NICARAGUA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,636	1	5,843	+ 4,793
Stroke	2	6,860	3	2,225	+ 4,635
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	4,539	33	149	+ 4,390
Lung Cancers	4	3,740	23	274	+ 3,467
Lung Disease	5	3,547	5	1,570	+ 1,977
Hypertension	6	3,278	9	1,103	+ 2,175
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,328	18	315	+ 2,012
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,172	4	2,068	+ 105
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,789	7	1,152	+ 638
Breast Cancer	10	1,519	20	283	+ 1,236
Kidney Disease	11	1,394	2	3,533	- 2,139
Other Injuries	12	1,327	17	358	+ 969
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,325	27	178	+ 1,147
Stomach Cancer	14	1,123	14	478	+ 645
Other Neoplasms	15	1,093	26	192	+ 901
Lymphomas	16	1,059	29	164	+ 896
Liver Cancer	17	1,054	12	509	+ 545
Endocrine Disorders	18	923	28	164	+ 760
Parkinson's Disease	19	923	42	67	+ 856
Prostate Cancer	20	921	15	386	+ 535
Leukemia	21	737	24	227	+ 510
Bladder Cancer	22	735	52	28	+ 707
Liver Disease	23	609	6	1,203	- 594
Inflammatory/Heart	24	606	34	139	+ 466
Falls	25	462	22	276	+ 186
Suicide	26	443	19	285	+ 158
Oral Cancer	27	366	43	64	+ 302
Ovary Cancer	28	359	44	61	+ 298
Skin Cancers	29	355	45	59	+ 296
Road Traffic Accidents	30	353	8	1,109	- 756
Hepatitis C	31	268	68	1	+ 267
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	243	54	20	+ 223
Uterin Cancer	33	241	48	39	+ 202
Oesophagus Cancer	34	224	47	42	+ 182
Anemia	35	183	53	28	+ 155
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	178	36	122	+ 55
Congenital Anomalies	37	158	11	571	- 413
Skin Disease	38	158	31	162	- 4
Epilepsy	39	146	41	74	+ 72
Cervical Cancer	40	126	16	374	- 248
Malnutrition	41	85	30	163	- 78
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	77	50	31	+ 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	76	40	85	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	44	74	61	7	+ 67
Drug Use	45	72	46	50	+ 21
HIV/AIDS	46	57	35	139	- 82
Asthma	47	54	38	105	- 51
Osteoarthritis	48	53	59	10	+ 43
Schizophrenia	49	46	66	3	+ 43
Violence	50	45	10	619	- 574
Low Birth Weight	51	39	13	490	- 451
Drownings	52	38	32	157	- 119
Tuberculosis	53	37	37	115	- 78
Hepatitis B	54	37	62	5	+ 31
Alcohol	55	30	21	279	- 248
Fires	56	30	57	16	+ 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	26	56	17	+ 9
Poisonings	58	17	55	18	- 1
Birth Trauma	59	15	25	198	- 183
Meningitis	60	14	51	29	- 15
Appendicitis	61	5	49	32	- 26
Oral conditions	62	5	63	5	+ 1
Tetanus	63	2	79	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	72	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	65	2	75	0	+ 2
War	66	1	70	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	39	88	- 87
Encephalitis	68	1	58	10	- 10
Syphilis	69	0	60	9	- 9
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	65	4	- 4
Pertussis	73	0	67	3	- 3
Leprosy	74	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	81	0	64	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Italy

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.