NICARAGUA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	14,290	35	139	+ 14,151
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,634	7	1,152	+ 8,483
Stroke	3	8,443	3	2,225	+ 6,219
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	7,056	36	122	+ 6,934
Coronary Heart Disease	5	6,297	1	5,843	+ 454
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,994	4	2,068	+ 3,926
Suicide	7	4,614	19	285	+ 4,330
Tuberculosis	8	3,622	37	115	+ 3,507
Lung Disease	9	3,303	5	1,570	+ 1,733
Kidney Disease	10	3,041	2	3,533	- 492
Hypertension	11	2,967	9	1,103	+ 1,864
Low Birth Weight	12	2,868	13	490	+ 2,378
Violence	13	2,769	10	619	+ 2,151
Liver Disease	14	2,374	6	1,203	+ 1,171
Birth Trauma	15	2,150	25	198	+ 1,952
Road Traffic Accidents	16	2,034	8	1,109	+ 925
Asthma	17	2,032	38	105	+ 1,927
Other Injuries	18	1,597	17	358	+ 1,240
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,167	11	571	+ 596
Cervical Cancer	20	1,116	16	374	+ 742
Malnutrition	21	1,071	30	163	+ 907
Meningitis	22	953	51	29	+ 924
Inflammatory/Heart	23	914	34	139	+ 775
Maternal Conditions	24	876	39	88	+ 788
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	835	40	85	+ 750
Fires	26	806	57	16	+ 789
Endocrine Disorders	27	704	28	164	+ 541
Drownings	28	599	32	157	+ 442
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	582	33	149	+ 433
Epilepsy	30	430	41	74	+ 356
Falls	31	383	22	276	+ 107
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	376	54	20	+ 356
Poisonings	33	333	55	18	+ 315
Breast Cancer	34	291	20	283	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	35	242	15	386	- 144
Lymphomas	36	233	29	164	+ 70
Oesophagus Cancer	37	220	47	42	+ 178
Alcohol	38	212	21	279	- 66
Liver Cancer	39	212	12	509	- 297
Skin Disease	40	209	31	162	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	41	164	42	67	+ 97
Oral Cancer	42	155	43	64	+ 91
Lung Cancers	43	153	23	274	- 121
Pertussis	44	153	67	3	+ 150
Syphilis	45	151	60	9	+ 142
Skin Cancers	46	139	45	59	+ 80
Tetanus	47	135	79	0	+ 135
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	119	18	315	- 197
Leukemia	49	116	24	227	- 110
Drug Use	50	95	46	50	+ 44
Hepatitis B	51	80	62	5	+ 75
Appendicitis	52	75	49	32	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	53	73	44	61	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	54	70	48	39	+ 31
Upper Respiratory	55	54	72	1	+ 54
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	54	50	31	+ 23
Encephalitis	57	41	58	10	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	58	37	27	178	- 141
Measles	59	35	78	0	+ 35
Stomach Cancer	60	32	14	478	- 445
Bladder Cancer	61	29	52	28	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	62	28	26	192	- 165
Multiple Sclerosis	63	18	61	7	+ 11
Hepatitis C	64	7	68	1	+ 6
Chlamydia	65	5	74	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	4	75	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	2	69	1	+ 1
War	68	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Dengue	70	0	64	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	65	4	- 4
Malaria	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	66	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	28	- 28
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

Lesotho

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.