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Dominican Republic
COUNTRY #1
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VS SOUTH AFRICA

Compare Dominican Republic and South Africa 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.

South Africa
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
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
           
    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
    		  
    47.4
    51.0
    49.2
    100
    96
    98
    1970
    57.0
    60.4
    58.6
    85
    87
    86
    		  
    50.4
    55.8
    53.0
    118
    101
    107
    1980
    61.3
    65.1
    63.2
    87
    89
    88
    		  
    53.9
    60.6
    57.2
    125
    112
    119
    1990
    65.6
    70.6
    68.0
    84
    89
    91
    		  
    57.9
    65.4
    61.6
    130
    118
    123
    2000
    69.6
    74.7
    72.0
    63
    70
    64
    		  
    54.6
    60.1
    57.3
    148
    140
    146
    2010
    69.7
    75.9
    72.7
    92
    86
    90
    		  
    55.5
    60.3
    58.0
    165
    154
    159
    2019
    69.8
    76.2
    72.8
    103
    95
    104
    		  
    62.2
    68.3
    65.3
    154
    145
    149
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    69.8
    76.2
    103
    95
    62.2
    68.3
    154
    145
    Age 5
    72.0
    78.2
    95
    87
    64.6
    70.5
    168
    153
    Age 10
    72.1
    78.3
    96
    88
    64.8
    70.7
    167
    157
    Age 15
    72.2
    78.4
    97
    88
    65.0
    70.8
    167
    158
    Age 20
    72.5
    78.5
    95
    88
    65.3
    71.2
    167
    158
    Age 25
    73.0
    78.7
    91
    87
    66.0
    71.8
    167
    157
    Age 30
    73.5
    79.0
    90
    80
    67.1
    72.8
    167
    152
    Age 35
    74.1
    79.3
    87
    79
    68.5
    74.1
    165
    141
    Age 40
    74.8
    79.7
    85
    77
    70.2
    75.4
    156
    131
    Age 45
    75.5
    80.2
    81
    75
    71.9
    76.8
    147
    118
    Age 50
    76.5
    80.7
    79
    72
    73.6
    78.0
    133
    107
    Age 55
    77.7
    81.5
    78
    70
    75.5
    79.2
    119
    101
    Age 60
    79.0
    82.4
    72
    68
    77.3
    80.5
    106
    100
    Age 65
    80.8
    83.5
    65
    62
    79.4
    82.0
    91
    96
    Age 70
    82.8
    84.8
    62
    60
    81.8
    83.6
    84
    90
    Age 75
    85.2
    86.5
    55
    58
    84.1
    85.4
    82
    88
    Age 80
    87.7
    88.2
    53
    64
    86.6
    87.4
    95
    97
    Age 85
    90.4
    90.5
    56
    78
    89.6
    90.1
    115
    122
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    144.42
    50
    83.76
    128
    2. Stroke
    76.94
    97
    80.50
    93
    3. Road Traffic Accidents
    67.23
    1
    22.70
    61
    4. Prostate Cancer
    35.41
    21
    35.20
    22
    5. Breast Cancer
    28.28
    14
    18.21
    76
    6. Diabetes Mellitus
    27.63
    93
    74.67
    16
    7. Liver Disease
    26.51
    71
    18.41
    95
    8. Kidney Disease
    20.79
    105
    35.72
    35
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    20.03
    116
    83.23
    40
    10. HIV/AIDS
    18.91
    45
    121.35
    9
    11. Violence
    18.10
    23
    37.54
    8
    12. Hypertension
    18.05
    93
    33.86
    36
    13. Alzheimers & Dementia
    15.84
    126
    16.44
    118
    14. Lung Disease
    13.00
    153
    31.41
    47
    15. Lung Cancers
    12.65
    92
    18.34
    64
    16. Cervical Cancer
    10.82
    79
    20.99
    37
    17. Low Birth Weight
    9.31
    41
    7.16
    63
    18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.53
    95
    8.90
    89
    19. Other Injuries
    8.26
    84
    10.77
    57
    20. Congenital Anomalies
    7.20
    49
    6.23
    83
    21. Liver Cancer
    6.73
    60
    5.46
    87
    22. Endocrine Disorders
    5.59
    59
    11.70
    14
    23. Stomach Cancer
    5.54
    98
    3.68
    137
    24. Birth Trauma
    5.51
    59
    3.36
    78
    25. Suicide
    5.12
    141
    23.49
    8
    26. Pancreas Cancer
    4.61
    73
    4.98
    65
    27. Diarrhoeal diseases
    4.57
    81
    33.37
    46
    28. Oral Cancer
    4.35
    51
    3.18
    80
    29. Parkinson's Disease
    4.27
    82
    3.36
    130
    30. Asthma
    4.26
    94
    13.63
    45
    31. Leukemia
    3.99
    71
    3.34
    108
    32. Falls
    3.93
    126
    2.99
    150
    33. Lymphomas
    3.77
    130
    6.08
    39
    34. Malnutrition
    3.35
    65
    4.41
    56
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.98
    138
    12.75
    17
    36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2.84
    87
    4.52
    65
    37. Tuberculosis
    2.34
    104
    39.83
    26
    38. Drownings
    2.29
    100
