NICARAGUA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,593	1	5,843	- 2,250
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,381	7	1,152	+ 2,230
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,535	4	2,068	+ 468
Kidney Disease	4	2,296	2	3,533	- 1,237
Liver Disease	5	2,079	6	1,203	+ 876
Stroke	6	1,773	3	2,225	- 451
Violence	7	1,613	10	619	+ 995
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,473	8	1,109	+ 364
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	957	36	122	+ 835
Other Injuries	10	902	17	358	+ 544
Malnutrition	11	724	30	163	+ 561
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	716	33	149	+ 567
Lung Disease	13	695	5	1,570	- 874
Alcohol	14	658	21	279	+ 379
Liver Cancer	15	646	12	509	+ 137
Low Birth Weight	16	607	13	490	+ 117
Stomach Cancer	17	574	14	478	+ 97
Congenital Anomalies	18	555	11	571	- 16
Birth Trauma	19	536	25	198	+ 338
Falls	20	502	22	276	+ 226
HIV/AIDS	21	429	35	139	+ 290
Suicide	22	380	19	285	+ 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	377	40	85	+ 291
Prostate Cancer	24	309	15	386	- 77
Cervical Cancer	25	295	16	374	- 79
Hypertension	26	248	9	1,103	- 855
Leukemia	27	220	24	227	- 7
Breast Cancer	28	181	20	283	- 102
Endocrine Disorders	29	178	28	164	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	30	171	39	88	+ 83
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	170	18	315	- 146
Drownings	32	169	32	157	+ 13
Epilepsy	33	169	41	74	+ 95
Parkinson's Disease	34	144	42	67	+ 77
Lung Cancers	35	143	23	274	- 131
Asthma	36	122	38	105	+ 17
Tuberculosis	37	110	37	115	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	38	103	27	178	- 75
Poisonings	39	101	55	18	+ 83
Drug Use	40	99	46	50	+ 49
Meningitis	41	99	51	29	+ 70
Skin Disease	42	85	31	162	- 77
Lymphomas	43	84	29	164	- 80
Inflammatory/Heart	44	82	34	139	- 57
Fires	45	76	57	16	+ 59
Skin Cancers	46	71	45	59	+ 12
Appendicitis	47	60	49	32	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	48	53	47	42	+ 11
Oral Cancer	49	52	43	64	- 12
Ovary Cancer	50	49	44	61	- 13
Encephalitis	51	38	58	10	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	30	50	31	- 1
Pertussis	53	26	67	3	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	23	54	20	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	55	21	52	28	- 7
Other Neoplasms	56	15	26	192	- 177
Upper Respiratory	57	12	72	1	+ 12
Dengue	58	12	64	4	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	59	10	48	39	- 29
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	61	7	+ 1
Chagas disease	61	7	65	4	+ 3
Tetanus	62	4	79	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	63	3	69	1	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	60	9	- 8
Hepatitis B	65	1	62	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	66	1	68	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	1	74	0	+ 0
War	68	1	70	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	71	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	66	3	- 3
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Guatemala

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.