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Dominican Republic
COUNTRY #1
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VS VIET NAM

Compare Dominican Republic and Viet Nam 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.

Viet Nam
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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Viet Nam Population Pyramid
109,605,010
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Viet Nam VIET NAM
       
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
  
42.6
46.3
44.4
123
119
120
1970
57.0
60.4
58.6
85
87
86
  
46.9
51.9
49.4
129
118
123
1980
61.3
65.1
63.2
87
89
88
  
55.5
59.9
57.7
119
114
116
1990
65.6
70.6
68.0
84
89
91
  
64.1
67.7
65.9
95
108
103
2000
69.6
74.7
72.0
63
70
64
  
68.5
78.2
73.4
76
35
46
2010
69.7
75.9
72.7
92
86
90
  
70.3
80.1
75.2
81
36
51
2019
69.8
76.2
72.8
103
95
104
  
69.6
78.1
73.7
106
73
92
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Viet Nam VIET NAM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.8
76.2
103
95
69.6
78.1
106
73
Age
69.8
76.2
103
95
69.6
78.1
106
73
Age 5
72.0
78.2
95
87
71.2
79.4
103
69
Age 10
72.1
78.3
96
88
71.3
79.4
107
69
Age 15
72.2
78.4
97
88
71.4
79.5
108
69
Age 20
72.5
78.5
95
88
71.7
79.6
108
69
Age 25
73.0
78.7
91
87
72.0
79.7
108
69
Age 30
73.5
79.0
90
80
72.4
79.9
109
69
Age 35
74.1
79.3
87
79
72.7
80.0
110
69
Age 40
74.8
79.7
85
77
73.1
80.2
112
69
Age 45
75.5
80.2
81
75
73.7
80.5
114
70
Age 50
76.5
80.7
79
72
74.5
80.9
115
71
Age 55
77.7
81.5
78
70
75.5
81.4
116
74
Age 60
79.0
82.4
72
68
76.9
82.0
117
73
Age 65
80.8
83.5
65
62
78.6
82.9
121
76
Age 70
82.8
84.8
62
60
80.7
84.1
125
79
Age 75
85.2
86.5
55
58
83.2
85.7
130
80
Age 80
87.7
88.2
53
64
86.1
87.8
129
87
Age 85
90.4
90.5
56
78
89.4
90.4
132
83
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Viet Nam VIET NAM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
144.42
50
86.67
125
2. Stroke
76.94
97
155.75
20
3. Road Traffic Accidents
67.23
1
29.81
50
4. Prostate Cancer
35.41
21
4.61
166
5. Breast Cancer
28.28
14
11.36
148
6. Diabetes Mellitus
27.63
93
33.78
78
7. Liver Disease
26.51
71
23.34
81
8. Kidney Disease
20.79
105
24.12
83
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.03
116
25.84
97
10. HIV/AIDS
18.91
45
4.72
77
11. Violence
18.10
23
1.81
136
12. Hypertension
18.05
93
18.94
88
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.84
126
23.72
20
14. Lung Disease
13.00
153
34.16
39
15. Lung Cancers
12.65
92
21.48
46
16. Cervical Cancer
10.82
79
4.34
134
17. Low Birth Weight
9.31
41
5.69
84
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.53
95
8.23
98
19. Other Injuries
8.26
84
5.34
126
20. Congenital Anomalies
7.20
49
6.59
63
21. Liver Cancer
6.73
60
24.37
7
22. Endocrine Disorders
5.59
59
2.08
149
23. Stomach Cancer
5.54
98
15.13
9
24. Birth Trauma
5.51
59
1.86
94
25. Suicide
5.12
141
7.22
112
26. Pancreas Cancer
4.61
73
0.92
167
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.57
81
4.47
82
28. Oral Cancer
4.35
51
7.03
18
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.27
82
5.18
44
30. Asthma
4.26
94
7.89
73
31. Leukemia
3.99
71
4.93
22
32. Falls
3.93
126
13.80
10
33. Lymphomas
3.77
130
2.94
151
34. Malnutrition
3.35
65
0.11
151
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
138
4.93
88
