Dominican Republic - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 34.90
2010 21.81
2015 15.53
2019 12.58

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 13.60
2010 13.83
2015 11.83
2019 15.49

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 51.50
2010 64.36
2015 72.64
2019 71.93

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Dominican Republic was 16.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 17.50 in 2016, while its lowest value was 11.80 in 2001.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 12.10
2001 11.80
2002 12.90
2003 13.30
2004 13.90
2005 13.50
2006 14.40
2007 14.60
2008 14.70
2009 14.70
2010 14.50
2011 14.70
2012 15.20
2013 16.00
2014 16.90
2015 17.40
2016 17.50
2017 17.10
2018 16.60
2019 16.20

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Dominican Republic was 22.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 26.00 in 2016, while its lowest value was 14.80 in 2002.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 16.40
2001 15.50
2002 14.80
2003 15.90
2004 15.90
2005 17.20
2006 18.50
2007 19.10
2008 19.10
2009 19.50
2010 19.00
2011 19.70
2012 21.20
2013 22.60
2014 24.70
2015 25.60
2016 26.00
2017 24.90
2018 23.50
2019 22.10

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Dominican Republic was 19.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 21.70 in 2016, while its lowest value was 13.70 in 2001.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 14.30
2001 13.70
2002 13.80
2003 14.60
2004 14.90
2005 15.30
2006 16.40
2007 16.80
2008 16.90
2009 17.10
2010 16.70
2011 17.20
2012 18.20
2013 19.30
2014 20.80
2015 21.50
2016 21.70
2017 21.00
2018 20.00
2019 19.10

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 36.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 50.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 43.00

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Dominican Republic was 0.400 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.500 in 2017 and a minimum value of 0.300 in 2001.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.400
2001 0.300
2002 0.300
2003 0.300
2004 0.300
2005 0.300
2006 0.300
2007 0.300
2008 0.300
2009 0.300
2010 0.300
2011 0.300
2012 0.400
2013 0.400
2014 0.400
2015 0.500
2016 0.500
2017 0.500
2018 0.400
2019 0.400

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Dominican Republic was 0.300 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.400 in 2017 and a minimum value of 0.200 in 2004.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.300
2001 0.300
2002 0.300
2003 0.300
2004 0.200
2005 0.300
2006 0.300
2007 0.300
2008 0.300
2009 0.300
2010 0.300
2011 0.300
2012 0.300
2013 0.300
2014 0.300
2015 0.400
2016 0.400
2017 0.400
2018 0.300
2019 0.300

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Dominican Republic was 0.500 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.600 in 2017 and a minimum value of 0.300 in 2004.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.400
2001 0.400
2002 0.400
2003 0.400
2004 0.300
2005 0.400
2006 0.400
2007 0.400
2008 0.400
2009 0.400
2010 0.400
2011 0.400
2012 0.400
2013 0.500
2014 0.500
2015 0.600
2016 0.600
2017 0.600
2018 0.500
2019 0.500

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Dominican Republic was 1.80 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.40 in 2015 and a minimum value of 1.30 in 2000.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.30
2001 1.40
2002 1.60
2003 1.70
2004 1.80
2005 1.80
2006 1.60
2007 1.70
2008 1.70
2009 1.80
2010 1.70
2011 1.80
2012 1.90
2013 2.00
2014 2.20
2015 2.40
2016 2.30
2017 2.10
2018 2.00
2019 1.80

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Dominican Republic was 8.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.40 in 2016 and a minimum value of 6.40 in 2001.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 6.50
2001 6.40
2002 6.60
2003 7.20
2004 7.20
2005 7.60
2006 7.80
2007 7.90
2008 7.90
2009 8.00
2010 7.70
2011 8.00
2012 8.50
2013 9.00
2014 9.90
2015 10.40
2016 10.40
2017 9.20
2018 8.50
2019 8.00

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Dominican Republic was 4.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.40 in 2016 and a minimum value of 3.90 in 2000.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.90
2001 3.90
2002 4.10
2003 4.40
2004 4.50
2005 4.80
2006 4.70
2007 4.80
2008 4.80
2009 4.90
2010 4.70
2011 4.90
2012 5.20
2013 5.50
2014 6.10
2015 6.40
2016 6.40
2017 5.70
2018 5.20
2019 4.90

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Dominican Republic was 64.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 64.60 in 2019 and a minimum value of 23.80 in 2009.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 29.40
2001 32.20
2002 36.70
2003 39.20
2004 36.00
2005 28.90
2006 25.60
2007 24.20
2008 25.90
2009 23.80
2010 27.80
2011 25.70
2012 30.20
2013 40.00
2014 31.70
2015 32.90
2016 35.40
2017 46.30
2018 53.50
2019 64.60

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 2.20

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors