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Dominican Republic
COUNTRY #1
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VS MALDIVES

Compare Dominican Republic and Maldives 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.

Maldives
COUNTRY #2
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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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Maldives Population Pyramid
586,102
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   Maldives MALDIVES
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Maldives MALDIVES
       
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
  
45.1
42.6
43.9
111
140
124
1970
57.0
60.4
58.6
85
87
86
  
51.5
48.9
50.2
109
132
120
1980
61.3
65.1
63.2
87
89
88
  
57.4
54.8
56.1
110
132
123
1990
65.6
70.6
68.0
84
89
91
  
61.8
59.2
60.5
112
138
128
2000
69.6
74.7
72.0
63
70
64
  
68.9
70.4
69.6
71
108
96
2010
69.7
75.9
72.7
92
86
90
  
75.6
78.0
76.7
34
53
36
2019
69.8
76.2
72.8
103
95
104
  
78.6
80.8
79.6
28
41
33
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Maldives MALDIVES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.8
76.2
103
95
78.6
80.8
28
41
Age
69.8
76.2
103
95
78.6
80.8
28
41
Age 5
72.0
78.2
95
87
79.3
81.3
27
43
Age 10
72.1
78.3
96
88
79.4
81.4
27
43
Age 15
72.2
78.4
97
88
79.5
81.5
26
43
Age 20
72.5
78.5
95
88
79.6
81.6
26
43
Age 25
73.0
78.7
91
87
79.7
81.7
28
44
Age 30
73.5
79.0
90
80
79.8
81.8
28
44
Age 35
74.1
79.3
87
79
79.9
81.9
29
45
Age 40
74.8
79.7
85
77
80.0
81.9
31
46
Age 45
75.5
80.2
81
75
80.1
82.1
31
46
Age 50
76.5
80.7
79
72
80.4
82.2
34
48
Age 55
77.7
81.5
78
70
80.7
82.5
39
52
Age 60
79.0
82.4
72
68
81.4
83.1
40
55
Age 65
80.8
83.5
65
62
82.2
83.7
41
59
Age 70
82.8
84.8
62
60
83.5
84.5
48
67
Age 75
85.2
86.5
55
58
85.5
86.3
47
61
Age 80
87.7
88.2
53
64
87.7
88.3
54
60
Age 85
90.4
90.5
56
78
90.4
91.0
57
56
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Maldives MALDIVES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
144.42
50
103.55
102
2. Stroke
76.94
97
52.95
123
3. Road Traffic Accidents
67.23
1
1.85
177
4. Prostate Cancer
35.41
21
8.38
139
5. Breast Cancer
28.28
14
18.52
71
6. Diabetes Mellitus
27.63
93
17.38
114
7. Liver Disease
26.51
71
7.83
143
8. Kidney Disease
20.79
105
29.04
65
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.03
116
11.61
151
10. HIV/AIDS
18.91
45
0.00
172
11. Violence
18.10
23
1.95
133
12. Hypertension
18.05
93
6.22
151
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.84
126
18.30
78
14. Lung Disease
13.00
153
34.69
38
15. Lung Cancers
12.65
92
13.06
89
16. Cervical Cancer
10.82
79
15.15
53
17. Low Birth Weight
9.31
41
2.91
126
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.53
95
7.68
109
19. Other Injuries
8.26
84
4.22
145
20. Congenital Anomalies
7.20
49
4.18
130
21. Liver Cancer
6.73
60
9.20
35
22. Endocrine Disorders
5.59
59
6.80
39
23. Stomach Cancer
5.54
98
0.39
183
24. Birth Trauma
5.51
59
0.99
123
25. Suicide
5.12
141
2.76
165
26. Pancreas Cancer
4.61
73
1.42
156
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.57
81
4.20
83
28. Oral Cancer
4.35
51
4.34
52
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.27
82
4.42
73
30. Asthma
4.26
94
3.60
99
31. Leukemia
3.99
71
2.87
126
32. Falls
3.93
126
5.80
86
33. Lymphomas
3.77
130
2.62
159
34. Malnutrition
3.35
65
1.00
102
