WORLD HEALTH REVIEW JAMAICA VS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

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Compare Jamaica and Dominican Republic 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.

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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS

Data Source: United Nations

Jamaica Population Pyramid

2,960,321

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Dominican Republic Population Pyramid

12,795,809

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	JAMAICA				DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
	JAMAICA						DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
				World Rank						World Rank
	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All
1960	62.5	66.3	64.4	40	44	41	50.7	53.6	52.1	88	88	88
1970	66.6	70.2	68.4	28	47	41	57.0	60.4	58.6	85	87	86
1980	69.1	72.4	70.7	31	53	35	61.3	65.1	63.2	87	89	88
1990	69.9	73.4	71.6	39	65	47	65.6	70.6	68.0	84	89	91
2000	69.8	75.5	72.6	58	59	59	69.6	74.7	72.0	63	70	64
2010	72.5	77.7	75.0	53	58	53	69.7	75.9	72.7	92	86	90
2019	74.4	77.7	76.0	57	82	66	69.8	76.2	72.8	103	95	104

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	JAMAICA				DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
			World Rank				World Rank
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
At Birth	74.4	77.7	57	82	69.8	76.2	103	95
Age	74.4	77.7	57	82	69.8	76.2	103	95
Age 5	75.5	78.6	50	78	72.0	78.2	95	87
Age 10	75.6	78.7	51	77	72.1	78.3	96	88
Age 15	75.7	78.8	51	77	72.2	78.4	97	88
Age 20	75.9	78.9	51	78	72.5	78.5	95	88
Age 25	76.1	79.1	53	77	73.0	78.7	91	87
Age 30	76.4	79.3	54	76	73.5	79.0	90	80
Age 35	76.7	79.6	53	74	74.1	79.3	87	79
Age 40	77.1	80.0	51	73	74.8	79.7	85	77
Age 45	77.6	80.4	49	71	75.5	80.2	81	75
Age 50	78.2	81.0	52	69	76.5	80.7	79	72
Age 55	79.0	81.8	53	64	77.7	81.5	78	70
Age 60	80.1	82.6	55	61	79.0	82.4	72	68
Age 65	81.4	83.8	52	58	80.8	83.5	65	62
Age 70	83.1	85.2	54	54	82.8	84.8	62	60
Age 75	85.4	86.9	50	50	85.2	86.5	55	58
Age 80	88.1	89.1	40	42	87.7	88.2	53	64
Age 85	91.1	91.5	20	25	90.4	90.5	56	78

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		JAMAICA		DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Stroke	70.26	104	76.94	97
2.	Diabetes Mellitus	61.66	24	27.63	93
3.	Prostate Cancer	53.37	3	35.41	21
4.	Coronary Heart Disease	49.69	162	144.42	50
5.	Violence	47.92	4	18.10	23
6.	Breast Cancer	25.54	24	28.28	14
7.	HIV/AIDS	25.41	38	18.91	45
8.	Kidney Disease	23.98	84	20.79	105
9.	Cervical Cancer	22.18	32	10.82	79
10.	Hypertension	18.75	89	18.05	93
11.	Alzheimers & Dementia	15.09	133	15.84	126
12.	Lung Cancers	14.66	78	12.65	92
13.	Road Traffic Accidents	14.23	101	67.23	1
14.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	13.25	39	8.53	95
15.	Lung Disease	13.20	151	13.00	153
16.	Influenza and Pneumonia	11.23	153	20.03	116
17.	Lymphomas	7.87	10	3.77	130
18.	Stomach Cancer	7.00	77	5.54	98
19.	Low Birth Weight	6.72	67	9.31	41
20.	Uterin Cancer	6.42	8	0.83	167
21.	Ovary Cancer	5.85	38	1.73	177
22.	Endocrine Disorders	5.56	60	5.59	59
23.	Liver Disease	4.80	162	26.51	71
24.	Congenital Anomalies	4.63	124	7.20	49
25.	Skin Disease	4.13	19	0.47	143
26.	Leukemia	4.13	63	3.99	71
27.	Inflammatory/Heart	4.11	112	2.98	138
28.	Parkinson's Disease	3.69	118	4.27	82
29.	Pancreas Cancer	3.62	94	4.61	73
30.	Liver Cancer	3.14	161	6.73	60
31.	Other Injuries	2.77	173	8.26	84
32.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	2.47	92	2.84	87
33.	Falls	2.34	167	3.93	126
34.	Suicide	2.28	175	5.12	141
35.	Oesophagus Cancer	2.28	95	2.08	110
36.	Asthma	2.02	115	4.26	94
37.	Oral Cancer	1.87	141	4.35	51
38.	Birth Trauma	1.82	96	5.51	59
39.	Bladder Cancer	1.77	108	0.91	159
40.	Epilepsy	1.48	101	1.51	97
41.	Malnutrition	1.43	90	3.35	65
42.	Maternal Conditions	1.15	81	1.85	73
43.	Diarrhoeal diseases	1.06	133	4.57	81
44.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	0.85	127	1.17	104
45.	Other Neoplasms	0.57	80	0.35	119
46.	Meningitis	0.49	116	1.21	72
47.	Fires	0.47	145	1.27	99
48.	Encephalitis	0.43	90	0.42	91
49.	Drug Use	0.40	169	1.53	66
50.	Drownings	0.34	182	2.29	100

