NICARAGUA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	5,310	3	2,225	+ 3,086
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,295	1	5,843	- 1,548
Lung Disease	3	1,809	5	1,570	+ 239
Tuberculosis	4	1,471	37	115	+ 1,357
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,429	36	122	+ 1,307
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,171	7	1,152	+ 19
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,147	4	2,068	- 921
Road Traffic Accidents	8	990	8	1,109	- 118
Liver Disease	9	832	6	1,203	- 371
Oesophagus Cancer	10	773	47	42	+ 731
Low Birth Weight	11	691	13	490	+ 201
Oral Cancer	12	614	43	64	+ 550
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	593	33	149	+ 444
Hypertension	14	585	9	1,103	- 518
Birth Trauma	15	530	25	198	+ 332
Lung Cancers	16	482	23	274	+ 208
Kidney Disease	17	429	2	3,533	- 3,104
Congenital Anomalies	18	400	11	571	- 170
Measles	19	357	78	0	+ 357
Asthma	20	352	38	105	+ 247
Other Injuries	21	302	17	358	- 56
Drownings	22	281	32	157	+ 124
Breast Cancer	23	269	20	283	- 14
Stomach Cancer	24	269	14	478	- 209
Suicide	25	237	19	285	- 47
Cervical Cancer	26	203	16	374	- 171
Violence	27	183	10	619	- 436
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	179	18	315	- 136
Maternal Conditions	29	155	39	88	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	30	150	42	67	+ 83
Falls	31	132	22	276	- 144
Drug Use	32	117	46	50	+ 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	116	54	20	+ 96
Liver Cancer	34	114	12	509	- 394
Lymphomas	35	106	29	164	- 58
Malnutrition	36	96	30	163	- 67
Ovary Cancer	37	88	44	61	+ 27
Meningitis	38	83	51	29	+ 54
Pertussis	39	80	67	3	+ 77
Leukemia	40	75	24	227	- 152
Prostate Cancer	41	66	15	386	- 320
Inflammatory/Heart	42	59	34	139	- 81
Pancreas Cancer	43	56	27	178	- 122
Epilepsy	44	54	41	74	- 21
Endocrine Disorders	45	53	28	164	- 111
Fires	46	50	57	16	+ 34
Appendicitis	47	50	49	32	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	50	40	85	- 36
Syphilis	49	49	60	9	+ 39
Skin Disease	50	45	31	162	- 117
Hepatitis B	51	44	62	5	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	52	39	52	28	+ 11
Skin Cancers	53	34	45	59	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	32	50	31	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	55	22	35	139	- 117
Poisonings	56	21	55	18	+ 4
Tetanus	57	18	79	0	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	58	16	48	39	- 23
Encephalitis	59	15	58	10	+ 4
Alcohol	60	10	21	279	- 268
Other Neoplasms	61	10	26	192	- 183
Hepatitis C	62	8	68	1	+ 7
War	63	8	70	1	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	7	61	7	+ 0
Dengue	65	6	64	4	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	4	72	1	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	67	2	76	0	+ 2
Malaria	68	2	83	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	69	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	28	- 28
Schizophrenia	82	0	66	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	63	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	86	0	59	10	- 10
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Bangladesh

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.