NICARAGUA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,449	7	1,152	+ 2,297
Stroke	2	2,699	3	2,225	+ 474
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,412	36	122	+ 2,290
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,267	1	5,843	- 3,577
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,396	8	1,109	+ 287
Liver Disease	6	1,278	6	1,203	+ 75
Diabetes Mellitus	7	994	4	2,068	- 1,074
Hypertension	8	974	9	1,103	- 129
Lung Disease	9	697	5	1,570	- 873
Malnutrition	10	694	30	163	+ 531
Birth Trauma	11	649	25	198	+ 451
Kidney Disease	12	608	2	3,533	- 2,925
Maternal Conditions	13	572	39	88	+ 484
Tuberculosis	14	572	37	115	+ 457
Other Injuries	15	568	17	358	+ 211
Low Birth Weight	16	559	13	490	+ 69
Malaria	17	460	83	0	+ 460
Congenital Anomalies	18	455	11	571	- 116
Meningitis	19	426	51	29	+ 397
Violence	20	404	10	619	- 214
Suicide	21	402	19	285	+ 117
Asthma	22	343	38	105	+ 238
Breast Cancer	23	328	20	283	+ 45
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	326	33	149	+ 177
HIV/AIDS	25	324	35	139	+ 184
Falls	26	177	22	276	- 99
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	155	40	85	+ 69
Lymphomas	28	154	29	164	- 9
Leukemia	29	152	24	227	- 75
Cervical Cancer	30	139	16	374	- 235
Fires	31	139	57	16	+ 122
Inflammatory/Heart	32	129	34	139	- 10
Drownings	33	124	32	157	- 33
Poisonings	34	120	55	18	+ 103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	119	18	315	- 196
Pertussis	36	94	67	3	+ 91
Parkinson's Disease	37	89	42	67	+ 23
Epilepsy	38	86	41	74	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	39	85	47	42	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	40	84	44	61	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	81	54	20	+ 61
Schistosomiasis	42	77	84	0	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	43	75	28	164	- 89
Oral Cancer	44	75	43	64	+ 10
Liver Cancer	45	73	12	509	- 436
Lung Cancers	46	65	23	274	- 209
Prostate Cancer	47	57	15	386	- 329
Stomach Cancer	48	51	14	478	- 427
Alcohol	49	48	21	279	- 231
Skin Disease	50	47	31	162	- 115
Bladder Cancer	51	44	52	28	+ 16
Tetanus	52	39	79	0	+ 39
Drug Use	53	38	46	50	- 12
Syphilis	54	37	60	9	+ 27
Appendicitis	55	33	49	32	+ 1
Skin Cancers	56	31	45	59	- 28
Hepatitis B	57	29	62	5	+ 24
Pancreas Cancer	58	21	27	178	- 157
Leishmaniasis	59	20	76	0	+ 20
Upper Respiratory	60	19	72	1	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	61	18	48	39	- 21
Encephalitis	62	16	58	10	+ 6
Measles	63	13	78	0	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	13	50	31	- 18
Hepatitis C	65	7	68	1	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	66	6	26	192	- 186
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	61	7	- 3
Ascariasis	68	2	69	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	2	75	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	74	0	+ 1
War	71	0	70	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	64	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	65	4	- 4
Leprosy	78	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	66	3	- 3
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

Eritrea

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.