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
138
1.71
170
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.84
87
1.34
137
37. Tuberculosis
2.34
104
4.39
87
38. Drownings
2.29
100
3.18
70
39. Oesophagus Cancer
2.08
110
0.03
182
40. Maternal Conditions
1.85
73
0.75
98
41. Ovary Cancer
1.73
177
6.77
18
42. Skin Cancers
1.71
104
0.01
178
43. Drug Use
1.53
66
0.46
161
44. Epilepsy
1.51
97
1.14
126
45. Fires
1.27
99
0.99
114
46. Meningitis
1.21
72
0.30
137
47. Alcohol
1.20
105
0.16
178
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.17
104
1.04
114
49. Pertussis
1.07
64
0.09
107
50. Bladder Cancer
0.91
159
2.01
95
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Maldives MALDIVES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
14,986
21.98
279
23.13
2. Stroke
7,882
11.56
143
11.86
3. Road Traffic Accidents
6,937
10.17
9
0.75
4. Diabetes Mellitus
2,762
4.05
47
3.90
5. Liver Disease
2,680
3.93
24
1.99
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,254
3.31
33
2.74
7. Kidney Disease
2,121
3.11
80
6.63
8. HIV/AIDS
1,931
2.83
0
0.00
9. Violence
1,917
2.81
10
0.83
10. Hypertension
1,894
2.78
16
1.33
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,808
2.65
47
3.90
12. Prostate Cancer
1,655
2.43
11
0.91
13. Low Birth Weight
1,532
2.25
15
1.24
14. Breast Cancer
1,460
2.14
28
2.32
15. Lung Disease
1,360
1.99
91
7.55
16. Lung Cancers
1,244
1.82
36
2.99
17. Congenital Anomalies
1,038
1.52
19
1.58
18. Birth Trauma
915
1.34
5
0.41
19. Other Injuries
890
1.31
16
1.33
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
851
1.25
21
1.74
21. Liver Cancer
664
0.97
27
2.24
22. Endocrine Disorders
602
0.88
22
1.82
23. Cervical Cancer
560
0.82
22
1.82
24. Stomach Cancer
547
0.80
1
0.08
25. Suicide
530
0.78
15
1.24
26. Diarrhoeal diseases
504
0.74
14
1.16
27. Pancreas Cancer
456
0.67
4
0.33
28. Parkinson's Disease
446
0.65
12
1.00
29. Asthma
441
0.65
10
0.83
30. Falls
435
0.64
19
1.58
31. Oral Cancer
434
0.64
15
1.24
32. Leukemia
409
0.60
13
1.08
33. Lymphomas
374
0.55
7
0.58
34. Malnutrition
372
0.55
3
0.25
35. Inflammatory/Heart
312
0.46
5
0.41
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
295
0.43
4
0.33
37. Drownings
248
0.36
14
1.16
38. Tuberculosis
242
0.35
11
0.91
39. Maternal Conditions
202
0.30
5
0.41
40. Oesophagus Cancer
200
0.29
0
0.00
41. Skin Cancers
172
0.25
0
0.00
42. Epilepsy
158
0.23
5
0.41
43. Drug Use
156
0.23
2
0.17
44. Fires
139
0.20
4
0.33
45. Meningitis
134
0.20
1
0.08
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
123
0.18
3
0.25
47. Pertussis
121
0.18
0
0.00
48. Alcohol
120
0.18
1
0.08
49. Bladder Cancer
92
0.13
5
0.41
50. Ovary Cancer
89
0.13
9
0.75
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Maldives MALDIVES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
35.41
21
8.38
139
2. Breast Cancer
28.28
14
18.52
71
3. Lung Cancers
12.65
92
13.06
89
4. Cervical Cancer
10.82
79
15.15
53
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.53
95
7.68
109
6. Liver Cancer
6.73
60
9.20
35
7. Stomach Cancer
5.54
98
0.39
183
8. Pancreas Cancer
4.61
73
1.42
156
9. Oral Cancer
4.35
51
4.34
52
10. Leukemia
3.99
71
2.87
126
11. Lymphomas
3.77
130
2.62
159
12. Oesophagus Cancer
2.08
110
0.03
182
13. Ovary Cancer
1.73
177
6.77
18
14. Skin Cancers
1.71
104
0.01
178
15. Bladder Cancer
0.91
159
2.01
95
16. Uterin Cancer
0.83
167
1.73
127
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.