NICARAGUA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,587	7	1,152	+ 1,436
HIV/AIDS	2	2,394	35	139	+ 2,255
Tuberculosis	3	2,253	37	115	+ 2,138
Stroke	4	1,822	3	2,225	- 402
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,768	36	122	+ 1,645
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,706	8	1,109	+ 597
Liver Disease	7	1,537	6	1,203	+ 333
Malaria	8	1,450	83	0	+ 1,450
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,372	1	5,843	- 4,471
Birth Trauma	10	1,141	25	198	+ 943
Low Birth Weight	11	1,096	13	490	+ 606
Congenital Anomalies	12	701	11	571	+ 130
Maternal Conditions	13	648	39	88	+ 560
Diabetes Mellitus	14	648	4	2,068	- 1,420
Meningitis	15	615	51	29	+ 586
Kidney Disease	16	512	2	3,533	- 3,021
Hypertension	17	506	9	1,103	- 597
Oesophagus Cancer	18	501	47	42	+ 459
Other Injuries	19	497	17	358	+ 139
Lung Disease	20	491	5	1,570	- 1,079
Malnutrition	21	483	30	163	+ 320
Cervical Cancer	22	388	16	374	+ 14
Suicide	23	368	19	285	+ 84
Violence	24	337	10	619	- 281
Breast Cancer	25	305	20	283	+ 22
Asthma	26	264	38	105	+ 159
Tetanus	27	244	79	0	+ 244
Stomach Cancer	28	230	14	478	- 247
Lymphomas	29	221	29	164	+ 58
Oral Cancer	30	211	43	64	+ 147
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	209	33	149	+ 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	169	18	315	- 146
Falls	33	168	22	276	- 108
Liver Cancer	34	155	12	509	- 354
Leukemia	35	152	24	227	- 75
Fires	36	151	57	16	+ 135
Prostate Cancer	37	148	15	386	- 238
Poisonings	38	145	55	18	+ 128
Drownings	39	138	32	157	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	40	129	34	139	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	125	40	85	+ 39
Pertussis	42	116	67	3	+ 113
Epilepsy	43	95	41	74	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	44	95	28	164	- 68
Ovary Cancer	45	91	44	61	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	46	82	27	178	- 96
Lung Cancers	47	77	23	274	- 197
Skin Cancers	48	73	45	59	+ 14
Hepatitis B	49	60	62	5	+ 55
Parkinson's Disease	50	54	42	67	- 13
Skin Disease	51	52	31	162	- 110
Syphilis	52	52	60	9	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	47	54	20	+ 27
Schistosomiasis	54	42	84	0	+ 42
Alcohol	55	41	21	279	- 238
Uterin Cancer	56	37	48	39	- 2
Bladder Cancer	57	36	52	28	+ 8
Appendicitis	58	28	49	32	- 4
Leishmaniasis	59	22	76	0	+ 22
Encephalitis	60	22	58	10	+ 11
Hepatitis C	61	17	68	1	+ 16
Drug Use	62	13	46	50	- 37
Measles	63	12	78	0	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	64	11	72	1	+ 10
War	65	10	70	1	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	10	50	31	- 21
Other Neoplasms	67	7	26	192	- 185
Multiple Sclerosis	68	4	61	7	- 2
Diphtheria	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	69	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	1	75	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	64	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	65	4	- 4
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	53	28	- 28
Schizophrenia	83	0	66	3	- 3
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

Kenya

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.