NICARAGUA VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,202	1	5,843	+ 1,359
Lung Disease	2	4,168	5	1,570	+ 2,599
Stroke	3	3,303	3	2,225	+ 1,078
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	3,176	36	122	+ 3,054
Tuberculosis	5	2,065	37	115	+ 1,951
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,859	7	1,152	+ 708
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,286	4	2,068	- 781
Liver Disease	8	1,273	6	1,203	+ 69
Low Birth Weight	9	1,131	13	490	+ 642
Falls	10	1,070	22	276	+ 794
Kidney Disease	11	1,056	2	3,533	- 2,477
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,007	8	1,109	- 101
Asthma	13	929	38	105	+ 824
Suicide	14	821	19	285	+ 537
Other Injuries	15	709	17	358	+ 351
Oral Cancer	16	636	43	64	+ 572
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	600	33	149	+ 451
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	597	54	20	+ 577
Hypertension	19	512	9	1,103	- 591
Birth Trauma	20	487	25	198	+ 289
Lung Cancers	21	418	23	274	+ 144
Breast Cancer	22	392	20	283	+ 109
Congenital Anomalies	23	392	11	571	- 179
Stomach Cancer	24	384	14	478	- 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	367	18	315	+ 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	323	40	85	+ 237
Violence	27	245	10	619	- 373
Drownings	28	231	32	157	+ 74
Encephalitis	29	228	58	10	+ 218
Cervical Cancer	30	215	16	374	- 159
HIV/AIDS	31	210	35	139	+ 71
Parkinson's Disease	32	206	42	67	+ 139
Lymphomas	33	190	29	164	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	34	184	47	42	+ 142
Leukemia	35	158	24	227	- 69
Meningitis	36	158	51	29	+ 129
Pancreas Cancer	37	155	27	178	- 22
Prostate Cancer	38	147	15	386	- 239
Liver Cancer	39	144	12	509	- 365
Epilepsy	40	144	41	74	+ 69
Maternal Conditions	41	123	39	88	+ 35
Fires	42	110	57	16	+ 94
Alcohol	43	109	21	279	- 169
Ovary Cancer	44	104	44	61	+ 43
Skin Disease	45	85	31	162	- 77
Dengue	46	83	64	4	+ 79
Endocrine Disorders	47	72	28	164	- 91
Bladder Cancer	48	67	52	28	+ 39
Inflammatory/Heart	49	60	34	139	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	57	50	31	+ 26
Measles	51	56	78	0	+ 56
Drug Use	52	56	46	50	+ 5
Appendicitis	53	53	49	32	+ 22
Pertussis	54	48	67	3	+ 45
Malnutrition	55	41	30	163	- 122
Hepatitis B	56	39	62	5	+ 34
Malaria	57	37	83	0	+ 37
Tetanus	58	34	79	0	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	59	32	48	39	- 7
Skin Cancers	60	24	45	59	- 35
Poisonings	61	17	55	18	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	14	26	192	- 178
Multiple Sclerosis	63	11	61	7	+ 4
Syphilis	64	10	60	9	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	6	68	1	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	66	5	76	0	+ 5
War	67	4	70	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	68	3	72	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	2	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	28	- 28
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	66	3	- 3
Oral conditions	84	0	63	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	56	17	- 17
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

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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.