NICARAGUA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,375	7	1,152	+ 2,224
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,498	36	122	+ 2,376
Stroke	3	2,217	3	2,225	- 8
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,057	1	5,843	- 3,786
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,778	8	1,109	+ 669
Birth Trauma	6	1,752	25	198	+ 1,554
Low Birth Weight	7	1,578	13	490	+ 1,089
Liver Disease	8	1,536	6	1,203	+ 333
Tuberculosis	9	1,208	37	115	+ 1,094
Diabetes Mellitus	10	916	4	2,068	- 1,152
Congenital Anomalies	11	881	11	571	+ 310
Hypertension	12	759	9	1,103	- 344
Kidney Disease	13	682	2	3,533	- 2,851
Meningitis	14	677	51	29	+ 648
Lung Disease	15	669	5	1,570	- 901
Other Injuries	16	661	17	358	+ 303
HIV/AIDS	17	646	35	139	+ 507
Maternal Conditions	18	501	39	88	+ 412
Malnutrition	19	487	30	163	+ 324
Breast Cancer	20	478	20	283	+ 195
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	465	33	149	+ 316
Violence	22	455	10	619	- 164
Pertussis	23	388	67	3	+ 385
Measles	24	356	78	0	+ 356
Suicide	25	340	19	285	+ 55
Malaria	26	317	83	0	+ 317
Cervical Cancer	27	283	16	374	- 91
Falls	28	254	22	276	- 22
Asthma	29	253	38	105	+ 148
Leukemia	30	238	24	227	+ 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	211	18	315	- 104
Poisonings	32	207	55	18	+ 189
Lymphomas	33	202	29	164	+ 39
Fires	34	183	57	16	+ 167
Drownings	35	176	32	157	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	36	137	44	61	+ 75
Tetanus	37	124	79	0	+ 124
Lung Cancers	38	124	23	274	- 150
Inflammatory/Heart	39	122	34	139	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	40	104	47	42	+ 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	99	40	85	+ 14
Liver Cancer	42	97	12	509	- 411
Syphilis	43	96	60	9	+ 86
Epilepsy	44	92	41	74	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	45	91	28	164	- 72
Parkinson's Disease	46	89	42	67	+ 22
Stomach Cancer	47	86	14	478	- 392
Oral Cancer	48	83	43	64	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	75	54	20	+ 55
Prostate Cancer	50	70	15	386	- 316
Bladder Cancer	51	61	52	28	+ 33
Skin Cancers	52	57	45	59	- 2
Skin Disease	53	51	31	162	- 111
Schistosomiasis	54	47	84	0	+ 47
Alcohol	55	42	21	279	- 236
Hepatitis B	56	42	62	5	+ 37
Upper Respiratory	57	40	72	1	+ 39
Appendicitis	58	38	49	32	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	59	33	76	0	+ 33
Drug Use	60	29	46	50	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	61	27	27	178	- 150
Uterin Cancer	62	24	48	39	- 15
Encephalitis	63	22	58	10	+ 11
War	64	16	70	1	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	12	50	31	- 18
Other Neoplasms	66	8	26	192	- 184
Diphtheria	67	8	77	0	+ 8
Ascariasis	68	7	69	1	+ 6
Hepatitis C	69	6	68	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	70	3	61	7	- 3
Otitis Media	71	2	75	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	1	64	4	- 3
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	65	4	- 4
Leprosy	79	0	71	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	80	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
Anemia	83	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	66	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Ethiopia

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.