NICARAGUA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,974	35	139	+ 6,835
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,488	7	1,152	+ 2,336
Tuberculosis	3	3,373	37	115	+ 3,258
Stroke	4	3,174	3	2,225	+ 950
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,907	1	5,843	- 2,936
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,068	8	1,109	+ 959
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,725	4	2,068	- 342
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,536	36	122	+ 1,413
Low Birth Weight	9	1,229	13	490	+ 739
Lung Disease	10	1,098	5	1,570	- 471
Violence	11	1,071	10	619	+ 452
Hypertension	12	1,019	9	1,103	- 84
Birth Trauma	13	821	25	198	+ 623
Liver Disease	14	799	6	1,203	- 404
Kidney Disease	15	766	2	3,533	- 2,767
Congenital Anomalies	16	674	11	571	+ 104
Suicide	17	578	19	285	+ 293
Malnutrition	18	532	30	163	+ 369
Other Injuries	19	492	17	358	+ 135
Asthma	20	477	38	105	+ 373
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	418	33	149	+ 269
Inflammatory/Heart	22	385	34	139	+ 246
Cervical Cancer	23	316	16	374	- 58
Breast Cancer	24	288	20	283	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	25	262	39	88	+ 174
Drownings	26	261	32	157	+ 104
Meningitis	27	259	51	29	+ 230
Fires	28	259	57	16	+ 243
Skin Cancers	29	257	45	59	+ 198
Oral Cancer	30	238	43	64	+ 173
Prostate Cancer	31	225	15	386	- 161
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	180	40	85	+ 95
Endocrine Disorders	33	174	28	164	+ 10
Falls	34	148	22	276	- 128
Lung Cancers	35	140	23	274	- 134
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	130	18	315	- 186
Pertussis	37	129	67	3	+ 126
Epilepsy	38	117	41	74	+ 43
Poisonings	39	110	55	18	+ 93
Lymphomas	40	109	29	164	- 54
Liver Cancer	41	107	12	509	- 402
Parkinson's Disease	42	103	42	67	+ 37
Syphilis	43	83	60	9	+ 73
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	79	54	20	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	45	78	14	478	- 400
Drug Use	46	75	46	50	+ 25
Skin Disease	47	74	31	162	- 88
Alcohol	48	67	21	279	- 212
Leukemia	49	56	24	227	- 171
Ovary Cancer	50	55	44	61	- 6
Malaria	51	51	83	0	+ 51
Oesophagus Cancer	52	50	47	42	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	53	42	27	178	- 136
Bladder Cancer	54	37	52	28	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	55	33	84	0	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	56	27	48	39	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	23	50	31	- 8
Appendicitis	58	21	49	32	- 11
Encephalitis	59	19	58	10	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	60	18	26	192	- 174
Upper Respiratory	61	15	72	1	+ 15
Tetanus	62	14	79	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	63	11	62	5	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	61	7	- 1
Measles	65	5	78	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	66	1	68	1	+ 0
War	67	1	70	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	1	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	1	75	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	64	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	65	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	63	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	56	17	- 17
Anemia	83	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	66	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Namibia

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.