NICARAGUA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,794	1	5,843	- 1,050
Stroke	2	2,458	3	2,225	+ 233
Lung Disease	3	1,564	5	1,570	- 5
Kidney Disease	4	1,380	2	3,533	- 2,152
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	811	33	149	+ 662
Diabetes Mellitus	6	804	4	2,068	- 1,263
Lung Cancers	7	624	23	274	+ 350
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	567	7	1,152	- 584
Breast Cancer	9	480	20	283	+ 197
Liver Cancer	10	461	12	509	- 48
Liver Disease	11	419	6	1,203	- 784
Endocrine Disorders	12	371	28	164	+ 208
Cervical Cancer	13	369	16	374	- 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	360	18	315	+ 45
Congenital Anomalies	15	331	11	571	- 240
Falls	16	323	22	276	+ 47
Hypertension	17	281	9	1,103	- 822
Other Injuries	18	269	17	358	- 88
Oral Cancer	19	265	43	64	+ 201
Low Birth Weight	20	252	13	490	- 238
Suicide	21	250	19	285	- 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	246	36	122	+ 124
Drownings	23	238	32	157	+ 81
Leukemia	24	220	24	227	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	25	199	42	67	+ 132
Prostate Cancer	26	197	15	386	- 189
Tuberculosis	27	194	37	115	+ 79
Violence	28	172	10	619	- 447
Asthma	29	169	38	105	+ 64
Ovary Cancer	30	159	44	61	+ 98
Road Traffic Accidents	31	148	8	1,109	- 960
Skin Disease	32	145	31	162	- 17
Dengue	33	129	64	4	+ 125
Lymphomas	34	127	29	164	- 37
Maternal Conditions	35	93	39	88	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	36	92	34	139	- 48
Bladder Cancer	37	90	52	28	+ 62
Epilepsy	38	84	41	74	+ 10
Birth Trauma	39	83	25	198	- 115
Pancreas Cancer	40	75	27	178	- 102
Fires	41	67	57	16	+ 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	62	40	85	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	58	54	20	+ 38
Encephalitis	44	47	58	10	+ 36
Malnutrition	45	46	30	163	- 117
Other Neoplasms	46	35	26	192	- 157
Uterin Cancer	47	34	48	39	- 5
Drug Use	48	31	46	50	- 19
Stomach Cancer	49	21	14	478	- 457
Meningitis	50	19	51	29	- 10
Alcohol	51	11	21	279	- 267
Pertussis	52	6	67	3	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	6	50	31	- 25
Tetanus	54	5	79	0	+ 5
Poisonings	55	4	55	18	- 13
Hepatitis B	56	4	62	5	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	61	7	- 3
Syphilis	58	2	60	9	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	47	42	- 39
Measles	60	2	78	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	2	49	32	- 30
War	62	1	70	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	45	59	- 58
Hepatitis C	64	1	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	1	69	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	72	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	71	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	35	139	- 139
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
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	53	28	- 28
Schizophrenia	86	0	66	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Maldives

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.