NICARAGUA VS MONTENEGRO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MONTENEGRO		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	24,573	3	2,225	+ 22,348
Coronary Heart Disease	2	19,453	1	5,843	+ 13,610
Lung Cancers	3	3,781	23	274	+ 3,507
Inflammatory/Heart	4	3,465	34	139	+ 3,326
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,523	33	149	+ 2,374
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,937	4	2,068	- 130
Kidney Disease	7	1,641	2	3,533	- 1,892
Suicide	8	1,465	19	285	+ 1,180
Breast Cancer	9	1,410	20	283	+ 1,127
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,261	18	315	+ 945
Lung Disease	11	1,005	5	1,570	- 565
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	902	7	1,152	- 250
Prostate Cancer	13	840	15	386	+ 454
Falls	14	746	22	276	+ 470
Parkinson's Disease	15	736	42	67	+ 670
Pancreas Cancer	16	708	27	178	+ 531
Liver Disease	17	632	6	1,203	- 571
Hypertension	18	618	9	1,103	- 486
Stomach Cancer	19	562	14	478	+ 84
Liver Cancer	20	561	12	509	+ 52
Road Traffic Accidents	21	534	8	1,109	- 574
Bladder Cancer	22	390	52	28	+ 362
Other Injuries	23	320	17	358	- 37
Lymphomas	24	299	29	164	+ 135
Leukemia	25	261	24	227	+ 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	229	40	85	+ 143
Cervical Cancer	27	228	16	374	- 146
Ovary Cancer	28	211	44	61	+ 149
Violence	29	195	10	619	- 424
Oesophagus Cancer	30	188	47	42	+ 146
Drug Use	31	157	46	50	+ 106
Fires	32	154	57	16	+ 138
Uterin Cancer	33	153	48	39	+ 114
Rheumatic Heart Disease	34	148	54	20	+ 128
Skin Cancers	35	130	45	59	+ 71
Drownings	36	119	32	157	- 38
Oral Cancer	37	108	43	64	+ 44
Alcohol	38	104	21	279	- 175
Multiple Sclerosis	39	85	61	7	+ 78
Endocrine Disorders	40	74	28	164	- 89
Birth Trauma	41	67	25	198	- 131
Epilepsy	42	65	41	74	- 9
Low Birth Weight	43	57	13	490	- 432
Poisonings	44	42	55	18	+ 25
Congenital Anomalies	45	41	11	571	- 530
Asthma	46	40	38	105	- 65
Other Neoplasms	47	25	26	192	- 167
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	24	50	31	- 7
Meningitis	49	16	51	29	- 13
Encephalitis	50	15	58	10	+ 5
Tuberculosis	51	14	37	115	- 101
Appendicitis	52	10	49	32	- 22
Malnutrition	53	10	30	163	- 154
Skin Disease	54	9	31	162	- 153
Pertussis	55	8	67	3	+ 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	56	6	36	122	- 116
Leishmaniasis	57	6	76	0	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	58	6	39	88	- 83
Syphilis	59	2	60	9	- 7
Upper Respiratory	60	1	72	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	61	1	62	5	- 4
Tetanus	62	1	79	0	+ 1
War	63	1	70	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	64	0	74	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	67	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	69	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	70	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	65	4	- 4
HIV/AIDS	73	0	35	139	- 139
Otitis Media	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	64	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	69	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	80	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	66	3	- 3
Anemia	85	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Montenegro

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.