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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
12,795,809
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South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
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
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.