NICARAGUA VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KIRIBATI		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,138	1	5,843	+ 4,295
Stroke	2	9,480	3	2,225	+ 7,255
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,790	4	2,068	+ 6,723
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,233	7	1,152	+ 2,081
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,117	36	122	+ 2,995
Asthma	6	2,715	38	105	+ 2,610
Tuberculosis	7	2,474	37	115	+ 2,359
Kidney Disease	8	2,419	2	3,533	- 1,114
Suicide	9	1,906	19	285	+ 1,622
Lung Disease	10	1,843	5	1,570	+ 274
Cervical Cancer	11	1,739	16	374	+ 1,365
Liver Disease	12	1,717	6	1,203	+ 514
Low Birth Weight	13	1,569	13	490	+ 1,079
Birth Trauma	14	1,323	25	198	+ 1,125
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,319	11	571	+ 749
Rheumatic Heart Disease	16	1,055	54	20	+ 1,035
Malnutrition	17	857	30	163	+ 694
Breast Cancer	18	855	20	283	+ 572
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	817	40	85	+ 731
Lung Cancers	20	801	23	274	+ 527
Hypertension	21	780	9	1,103	- 323
Meningitis	22	775	51	29	+ 746
Stomach Cancer	23	664	14	478	+ 187
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	626	33	149	+ 477
Other Injuries	25	598	17	358	+ 240
Oral Cancer	26	596	43	64	+ 532
Liver Cancer	27	532	12	509	+ 23
Drownings	28	527	32	157	+ 370
Inflammatory/Heart	29	432	34	139	+ 292
Endocrine Disorders	30	414	28	164	+ 250
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	403	18	315	+ 88
Pertussis	32	365	67	3	+ 362
Parkinson's Disease	33	343	42	67	+ 276
Violence	34	325	10	619	- 293
Maternal Conditions	35	325	39	88	+ 237
Oesophagus Cancer	36	315	47	42	+ 273
Syphilis	37	254	60	9	+ 245
Epilepsy	38	253	41	74	+ 179
Leukemia	39	236	24	227	+ 9
Skin Disease	40	227	31	162	+ 65
Lymphomas	41	179	29	164	+ 16
Falls	42	179	22	276	- 97
Poisonings	43	178	55	18	+ 160
Prostate Cancer	44	154	15	386	- 232
Road Traffic Accidents	45	130	8	1,109	- 979
Uterin Cancer	46	119	48	39	+ 80
Fires	47	117	57	16	+ 101
Hepatitis B	48	111	62	5	+ 106
Pancreas Cancer	49	109	27	178	- 69
Ovary Cancer	50	65	44	61	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	51	55	52	28	+ 27
Appendicitis	52	47	49	32	+ 15
Encephalitis	53	41	58	10	+ 31
Alcohol	54	37	21	279	- 242
Tetanus	55	26	79	0	+ 26
Skin Cancers	56	25	45	59	- 34
Drug Use	57	23	46	50	- 27
Other Neoplasms	58	18	26	192	- 175
Dengue	59	15	64	4	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	60	15	72	1	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	61	7	+ 4
Hepatitis C	62	9	68	1	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	50	31	- 24
Ascariasis	64	4	69	1	+ 3
Diphtheria	65	3	77	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	66	2	74	0	+ 2
War	67	1	70	1	+ 1
Measles	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	1	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	35	139	- 139
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	65	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	79	0	84	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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Kiribati

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.