NICARAGUA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,996	1	5,843	+ 152
Stroke	2	2,361	3	2,225	+ 136
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,309	8	1,109	+ 201
Kidney Disease	4	1,076	2	3,533	- 2,457
War	5	957	70	1	+ 956
Hypertension	6	830	9	1,103	- 273
Tuberculosis	7	737	37	115	+ 622
Diabetes Mellitus	8	729	4	2,068	- 1,339
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	674	7	1,152	- 477
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	674	33	149	+ 525
Liver Disease	11	572	6	1,203	- 632
Lung Disease	12	551	5	1,570	- 1,019
Lung Cancers	13	537	23	274	+ 263
Congenital Anomalies	14	447	11	571	- 124
Other Injuries	15	392	17	358	+ 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	387	18	315	+ 72
Drug Use	17	336	46	50	+ 286
Low Birth Weight	18	326	13	490	- 164
Suicide	19	275	19	285	- 9
Asthma	20	269	38	105	+ 164
HIV/AIDS	21	203	35	139	+ 64
Leukemia	22	197	24	227	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	23	189	27	178	+ 12
Falls	24	185	22	276	- 92
Breast Cancer	25	172	20	283	- 111
Lymphomas	26	171	29	164	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	27	145	42	67	+ 78
Liver Cancer	28	139	12	509	- 370
Endocrine Disorders	29	138	28	164	- 25
Violence	30	132	10	619	- 487
Bladder Cancer	31	123	52	28	+ 95
Cervical Cancer	32	122	16	374	- 252
Stomach Cancer	33	121	14	478	- 356
Birth Trauma	34	120	25	198	- 78
Maternal Conditions	35	112	39	88	+ 24
Fires	36	105	57	16	+ 88
Inflammatory/Heart	37	97	34	139	- 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	90	40	85	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	39	87	15	386	- 299
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	83	36	122	- 39
Oral Cancer	41	73	43	64	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	42	68	44	61	+ 7
Drownings	43	67	32	157	- 90
Epilepsy	44	60	41	74	- 14
Poisonings	45	51	55	18	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	45	54	20	+ 25
Meningitis	47	38	51	29	+ 9
Hepatitis B	48	31	62	5	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	49	30	47	42	- 12
Alcohol	50	20	21	279	- 259
Skin Cancers	51	18	45	59	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	52	18	61	7	+ 11
Encephalitis	53	18	58	10	+ 7
Skin Disease	54	16	31	162	- 146
Pertussis	55	15	67	3	+ 12
Appendicitis	56	13	49	32	- 18
Malnutrition	57	10	30	163	- 154
Other Neoplasms	58	9	26	192	- 183
Schistosomiasis	59	8	84	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	60	8	48	39	- 31
Syphilis	61	5	60	9	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	50	31	- 27
Leishmaniasis	63	2	76	0	+ 2
Tetanus	64	1	79	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	69	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	72	1	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	64	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	53	28	- 28
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	66	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Libya

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.