    4.06
    44
    39. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.08
    110
    8.50
    16
    40. Maternal Conditions
    1.85
    73
    2.65
    62
    41. Ovary Cancer
    1.73
    177
    3.85
    115
    42. Skin Cancers
    1.71
    104
    2.47
    53
    43. Drug Use
    1.53
    66
    1.52
    67
    44. Epilepsy
    1.51
    97
    3.28
    22
    45. Fires
    1.27
    99
    6.64
    4
    46. Meningitis
    1.21
    72
    6.74
    41
    47. Alcohol
    1.20
    105
    1.93
    61
    48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.17
    104
    2.04
    70
    49. Pertussis
    1.07
    64
    1.79
    48
    50. Bladder Cancer
    0.91
    159
    2.19
    83
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    14,986
    21.98
    32,739
    7.20
    2. Stroke
    7,882
    11.56
    30,693
    6.75
    3. Road Traffic Accidents
    6,937
    10.17
    13,014
    2.86
    4. Diabetes Mellitus
    2,762
    4.05
    30,188
    6.64
    5. Liver Disease
    2,680
    3.93
    9,013
    1.98
    6. Influenza and Pneumonia
    2,254
    3.31
    39,341
    8.65
    7. Kidney Disease
    2,121
    3.11
    15,302
    3.37
    8. HIV/AIDS
    1,931
    2.83
    71,996
    15.84
    9. Violence
    1,917
    2.81
    21,000
    4.62
    10. Hypertension
    1,894
    2.78
    12,789
    2.81
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    1,808
    2.65
    4,676
    1.03
    12. Prostate Cancer
    1,655
    2.43
    4,374
    0.96
    13. Low Birth Weight
    1,532
    2.25
    6,250
    1.37
    14. Breast Cancer
    1,460
    2.14
    4,533
    1.00
    15. Lung Disease
    1,360
    1.99
    11,895
    2.62
    16. Lung Cancers
    1,244
    1.82
    7,705
    1.70
    17. Congenital Anomalies
    1,038
    1.52
    4,351
    0.96
    18. Birth Trauma
    915
    1.34
    3,004
    0.66
    19. Other Injuries
    890
    1.31
    6,014
    1.32
    20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    851
    1.25
    3,587
    0.79
    21. Liver Cancer
    664
    0.97
    2,383
    0.52
    22. Endocrine Disorders
    602
    0.88
    5,890
    1.30
    23. Cervical Cancer
    560
    0.82
    5,555
    1.22
    24. Stomach Cancer
    547
    0.80
    1,535
    0.34
    25. Suicide
    530
    0.78
    13,774
    3.03
    26. Diarrhoeal diseases
    504
    0.74
    15,843
    3.49
    27. Pancreas Cancer
    456
    0.67
    2,007
    0.44
    28. Parkinson's Disease
    446
    0.65
    1,077
    0.24
    29. Asthma
    441
    0.65
    5,966
    1.31
    30. Falls
    435
    0.64
    1,399
    0.31
    31. Oral Cancer
    434
    0.64
    1,406
    0.31
    32. Leukemia
    409
    0.60
    1,464
    0.32
    33. Lymphomas
    374
    0.55
    2,818
    0.62
    34. Malnutrition
    372
    0.55
    2,381
    0.52
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    312
    0.46
    5,408
    1.19
    36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    295
    0.43
    1,894
    0.42
    37. Drownings
    248
    0.36
    2,403
    0.53
    38. Tuberculosis
    242
    0.35
    21,965
    4.83
    39. Maternal Conditions
    202
    0.30
    1,700
    0.37
    40. Oesophagus Cancer
    200
    0.29
    3,486
    0.77
    41. Skin Cancers
    172
    0.25
    993
    0.22
    42. Epilepsy
    158
    0.23
    1,870
    0.41
    43. Drug Use
    156
    0.23
    770
    0.17
    44. Fires
    139
    0.20
    3,618
    0.80
    45. Meningitis
    134
    0.20
    3,660
    0.81
    46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    123
    0.18
    1,015
    0.22
    47. Pertussis
    121
    0.18
    1,142
    0.25
    48. Alcohol
    120
    0.18
    987
    0.22
    49. Bladder Cancer
    92
    0.13
    829
    0.18
    50. Ovary Cancer
    89
    0.13
    951
    0.21
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Prostate Cancer
    35.41
    21
    35.20
    22
    2. Breast Cancer
    28.28
    14
    18.21
    76
    3. Lung Cancers
    12.65
    92
    18.34
    64
    4. Cervical Cancer
    10.82
    79
    20.99
    37
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.53
    95
    8.90
    89
    6. Liver Cancer
    6.73
    60
    5.46
    87
    7. Stomach Cancer
    5.54
    98
    3.68
    137
    8. Pancreas Cancer
    4.61
    73
    4.98
    65
    9. Oral Cancer
    4.35
    51
    3.18
    80
    10. Leukemia
    3.99
    71
    3.34
    108
    11. Lymphomas
    3.77
    130
    6.08
    39
    12. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.08
    110
    8.50
    16
    13. Ovary Cancer
    1.73
    177
    3.85
    115
    14. Skin Cancers
    1.71
    104
    2.47
    53
    15. Bladder Cancer
    0.91
    159
    2.19
    83
    16. Uterin Cancer
    0.83
    167
    2.15
    99
    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.