pneumonia	2,254	3.31	393	2.25
7.	Kidney Disease	2,121	3.11	793	4.54
8.	HIV/AIDS	1,931	2.83	757	4.33
9.	Violence	1,917	2.81	1,484	8.49
10.	Hypertension	1,894	2.78	651	3.73
11.	Alzheimers & Dementia	1,808	2.65	587	3.36
12.	Prostate Cancer	1,655	2.43	883	5.05
13.	Low Birth Weight	1,532	2.25	241	1.38
14.	Breast Cancer	1,460	2.14	413	2.36
15.	Lung Disease	1,360	1.99	452	2.59
16.	Lung Cancers	1,244	1.82	472	2.70
17.	Congenital Anomalies	1,038	1.52	139	0.80
18.	Birth Trauma	915	1.34	65	0.37
19.	Other Injuries	890	1.31	91	0.52
20.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	851	1.25	436	2.49
21.	Liver Cancer	664	0.97	101	0.58
22.	Endocrine Disorders	602	0.88	176	1.01
23.	Cervical Cancer	560	0.82	358	2.05
24.	Stomach Cancer	547	0.80	231	1.32
25.	Suicide	530	0.78	70	0.40
26.	Diarrhoeal diseases	504	0.74	35	0.20
27.	Pancreas Cancer	456	0.67	119	0.68
28.	Parkinson's Disease	446	0.65	132	0.76
29.	Asthma	441	0.65	65	0.37
30.	Falls	435	0.64	82	0.47
31.	Oral Cancer	434	0.64	59	0.34
32.	Leukemia	409	0.60	129	0.74
33.	Lymphomas	374	0.55	251	1.44
34.	Malnutrition	372	0.55	48	0.27
35.	Inflammatory/Heart	312	0.46	133	0.76
36.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	295	0.43	82	0.47
37.	Drownings	248	0.36	10	0.06
38.	Tuberculosis	242	0.35	8	0.05
39.	Maternal Conditions	202	0.30	35	0.20
40.	Oesophagus Cancer	200	0.29	74	0.42
41.	Skin Cancers	172	0.25	10	0.06
42.	Epilepsy	158	0.23	46	0.26
43.	Drug Use	156	0.23	13	0.07
44.	Fires	139	0.20	16	0.09
45.	Meningitis	134	0.20	16	0.09
46.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	123	0.18	27	0.15
47.	Pertussis	121	0.18	0	0.00
48.	Alcohol	120	0.18	7	0.04
49.	Bladder Cancer	92	0.13	60	0.34
50.	Ovary Cancer	89	0.13	97	0.56

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		DOMINICAN REPUBLIC		JAMAICA
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Prostate Cancer	35.41	21	53.37	3
2.	Breast Cancer	28.28	14	25.54	24
3.	Lung Cancers	12.65	92	14.66	78
4.	Cervical Cancer	10.82	79	22.18	32
5.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	8.53	95	13.25	39
6.	Liver Cancer	6.73	60	3.14	161
7.	Stomach Cancer	5.54	98	7.00	77
8.	Pancreas Cancer	4.61	73	3.62	94
9.	Oral Cancer	4.35	51	1.87	141
10.	Leukemia	3.99	71	4.13	63
11.	Lymphomas	3.77	130	7.87	10
12.	Oesophagus Cancer	2.08	110	2.28	95
13.	Ovary Cancer	1.73	177	5.85	38
14.	Skin Cancers	1.71	104	0.29	168
15.	Bladder Cancer	0.91	159	1.77	108
16.	Uterin Cancer	0.83	167	6.42	8

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.