NICARAGUA VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,772	1	5,843	- 3,072
Stroke	2	1,330	3	2,225	- 895
Kidney Disease	3	868	2	3,533	- 2,664
Diabetes Mellitus	4	803	4	2,068	- 1,264
Hypertension	5	622	9	1,103	- 481
Lung Disease	6	607	5	1,570	- 963
Road Traffic Accidents	7	579	8	1,109	- 529
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	469	7	1,152	- 682
Suicide	9	418	19	285	+ 133
Other Injuries	10	347	17	358	- 10
Falls	11	340	22	276	+ 64
Asthma	12	305	38	105	+ 200
Drug Use	13	287	46	50	+ 237
Liver Disease	14	278	6	1,203	- 926
Congenital Anomalies	15	245	11	571	- 325
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	206	18	315	- 110
Breast Cancer	17	176	20	283	- 107
Endocrine Disorders	18	173	28	164	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	19	130	13	490	- 360
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	129	33	149	- 20
Lung Cancers	21	123	23	274	- 151
Fires	22	119	57	16	+ 102
Drownings	23	112	32	157	- 45
Leukemia	24	103	24	227	- 124
Epilepsy	25	93	41	74	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	26	90	27	178	- 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	84	54	20	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	28	80	34	139	- 60
Lymphomas	29	78	29	164	- 86
Stomach Cancer	30	74	14	478	- 403
Parkinson's Disease	31	66	42	67	- 1
Liver Cancer	32	64	12	509	- 445
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	61	36	122	- 61
Skin Cancers	34	52	45	59	- 7
Violence	35	47	10	619	- 572
Tuberculosis	36	44	37	115	- 71
Birth Trauma	37	43	25	198	- 155
Ovary Cancer	38	42	44	61	- 19
Bladder Cancer	39	40	52	28	+ 12
Alcohol	40	39	21	279	- 239
Cervical Cancer	41	38	16	374	- 336
Meningitis	42	35	51	29	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	43	34	15	386	- 352
Hepatitis B	44	31	62	5	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	30	40	85	- 55
Uterin Cancer	46	29	48	39	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	47	25	47	42	- 17
Poisonings	48	24	55	18	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	49	24	61	7	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	50	23	35	139	- 117
Tetanus	51	22	79	0	+ 22
Oral Cancer	52	21	43	64	- 43
War	53	20	70	1	+ 19
Encephalitis	54	19	58	10	+ 8
Appendicitis	55	9	49	32	- 23
Other Neoplasms	56	9	26	192	- 184
Skin Disease	57	8	31	162	- 153
Pertussis	58	8	67	3	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	59	4	39	88	- 85
Malnutrition	60	2	30	163	- 161
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	50	31	- 29
Syphilis	62	2	60	9	- 8
Hepatitis C	63	1	68	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	0	72	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	64	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	65	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	66	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	28	- 28
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Arab Emirates

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.