NICARAGUA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,030	1	5,843	- 813
Stroke	2	3,738	3	2,225	+ 1,514
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,874	7	1,152	+ 1,722
Violence	4	2,087	10	619	+ 1,468
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,809	4	2,068	- 259
Lung Disease	6	1,802	5	1,570	+ 232
Kidney Disease	7	1,144	2	3,533	- 2,389
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,028	8	1,109	- 81
Lung Cancers	9	961	23	274	+ 687
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	932	33	149	+ 783
Hypertension	11	875	9	1,103	- 229
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	703	18	315	+ 387
Liver Disease	13	650	6	1,203	- 553
Breast Cancer	14	630	20	283	+ 347
Prostate Cancer	15	577	15	386	+ 191
Falls	16	572	22	276	+ 296
Stomach Cancer	17	546	14	478	+ 68
Inflammatory/Heart	18	531	34	139	+ 392
Endocrine Disorders	19	514	28	164	+ 350
Suicide	20	441	19	285	+ 157
Other Injuries	21	419	17	358	+ 61
HIV/AIDS	22	381	35	139	+ 242
Congenital Anomalies	23	374	11	571	- 197
Pancreas Cancer	24	364	27	178	+ 186
Liver Cancer	25	349	12	509	- 159
Oesophagus Cancer	26	318	47	42	+ 276
Lymphomas	27	315	29	164	+ 151
Oral Cancer	28	302	43	64	+ 238
Cervical Cancer	29	289	16	374	- 86
Leukemia	30	259	24	227	+ 32
Skin Disease	31	218	31	162	+ 56
Alcohol	32	216	21	279	- 63
Low Birth Weight	33	209	13	490	- 281
Malnutrition	34	203	30	163	+ 40
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	172	36	122	+ 49
Bladder Cancer	36	161	52	28	+ 133
Chagas disease	37	153	65	4	+ 149
Skin Cancers	38	153	45	59	+ 94
Drownings	39	150	32	157	- 7
Tuberculosis	40	149	37	115	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	41	145	42	67	+ 78
Other Neoplasms	42	142	26	192	- 51
Ovary Cancer	43	132	44	61	+ 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	129	40	85	+ 44
Birth Trauma	45	115	25	198	- 83
Epilepsy	46	99	41	74	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	47	84	48	39	+ 45
Asthma	48	79	38	105	- 26
Drug Use	49	75	46	50	+ 25
Anemia	50	73	53	28	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	67	54	20	+ 47
Hepatitis C	52	59	68	1	+ 58
Maternal Conditions	53	46	39	88	- 42
Meningitis	54	41	51	29	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	33	56	17	+ 16
War	56	33	70	1	+ 32
Appendicitis	57	32	49	32	+ 1
Fires	58	31	57	16	+ 15
Hepatitis B	59	24	62	5	+ 18
Schizophrenia	60	20	66	3	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	18	50	31	- 13
Schistosomiasis	62	18	84	0	+ 18
Leishmaniasis	63	13	76	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	64	11	61	7	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	65	10	59	10	+ 0
Poisonings	66	10	55	18	- 8
Upper Respiratory	67	8	72	1	+ 7
Syphilis	68	7	60	9	- 3
Leprosy	69	5	71	1	+ 5
Otitis Media	70	3	75	0	+ 3
Tetanus	71	3	79	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	72	2	58	10	- 8
Oral conditions	73	2	63	5	- 3
Malaria	74	1	83	0	+ 1
Pertussis	75	1	67	3	- 2
Dengue	76	0	64	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	78	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	79	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	78	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Brazil

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.