NICARAGUA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,436	1	5,843	+ 4,592
Liver Disease	2	3,608	6	1,203	+ 2,405
Stroke	3	2,631	3	2,225	+ 407
Liver Cancer	4	1,471	12	509	+ 963
Hypertension	5	1,266	9	1,103	+ 163
Kidney Disease	6	1,266	2	3,533	- 2,267
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,242	7	1,152	+ 90
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,148	4	2,068	- 919
Lung Disease	9	804	5	1,570	- 766
Congenital Anomalies	10	730	11	571	+ 159
Low Birth Weight	11	684	13	490	+ 194
Road Traffic Accidents	12	609	8	1,109	- 500
Breast Cancer	13	551	20	283	+ 268
Lymphomas	14	452	29	164	+ 289
Asthma	15	426	38	105	+ 321
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	419	33	149	+ 270
Birth Trauma	17	367	25	198	+ 169
Lung Cancers	18	341	23	274	+ 67
Bladder Cancer	19	308	52	28	+ 280
Violence	20	250	10	619	- 369
Other Injuries	21	229	17	358	- 128
Leukemia	22	226	24	227	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	222	36	122	+ 99
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	185	18	315	- 130
Suicide	25	181	19	285	- 103
Pancreas Cancer	26	174	27	178	- 3
Inflammatory/Heart	27	149	34	139	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	28	144	42	67	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	29	142	28	164	- 21
Falls	30	121	22	276	- 155
Ovary Cancer	31	117	44	61	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	32	111	14	478	- 367
Fires	33	94	57	16	+ 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	80	40	85	- 5
Prostate Cancer	35	77	15	386	- 309
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	75	54	20	+ 55
Drownings	37	67	32	157	- 90
Encephalitis	38	63	58	10	+ 53
Skin Cancers	39	61	45	59	+ 2
Hepatitis B	40	59	62	5	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	41	57	47	42	+ 15
Pertussis	42	54	67	3	+ 51
Meningitis	43	50	51	29	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	44	48	39	88	- 40
Oral Cancer	45	48	43	64	- 17
Malnutrition	46	46	30	163	- 118
War	47	43	70	1	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	48	38	16	374	- 337
Tetanus	49	32	79	0	+ 32
Epilepsy	50	27	41	74	- 47
Tuberculosis	51	26	37	115	- 89
Uterin Cancer	52	25	48	39	- 14
HIV/AIDS	53	24	35	139	- 115
Schistosomiasis	54	13	84	0	+ 13
Skin Disease	55	13	31	162	- 149
Multiple Sclerosis	56	13	61	7	+ 6
Poisonings	57	12	55	18	- 6
Syphilis	58	10	60	9	+ 0
Appendicitis	59	9	49	32	- 23
Alcohol	60	8	21	279	- 270
Other Neoplasms	61	7	26	192	- 185
Drug Use	62	7	46	50	- 43
Hepatitis C	63	6	68	1	+ 5
Measles	64	3	78	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	50	31	- 29
Leishmaniasis	66	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	69	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	72	1	- 0
Dengue	69	0	64	4	- 4
Diphtheria	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	66	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	53	28	- 28
Depression	83	0	86	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

Egypt

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.