World Health Review
COUNTRY #1
Compare Dominican Republic and Mexico 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.
COUNTRY #2
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Dominican Republic Population Pyramid
12,795,809
Mexico Population Pyramid
155,150,814
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
POOR
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | MEXICO | ||||||||||||
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | MEXICO | ||||||||||||
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
|
55.7
|
59.0
|
57.3
|
67
|
68
|
68
|
|
1970 |
57.0
|
60.4
|
58.6
|
85
|
87
|
86
|
59.5
|
64.1
|
61.7
|
73
|
72
|
75
|
|
1980 |
61.3
|
65.1
|
63.2
|
87
|
89
|
88
|
63.5
|
70.2
|
66.8
|
75
|
67
|
70
|
|
1990 |
65.6
|
70.6
|
68.0
|
84
|
89
|
91
|
68.1
|
73.8
|
70.9
|
55
|
60
|
56
|
|
2000 |
69.6
|
74.7
|
72.0
|
63
|
70
|
64
|
72.4
|
77.2
|
74.8
|
37
|
43
|
36
|
|
2010 |
69.7
|
75.9
|
72.7
|
92
|
86
|
90
|
72.8
|
78.4
|
75.6
|
50
|
45
|
47
|
|
2019 |
69.8
|
76.2
|
72.8
|
103
|
95
|
104
|
73.1
|
78.9
|
76.0
|
67
|
64
|
64
|
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
POOR
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | MEXICO | ||||||||
World Rank | World Rank | ||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
At Birth |
69.8
|
76.2
|
103
|
95
|
73.1
|
78.9
|
67
|
64
|
|
Age 5 |
72.0
|
78.2
|
95
|
87
|
74.3
|
79.9
|
66
|
62
|
|
Age 10 |
72.1
|
78.3
|
96
|
88
|
74.4
|
80.0
|
66
|
62
|
|
Age 15 |
72.2
|
78.4
|
97
|
88
|
74.5
|
80.0
|
66
|
62
|
|
Age 20 |
72.5
|
78.5
|
95
|
88
|
74.7
|
80.2
|
65
|
62
|
|
Age 25 |
73.0
|
78.7
|
91
|
87
|
75.2
|
80.3
|
65
|
60
|
|
Age 30 |
73.5
|
79.0
|
90
|
80
|
75.7
|
80.5
|
60
|
59
|
|
Age 35 |
74.1
|
79.3
|
87
|
79
|
76.2
|
80.7
|
59
|
59
|
|
Age 40 |
74.8
|
79.7
|
85
|
77
|
76.8
|
80.9
|
57
|
59
|
|
Age 45 |
75.5
|
80.2
|
81
|
75
|
77.5
|
81.3
|
53
|
58
|
|
Age 50 |
76.5
|
80.7
|
79
|
72
|
78.3
|
81.7
|
47
|
56
|
|
Age 55 |
77.7
|
81.5
|
78
|
70
|
79.3
|
82.3
|
47
|
55
|
|
Age 60 |
79.0
|
82.4
|
72
|
68
|
80.5
|
83.1
|
45
|
54
|
|
Age 65 |
80.8
|
83.5
|
65
|
62
|
81.9
|
84.1
|
46
|
51
|
|
Age 70 |
82.8
|
84.8
|
62
|
60
|
83.7
|
85.4
|
42
|
49
|
|
Age 75 |
85.2
|
86.5
|
55
|
58
|
85.6
|
87.1
|
44
|
46
|
|
Age 80 |
87.7
|
88.2
|
53
|
64
|
88.0
|
89.1
|
42
|
44
|
|
Age 85 |
90.4
|
90.5
|
56
|
78
|
91.1
|
91.7
|
16
|
20
|
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | MEXICO | |||||
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH | Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | ||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
144.42
|
50
|
92.41
|
121
|
|
2. | Stroke |
76.94
|
97
|
32.08
|
148
|
|
3. | Road Traffic Accidents |
67.23
|
1
|
12.86
|
111
|
|
4. | Prostate Cancer |
35.41
|
21
|
14.13
|
112
|
|
5. | Breast Cancer |
28.28
|
14
|
11.17
|
149
|
|
6. | Diabetes Mellitus |
27.63
|
93
|
71.86
|
17
|
|
7. | Liver Disease |
26.51
|
71
|
24.62
|
76
|
|
8. | Kidney Disease |
20.79
|
105
|
36.72
|
33
|
|
9. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
20.03
|
116
|
19.44
|
118
|
|
10. | HIV/AIDS |
