NICARAGUA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,799	1	5,843	- 45
Violence	2	2,594	10	619	+ 1,976
Stroke	3	2,231	3	2,225	+ 7
Lung Disease	4	2,145	5	1,570	+ 575
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,451	7	1,152	+ 299
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,045	8	1,109	- 63
Kidney Disease	7	920	2	3,533	- 2,613
Hypertension	8	862	9	1,103	- 241
Stomach Cancer	9	823	14	478	+ 345
Lung Cancers	10	707	23	274	+ 433
Diabetes Mellitus	11	677	4	2,068	- 1,390
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	589	18	315	+ 273
Breast Cancer	13	494	20	283	+ 211
Prostate Cancer	14	483	15	386	+ 97
Other Neoplasms	15	431	26	192	+ 239
Congenital Anomalies	16	399	11	571	- 172
HIV/AIDS	17	361	35	139	+ 222
Lymphomas	18	350	29	164	+ 187
Liver Disease	19	327	6	1,203	- 877
Cervical Cancer	20	305	16	374	- 69
Leukemia	21	297	24	227	+ 70
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	290	33	149	+ 141
Low Birth Weight	23	282	13	490	- 208
Liver Cancer	24	278	12	509	- 231
Pancreas Cancer	25	272	27	178	+ 95
Suicide	26	265	19	285	- 20
Malnutrition	27	253	30	163	+ 90
Other Injuries	28	214	17	358	- 143
Falls	29	204	22	276	- 72
Endocrine Disorders	30	184	28	164	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	31	179	34	139	+ 40
Tuberculosis	32	171	37	115	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	33	151	44	61	+ 90
Skin Disease	34	148	31	162	- 13
Skin Cancers	35	138	45	59	+ 80
Oesophagus Cancer	36	112	47	42	+ 71
Oral Cancer	37	109	43	64	+ 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	101	36	122	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	94	40	85	+ 9
Drownings	40	93	32	157	- 64
Birth Trauma	41	87	25	198	- 111
Bladder Cancer	42	82	52	28	+ 54
Epilepsy	43	80	41	74	+ 6
Drug Use	44	66	46	50	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	45	57	48	39	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	46	53	39	88	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	47	52	42	67	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	45	56	17	+ 28
War	49	35	70	1	+ 34
Meningitis	50	33	51	29	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	33	50	31	+ 2
Appendicitis	52	29	49	32	- 3
Chagas disease	53	27	65	4	+ 23
Asthma	54	26	38	105	- 79
Dengue	55	18	64	4	+ 14
Fires	56	17	57	16	+ 1
Anemia	57	14	53	28	- 14
Osteoarthritis	58	9	59	10	- 1
Hepatitis C	59	9	68	1	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	61	7	+ 2
Poisonings	61	8	55	18	- 9
Hepatitis B	62	7	62	5	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	5	54	20	- 15
Encephalitis	64	5	58	10	- 5
Syphilis	65	4	60	9	- 5
Upper Respiratory	66	4	72	1	+ 3
Malaria	67	3	83	0	+ 3
Alcohol	68	3	21	279	- 276
Pertussis	69	2	67	3	- 1
Schizophrenia	70	2	66	3	- 1
Tetanus	71	2	79	0	+ 2
Leprosy	72	1	71	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	75	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	76	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	63	5	- 4
Ascariasis	76	1	69	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	84	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Colombia

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.