NICARAGUA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,224	1	5,843	+ 5,380
Stroke	2	8,596	3	2,225	+ 6,372
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,865	4	2,068	+ 2,798
Hypertension	4	2,691	9	1,103	+ 1,587
Suicide	5	2,651	19	285	+ 2,367
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,535	7	1,152	+ 1,384
HIV/AIDS	7	2,154	35	139	+ 2,015
Kidney Disease	8	1,962	2	3,533	- 1,571
Liver Disease	9	1,655	6	1,203	+ 452
Violence	10	1,627	10	619	+ 1,009
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,470	8	1,109	+ 361
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,467	28	164	+ 1,303
Lung Disease	13	1,463	5	1,570	- 107
Other Injuries	14	1,406	17	358	+ 1,048
Drownings	15	1,218	32	157	+ 1,061
Tuberculosis	16	1,152	37	115	+ 1,037
Prostate Cancer	17	1,037	15	386	+ 651
Anemia	18	832	53	28	+ 804
Breast Cancer	19	806	20	283	+ 523
Inflammatory/Heart	20	771	34	139	+ 632
Cervical Cancer	21	768	16	374	+ 394
Low Birth Weight	22	751	13	490	+ 261
Congenital Anomalies	23	578	11	571	+ 7
Birth Trauma	24	541	25	198	+ 344
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	492	18	315	+ 177
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	457	40	85	+ 371
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	399	36	122	+ 277
Other Neoplasms	28	338	26	192	+ 145
Lung Cancers	29	317	23	274	+ 43
Malnutrition	30	314	30	163	+ 151
Stomach Cancer	31	286	14	478	- 192
Lymphomas	32	271	29	164	+ 107
Malaria	33	252	83	0	+ 252
Liver Cancer	34	243	12	509	- 266
Maternal Conditions	35	237	39	88	+ 149
Asthma	36	214	38	105	+ 109
Epilepsy	37	198	41	74	+ 124
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	192	33	149	+ 43
Leukemia	39	178	24	227	- 49
Oral Cancer	40	169	43	64	+ 104
Fires	41	163	57	16	+ 147
Pancreas Cancer	42	160	27	178	- 18
Ovary Cancer	43	149	44	61	+ 88
Meningitis	44	146	51	29	+ 117
Drug Use	45	132	46	50	+ 81
Uterin Cancer	46	109	48	39	+ 70
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	108	54	20	+ 88
Falls	48	93	22	276	- 183
Parkinson's Disease	49	76	42	67	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	50	67	52	28	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	51	66	47	42	+ 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	65	56	17	+ 48
Encephalitis	53	59	58	10	+ 49
Appendicitis	54	50	49	32	+ 19
Skin Cancers	55	41	45	59	- 18
Skin Disease	56	27	31	162	- 135
Alcohol	57	26	21	279	- 253
Osteoarthritis	58	25	59	10	+ 16
Hepatitis B	59	17	62	5	+ 12
Dengue	60	15	64	4	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	61	7	+ 4
Schizophrenia	62	8	66	3	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	8	50	31	- 22
War	64	5	70	1	+ 4
Poisonings	65	5	55	18	- 13
Upper Respiratory	66	4	72	1	+ 4
Oral conditions	67	4	63	5	- 1
Leprosy	68	3	71	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	69	2	68	1	+ 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	2	85	0	+ 2
Syphilis	71	2	60	9	- 7
Tetanus	72	2	79	0	+ 2
Pertussis	73	1	67	3	- 2
Ascariasis	74	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Guyana

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.