NICARAGUA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,938	35	139	+ 4,799
Tuberculosis	2	3,045	37	115	+ 2,931
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,821	7	1,152	+ 1,669
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,731	1	5,843	- 3,112
Stroke	5	2,482	3	2,225	+ 257
Malaria	6	2,165	83	0	+ 2,165
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,750	8	1,109	+ 641
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,428	36	122	+ 1,306
Low Birth Weight	9	1,405	13	490	+ 915
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,149	4	2,068	- 918
Birth Trauma	11	1,092	25	198	+ 894
Hypertension	12	1,021	9	1,103	- 82
Liver Disease	13	1,019	6	1,203	- 184
Congenital Anomalies	14	798	11	571	+ 227
Kidney Disease	15	671	2	3,533	- 2,862
Maternal Conditions	16	632	39	88	+ 544
Lung Disease	17	592	5	1,570	- 977
Violence	18	590	10	619	- 29
Suicide	19	382	19	285	+ 97
Other Injuries	20	365	17	358	+ 7
Pertussis	21	360	67	3	+ 357
Meningitis	22	328	51	29	+ 299
Asthma	23	318	38	105	+ 213
Malnutrition	24	298	30	163	+ 134
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	252	33	149	+ 103
Inflammatory/Heart	26	240	34	139	+ 101
Endocrine Disorders	27	228	28	164	+ 64
Prostate Cancer	28	217	15	386	- 169
Cervical Cancer	29	215	16	374	- 159
Liver Cancer	30	186	12	509	- 323
Measles	31	174	78	0	+ 174
Breast Cancer	32	174	20	283	- 109
Falls	33	163	22	276	- 113
Syphilis	34	117	60	9	+ 107
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	115	40	85	+ 30
Drownings	36	114	32	157	- 43
Fires	37	99	57	16	+ 83
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	97	18	315	- 218
Stomach Cancer	39	96	14	478	- 381
Epilepsy	40	83	41	74	+ 9
Poisonings	41	77	55	18	+ 60
Parkinson's Disease	42	76	42	67	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	73	54	20	+ 53
Drug Use	44	72	46	50	+ 21
Lymphomas	45	67	29	164	- 97
Leukemia	46	63	24	227	- 164
Lung Cancers	47	59	23	274	- 215
Ovary Cancer	48	54	44	61	- 7
Alcohol	49	50	21	279	- 228
Skin Disease	50	50	31	162	- 112
Schistosomiasis	51	49	84	0	+ 49
Pancreas Cancer	52	46	27	178	- 132
Skin Cancers	53	39	45	59	- 19
Oral Cancer	54	36	43	64	- 29
Tetanus	55	25	79	0	+ 25
Encephalitis	56	22	58	10	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	57	21	47	42	- 21
Appendicitis	58	20	49	32	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	16	50	31	- 14
Uterin Cancer	60	16	48	39	- 23
Bladder Cancer	61	16	52	28	- 12
Hepatitis B	62	16	62	5	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	63	8	26	192	- 184
Upper Respiratory	64	7	72	1	+ 7
Trypanosomiasis	65	7	82	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	66	4	61	7	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	3	68	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	68	2	77	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	69	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	75	0	+ 1
War	72	1	70	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	71	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	65	4	- 4
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	66	3	- 3
Anemia	82	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

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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.