ALBANIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,719	1	8,797	- 6,078
Kidney Disease	2	1,644	11	399	+ 1,245
Stroke	3	1,035	2	8,790	- 7,755
Diabetes Mellitus	4	962	19	208	+ 754
Lung Disease	5	730	5	876	- 146
Liver Disease	6	560	12	376	+ 184
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	536	6	634	- 98
Road Traffic Accidents	8	516	14	337	+ 179
Hypertension	9	513	10	425	+ 88
Violence	10	288	27	103	+ 185
Congenital Anomalies	11	266	28	102	+ 163
Liver Cancer	12	237	9	434	- 197
Low Birth Weight	13	228	25	106	+ 121
Stomach Cancer	14	222	7	493	- 271
Prostate Cancer	15	180	16	311	- 131
Cervical Cancer	16	174	36	48	+ 126
Other Injuries	17	166	26	105	+ 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	147	20	197	- 50
Suicide	19	132	24	125	+ 7
Breast Cancer	20	132	17	229	- 98
Alcohol	21	130	48	18	+ 111
Falls	22	128	23	125	+ 4
Lung Cancers	23	127	4	1,026	- 899
Leukemia	24	106	22	131	- 26
Birth Trauma	25	92	41	32	+ 60
Other Neoplasms	26	89	47	19	+ 70
Pancreas Cancer	27	83	18	225	- 142
Endocrine Disorders	28	76	29	91	- 15
Lymphomas	29	76	31	69	+ 7
Malnutrition	30	76	58	3	+ 73
Skin Disease	31	75	55	6	+ 69
Drownings	32	73	43	25	+ 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	69	3	1,827	- 1,758
Inflammatory/Heart	34	65	8	465	- 400
HIV/AIDS	35	65	42	26	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	57	52	9	+ 48
Tuberculosis	37	53	54	8	+ 45
Asthma	38	49	21	193	- 144
Maternal Conditions	39	41	59	2	+ 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	40	33	57	- 17
Epilepsy	41	35	37	44	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	42	31	13	369	- 337
Oral Cancer	43	30	30	90	- 60
Ovary Cancer	44	29	39	39	- 11
Skin Cancers	45	27	32	64	- 36
Drug Use	46	23	44	25	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	47	19	34	52	- 32
Uterin Cancer	48	18	38	42	- 24
Appendicitis	49	15	56	5	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	14	51	11	+ 3
Meningitis	51	13	49	14	- 0
Bladder Cancer	52	13	15	330	- 317
Anemia	53	13	86	0	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	9	35	50	- 41
Poisonings	55	8	53	9	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	8	80	0	+ 8
Fires	57	8	45	20	- 12
Encephalitis	58	5	46	20	- 15
Osteoarthritis	59	5	81	0	+ 5
Syphilis	60	4	62	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	40	39	- 36
Hepatitis B	62	2	63	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	63	2	82	0	+ 2
Dengue	64	2	76	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	65	2	73	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	66	2	83	0	+ 2
Pertussis	67	1	60	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	75	0	+ 0
War	70	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	50	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	65	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	57	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Nicaragua

Albania

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.