NICARAGUA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,902	1	5,843	- 2,942
Stroke	2	1,738	3	2,225	- 487
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,026	8	1,109	- 83
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,006	4	2,068	- 1,061
Hypertension	5	915	9	1,103	- 188
Kidney Disease	6	893	2	3,533	- 2,640
Lung Cancers	7	633	23	274	+ 359
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	560	7	1,152	- 591
Congenital Anomalies	9	558	11	571	- 12
Low Birth Weight	10	512	13	490	+ 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	422	33	149	+ 273
Breast Cancer	12	410	20	283	+ 127
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	368	18	315	+ 53
Liver Disease	14	295	6	1,203	- 908
Lung Disease	15	265	5	1,570	- 1,304
Leukemia	16	221	24	227	- 6
Stomach Cancer	17	218	14	478	- 259
Lymphomas	18	193	29	164	+ 30
Other Injuries	19	176	17	358	- 182
Birth Trauma	20	162	25	198	- 36
Violence	21	161	10	619	- 458
Pancreas Cancer	22	147	27	178	- 31
Bladder Cancer	23	127	52	28	+ 99
Falls	24	114	22	276	- 162
Liver Cancer	25	111	12	509	- 398
Endocrine Disorders	26	108	28	164	- 56
Parkinson's Disease	27	101	42	67	+ 34
Suicide	28	99	19	285	- 186
Fires	29	91	57	16	+ 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	91	36	122	- 31
Oral Cancer	31	85	43	64	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	32	83	44	61	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	33	78	15	386	- 308
Drug Use	34	69	46	50	+ 18
Asthma	35	68	38	105	- 37
Drownings	36	64	32	157	- 93
Meningitis	37	47	51	29	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	38	44	34	139	- 95
Uterin Cancer	39	44	48	39	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	40	40	85	- 46
Cervical Cancer	41	38	16	374	- 336
Oesophagus Cancer	42	38	47	42	- 4
Pertussis	43	33	67	3	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	44	31	39	88	- 57
Syphilis	45	31	60	9	+ 22
Epilepsy	46	29	41	74	- 45
Poisonings	47	28	55	18	+ 10
Skin Disease	48	25	31	162	- 137
Skin Cancers	49	23	45	59	- 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	13	54	20	- 7
Malnutrition	51	9	30	163	- 154
Encephalitis	52	8	58	10	- 2
Tuberculosis	53	7	37	115	- 107
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	61	7	+ 0
Alcohol	55	6	21	279	- 272
Tetanus	56	6	79	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	57	6	26	192	- 187
Appendicitis	58	5	49	32	- 27
War	59	4	70	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	2	62	5	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	50	31	- 28
Schistosomiasis	62	2	84	0	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	63	1	35	139	- 138
Hepatitis C	64	1	68	1	- 0
Measles	65	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	69	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	0	72	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	1	- 1
Malaria	77	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	66	3	- 3
Anemia	82	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
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

Jordan

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.