18.91
|
45
|
3.23
|
90
|
|
11. | Violence |
18.10
|
23
|
25.30
|
16
|
|
12. | Hypertension |
18.05
|
93
|
14.30
|
110
|
|
13. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
15.84
|
126
|
2.70
|
175
|
|
14. | Lung Disease |
13.00
|
153
|
23.06
|
87
|
|
15. | Lung Cancers |
12.65
|
92
|
6.21
|
128
|
|
16. | Cervical Cancer |
10.82
|
79
|
7.28
|
101
|
|
17. | Low Birth Weight |
9.31
|
41
|
4.31
|
100
|
|
18. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
8.53
|
95
|
5.72
|
138
|
|
19. | Other Injuries |
8.26
|
84
|
9.65
|
69
|
|
20. | Congenital Anomalies |
7.20
|
49
|
7.31
|
45
|
|
21. | Liver Cancer |
6.73
|
60
|
5.75
|
84
|
|
22. | Endocrine Disorders |
5.59
|
59
|
9.09
|
25
|
|
23. | Stomach Cancer |
5.54
|
98
|
5.77
|
96
|
|
24. | Birth Trauma |
5.51
|
59
|
1.53
|
103
|
|
25. | Suicide |
5.12
|
141
|
5.29
|
136
|
|
26. | Pancreas Cancer |
4.61
|
73
|
3.80
|
90
|
|
27. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
4.57
|
81
|
2.81
|
94
|
|
28. | Oral Cancer |
4.35
|
51
|
1.13
|
172
|
|
29. | Parkinson's Disease |
4.27
|
82
|
1.28
|
173
|
|
30. | Asthma |
4.26
|
94
|
1.07
|
131
|
|
31. | Leukemia |
3.99
|
71
|
3.88
|
77
|
|
32. | Falls |
3.93
|
126
|
2.13
|
170
|
|
33. | Lymphomas |
3.77
|
130
|
4.13
|
115
|
|
34. | Malnutrition |
3.35
|
65
|
5.75
|
48
|
|
35. | Inflammatory/Heart |
2.98
|
138
|
1.51
|
174
|
|
36. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
2.84
|
87
|
2.20
|
102
|
|
37. | Tuberculosis |
2.34
|
104
|
1.58
|
114
|
|
38. | Drownings |
2.29
|
100
|
1.42
|
131
|
|
39. | Oesophagus Cancer |
2.08
|
110
|
1.05
|
154
|
|
40. | Maternal Conditions |
1.85
|
73
|
0.58
|
106
|
|
41. | Ovary Cancer |
1.73
|
177
|
4.06
|
107
|
|
42. | Skin Cancers |
1.71
|
104
|
1.53
|
116
|
|
43. | Drug Use |
1.53
|
66
|
1.18
|
93
|
|
44. | Epilepsy |
1.51
|
97
|
1.53
|
96
|
|
45. | Fires |
1.27
|
99
|
0.48
|
141
|
|
46. | Meningitis |
1.21
|
72
|
0.29
|
143
|
|
47. | Alcohol |
1.20
|
105
|
2.39
|
50
|
|
48. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
1.17
|
104
|
0.71
|
137
|
|
49. | Pertussis |
1.07
|
64
|
0.02
|
122
|
|
50. | Bladder Cancer |
0.91
|
159
|
1.06
|
153
|
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | MEXICO | |||||
Deaths | % | Deaths | % | |||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
14,986
|
21.98
|
116,238
|
18.83
|
|
2. | Stroke |
7,882
|
11.56
|
39,790
|
6.44
|
|
3. | Road Traffic Accidents |
6,937
|
10.17
|
16,303
|
2.64
|
|
4. | Diabetes Mellitus |
2,762
|
4.05
|
86,110
|
13.95
|
|
5. | Liver Disease |
2,680
|
3.93
|
29,838
|
4.83
|
|
6. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
2,254
|
3.31
|
24,816
|
4.02
|
|
7. | Kidney Disease |
2,121
|
3.11
|
44,622
|
7.23
|
|
8. | HIV/AIDS |
1,931
|
2.83
|
4,128
|
0.67
|
|
9. | Violence |
1,917
|
2.81
|
32,450
|
5.26
|
|
10. | Hypertension |
1,894
|
2.78
|
17,806
|
2.88
|
|
11. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
1,808
|
2.65
|
3,447
|
0.56
|
|
12. | Prostate Cancer |
1,655
|
2.43
|
7,494
|
1.21
|
|
13. | Low Birth Weight |
1,532
|
2.25
|
7,163
|
1.16
|
|
14. | Breast Cancer |