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		JAMAICA		DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1.	Stroke	2,415	13.82	7,882	11.56
2.	Diabetes Mellitus	2,077	11.88	2,762	4.05
3.	Coronary Heart Disease	1,726	9.88	14,986	21.98
4.	Violence	1,484	8.49	1,917	2.81
5.	Prostate Cancer	883	5.05	1,655	2.43
6.	Kidney Disease	793	4.54	2,121	3.11
7.	HIV/AIDS	757	4.33	1,931	2.83
8.	Hypertension	651	3.73	1,894	2.78
9.	Alzheimers & Dementia	587	3.36	1,808	2.65
10.	Lung Cancers	472	2.70	1,244	1.82
11.	Lung Disease	452	2.59	1,360	1.99
12.	Road Traffic Accidents	444	2.54	6,937	10.17
13.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	436	2.49	851	1.25
14.	Breast Cancer	413	2.36	1,460	2.14
15.	Influenza and Pneumonia	393	2.25	2,254	3.31
16.	Cervical Cancer	358	2.05	560	0.82
17.	Lymphomas	251	1.44	374	0.55
18.	Low Birth Weight	241	1.38	1,532	2.25
19.	Stomach Cancer	231	1.32	547	0.80
20.	Endocrine Disorders	176	1.01	602	0.88
21.	Liver Disease	155	0.89	2,680	3.93
22.	Skin Disease	145	0.83	50	0.07
23.	Congenital Anomalies	139	0.80	1,038	1.52
24.	Inflammatory/Heart	133	0.76	312	0.46
25.	Parkinson's Disease	132	0.76	446	0.65
26.	Leukemia	129	0.74	409	0.60
27.	Pancreas Cancer	119	0.68	456	0.67
28.	Uterin Cancer	106	0.61	43	0.06
29.	Liver Cancer	101	0.58	664	0.97
30.	Ovary Cancer	97	0.56	89	0.13
31.	Other Injuries	91	0.52	890	1.31
32.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	82	0.47	295	0.43
33.	Falls	82	0.47	435	0.64
34.	Oesophagus Cancer	74	0.42	200	0.29
35.	Suicide	70	0.40	530	0.78
36.	Birth Trauma	65	0.37	915	1.34
37.	Asthma	65	0.37	441	0.65
38.	Bladder Cancer	60	0.34	92	0.13
39.	Oral Cancer	59	0.34	434	0.64
40.	Malnutrition	48	0.27	372	0.55
41.	Epilepsy	46	0.26	158	0.23
42.	Diarrhoeal diseases	35	0.20	504	0.74
43.	Maternal Conditions	35	0.20	202	0.30
44.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	0.15	123	0.18
45.	Other Neoplasms	19	0.11	35	0.05
46.	Meningitis	16	0.09	134	0.20
47.	Fires	16	0.09	139	0.20
48.	Encephalitis	13	0.07	44	0.06
49.	Drug Use	13	0.07	156	0.23
50.	Rheumatoid Arthritis	11	0.06	48	0.07

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		JAMAICA		DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Prostate Cancer	53.37	3	35.41	21
2.	Breast Cancer	25.54	24	28.28	14
3.	Cervical Cancer	22.18	32	10.82	79
4.	Lung Cancers	14.66	78	12.65	92
5.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	13.25	39	8.53	95
6.	Lymphomas	7.87	10	3.77	130
7.	Stomach Cancer	7.00	77	5.54	98
8.	Uterin Cancer	6.42	8	0.83	167
9.	Ovary Cancer	5.85	38	1.73	177
10.	Leukemia	4.13	63	3.99	71
11.	Pancreas Cancer	3.62	94	4.61	73
12.	Liver Cancer	3.14	161	6.73	60
13.	Oesophagus Cancer	2.28	95	2.08	110
14.	Oral Cancer	1.87	141	4.35	51
15.	Bladder Cancer	1.77	108	0.91	159
16.	Skin Cancers	0.29	168	1.71	104

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.