NICARAGUA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,689	1	5,843	+ 846
War	2	4,264	70	1	+ 4,263
Stroke	3	3,172	3	2,225	+ 947
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,438	7	1,152	+ 1,286
Low Birth Weight	5	2,102	13	490	+ 1,612
Birth Trauma	6	1,784	25	198	+ 1,587
Tuberculosis	7	1,637	37	115	+ 1,523
Hypertension	8	1,331	9	1,103	+ 227
Maternal Conditions	9	1,299	39	88	+ 1,211
Kidney Disease	10	1,097	2	3,533	- 2,436
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,004	8	1,109	- 105
Diabetes Mellitus	12	957	4	2,068	- 1,111
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	925	36	122	+ 802
Congenital Anomalies	14	832	11	571	+ 261
Lung Disease	15	774	5	1,570	- 796
Liver Disease	16	765	6	1,203	- 438
Asthma	17	566	38	105	+ 461
Other Injuries	18	539	17	358	+ 182
Violence	19	535	10	619	- 83
Meningitis	20	437	51	29	+ 408
Pertussis	21	351	67	3	+ 348
Breast Cancer	22	303	20	283	+ 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	294	33	149	+ 145
Suicide	24	262	19	285	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	250	40	85	+ 165
Stomach Cancer	26	250	14	478	- 228
Oral Cancer	27	244	43	64	+ 180
Endocrine Disorders	28	227	28	164	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	29	219	47	42	+ 177
Tetanus	30	209	79	0	+ 209
Encephalitis	31	198	58	10	+ 188
Lung Cancers	32	179	23	274	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	173	54	20	+ 153
Drownings	34	166	32	157	+ 9
Epilepsy	35	165	41	74	+ 91
Lymphomas	36	157	29	164	- 6
Falls	37	151	22	276	- 125
Hepatitis B	38	144	62	5	+ 139
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	123	18	315	- 192
Liver Cancer	40	109	12	509	- 399
Parkinson's Disease	41	104	42	67	+ 38
Leukemia	42	102	24	227	- 125
Malnutrition	43	98	30	163	- 65
Cervical Cancer	44	90	16	374	- 284
Inflammatory/Heart	45	88	34	139	- 52
HIV/AIDS	46	77	35	139	- 62
Poisonings	47	64	55	18	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	48	61	44	61	+ 0
Measles	49	58	78	0	+ 58
Fires	50	58	57	16	+ 42
Drug Use	51	55	46	50	+ 4
Appendicitis	52	50	49	32	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	53	48	48	39	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	54	45	52	28	+ 17
Prostate Cancer	55	43	15	386	- 343
Pancreas Cancer	56	38	27	178	- 140
Malaria	57	31	83	0	+ 31
Alcohol	58	25	21	279	- 254
Skin Cancers	59	24	45	59	- 35
Syphilis	60	16	60	9	+ 6
Skin Disease	61	16	31	162	- 146
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	61	7	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	63	5	26	192	- 187
Hepatitis C	64	5	68	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	50	31	- 26
Ascariasis	66	3	69	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	3	77	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	2	72	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	66	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Afghanistan

Nicaragua

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.