1,460
|
2.14
|
7,380
|
1.20
|
|
15. | Lung Disease |
1,360
|
1.99
|
29,123
|
4.72
|
|
16. | Lung Cancers |
1,244
|
1.82
|
7,349
|
1.19
|
|
17. | Congenital Anomalies |
1,038
|
1.52
|
10,457
|
1.69
|
|
18. | Birth Trauma |
915
|
1.34
|
2,552
|
0.41
|
|
19. | Other Injuries |
890
|
1.31
|
12,175
|
1.97
|
|
20. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
851
|
1.25
|
6,871
|
1.11
|
|
21. | Liver Cancer |
664
|
0.97
|
6,817
|
1.10
|
|
22. | Endocrine Disorders |
602
|
0.88
|
11,310
|
1.83
|
|
23. | Cervical Cancer |
560
|
0.82
|
4,787
|
0.78
|
|
24. | Stomach Cancer |
547
|
0.80
|
6,939
|
1.12
|
|
25. | Suicide |
530
|
0.78
|
6,772
|
1.10
|
|
26. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
504
|
0.74
|
3,476
|
0.56
|
|
27. | Pancreas Cancer |
456
|
0.67
|
4,510
|
0.73
|
|
28. | Parkinson's Disease |
446
|
0.65
|
1,567
|
0.25
|
|
29. | Asthma |
441
|
0.65
|
1,342
|
0.22
|
|
30. | Falls |
435
|
0.64
|
2,628
|
0.43
|
|
31. | Oral Cancer |
434
|
0.64
|
1,355
|
0.22
|
|
32. | Leukemia |
409
|
0.60
|
4,830
|
0.78
|
|
33. | Lymphomas |
374
|
0.55
|
4,961
|
0.80
|
|
34. | Malnutrition |
372
|
0.55
|
7,552
|
1.22
|
|
35. | Inflammatory/Heart |
312
|
0.46
|
1,866
|
0.30
|
|
36. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
295
|
0.43
|
2,734
|
0.44
|
|
37. | Drownings |
248
|
0.36
|
1,799
|
0.29
|
|
38. | Tuberculosis |
242
|
0.35
|
1,943
|
0.31
|
|
39. | Maternal Conditions |
202
|
0.30
|
750
|
0.12
|
|
40. | Oesophagus Cancer |
200
|
0.29
|
1,252
|
0.20
|
|
41. | Skin Cancers |
172
|
0.25
|
1,909
|
0.31
|
|
42. | Epilepsy |
158
|
0.23
|
1,912
|
0.31
|
|
43. | Drug Use |
156
|
0.23
|
1,470
|
0.24
|
|
44. | Fires |
139
|
0.20
|
604
|
0.10
|
|
45. | Meningitis |
134
|
0.20
|
357
|
0.06
|
|
46. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
123
|
0.18
|
859
|
0.14
|
|
47. | Pertussis |
121
|
0.18
|
21
|
0.00
|
|
48. | Alcohol |
120
|
0.18
|
2,945
|
0.48
|
|
49. | Bladder Cancer |
92
|
0.13
|
1,272
|
0.21
|
|
50. | Ovary Cancer |
89
|
0.13
|
2,649
|
0.43
|
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | MEXICO | |||||
Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | |||
1. | Prostate Cancer |
35.41
|
21
|
14.13
|
112
|
|
2. | Breast Cancer |
28.28
|
14
|
11.17
|
149
|
|
3. | Lung Cancers |
12.65
|
92
|
6.21
|
128
|
|
4. | Cervical Cancer |
10.82
|
79
|
7.28
|
101
|
|
5. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
8.53
|
95
|
5.72
|
138
|
|
6. | Liver Cancer |
6.73
|
60
|
5.75
|
84
|
|
7. | Stomach Cancer |
5.54
|
98
|
5.77
|
96
|
|
8. | Pancreas Cancer |
4.61
|
73
|
3.80
|
90
|
|
9. | Oral Cancer |
4.35
|
51
|
1.13
|
172
|
|
10. | Leukemia |
3.99
|
71
|
3.88
|
77
|
|
11. | Lymphomas |
3.77
|
130
|
4.13
|
115
|
|
12. | Oesophagus Cancer |
2.08
|
110
|
1.05
|
154
|
|
13. | Ovary Cancer |
1.73
|
177
|
4.06
|
107
|
|
14. | Skin Cancers |
1.71
|
104
|
1.53
|
116
|
|
15. | Bladder Cancer |
0.91
|
159
|
1.06
|
153
|
|
16. | Uterin Cancer |
0.83
|
167
|
1.40
|
145
|
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.
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.