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.84
87
0.86
155
37. Tuberculosis
2.34
104
9.33
70
38. Drownings
2.29
100
5.36
24
39. Oesophagus Cancer
2.08
110
2.23
97
40. Maternal Conditions
1.85
73
0.76
95
41. Ovary Cancer
1.73
177
1.62
178
42. Skin Cancers
1.71
104
0.46
165
43. Drug Use
1.53
66
1.31
83
44. Epilepsy
1.51
97
0.58
171
45. Fires
1.27
99
0.58
132
46. Meningitis
1.21
72
0.64
102
47. Alcohol
1.20
105
0.82
127
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.17
104
1.57
89
49. Pertussis
1.07
64
0.79
71
50. Bladder Cancer
0.91
159
0.90
160
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
14,986
21.98
91,939
13.41
2. Stroke
7,882
11.56
159,032
23.20
3. Road Traffic Accidents
6,937
10.17
29,475
4.30
4. Diabetes Mellitus
2,762
4.05
33,860
4.94
5. Liver Disease
2,680
3.93
23,900
3.49
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,254
3.31
27,836
4.06
7. Kidney Disease
2,121
3.11
25,251
3.68
8. HIV/AIDS
1,931
2.83
4,993
0.73
9. Violence
1,917
2.81
1,785
0.26
10. Hypertension
1,894
2.78
19,880
2.90
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,808
2.65
29,307
4.27
12. Prostate Cancer
1,655
2.43
1,911
0.28
13. Low Birth Weight
1,532
2.25
7,132
1.04
14. Breast Cancer
1,460
2.14
6,187
0.90
15. Lung Disease
1,360
1.99
35,875
5.23
16. Lung Cancers
1,244
1.82
21,294
3.11
17. Congenital Anomalies
1,038
1.52
7,064
1.03
18. Birth Trauma
915
1.34
2,340
0.34
19. Other Injuries
890
1.31
5,539
0.81
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
851
1.25
8,258
1.20
21. Liver Cancer
664
0.97
24,995
3.65
22. Endocrine Disorders
602
0.88
2,082
0.30
23. Cervical Cancer
560
0.82
2,391
0.35
24. Stomach Cancer
547
0.80
15,134
2.21
25. Suicide
530
0.78
7,249
1.06
26. Diarrhoeal diseases
504
0.74
4,390
0.64
27. Pancreas Cancer
456
0.67
929
0.14
28. Parkinson's Disease
446
0.65
5,338
0.78
29. Asthma
441
0.65
8,150
1.19
30. Falls
435
0.64
15,427
2.25
31. Oral Cancer
434
0.64
7,088
1.03
32. Leukemia
409
0.60
4,899
0.71
33. Lymphomas
374
0.55
2,964
0.43
34. Malnutrition
372
0.55
120
0.02
35. Inflammatory/Heart
312
0.46
5,357
0.78
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
295
0.43
957
0.14
37. Drownings
248
0.36
5,097
0.74
38. Tuberculosis
242
0.35
9,446
1.38
39. Maternal Conditions
202
0.30
773
0.11
40. Oesophagus Cancer
200
0.29
2,265
0.33
41. Skin Cancers
172
0.25
467
0.07
42. Epilepsy
158
0.23
583
0.09
43. Drug Use
156
0.23
1,366
0.20
44. Fires
139
0.20
595
0.09
45. Meningitis
134
0.20
624
0.09
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
123
0.18
1,708
0.25
47. Pertussis
121
0.18
705
0.10
48. Alcohol
120
0.18
867
0.13
49. Bladder Cancer
92
0.13
896
0.13
50. Ovary Cancer
89
0.13
864
0.13
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
35.41
21
4.61
166
2. Breast Cancer
28.28
14
11.36
148
3. Lung Cancers
12.65
92
21.48
46
4. Cervical Cancer
10.82
79
4.34
134
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.53
95
8.23
98
6. Liver Cancer
6.73
60
24.37
7
7. Stomach Cancer
5.54
98
15.13
9
8. Pancreas Cancer
4.61
73
0.92
167
9. Oral Cancer
4.35
51
7.03
18
10. Leukemia
3.99
71
4.93
22
11. Lymphomas
3.77
130
2.94
151
12. Oesophagus Cancer
2.08
110
2.23
97
13. Ovary Cancer
1.73
177
1.62
178
14. Skin Cancers
1.71
104
0.46
165
15. Bladder Cancer
0.91
159
0.90
160
16. Uterin Cancer
0.83
167
2.12
103
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.