ANGOLA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		ANGOLA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,558	9	10,020	+ 22,538
Kidney Disease	2	19,684	20	2,746	+ 16,938
Stroke	3	12,395	8	10,687	+ 1,708
Diabetes Mellitus	4	11,520	13	4,413	+ 7,107
Lung Disease	5	8,745	22	2,447	+ 6,298
Liver Disease	6	6,704	12	6,103	+ 601
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	6,416	1	24,897	- 18,481
Road Traffic Accidents	8	6,177	10	8,317	- 2,140
Hypertension	9	6,146	15	3,667	+ 2,479
Violence	10	3,446	19	2,928	+ 518
Congenital Anomalies	11	3,180	11	7,402	- 4,223
Liver Cancer	12	2,834	39	579	+ 2,255
Low Birth Weight	13	2,728	7	11,184	- 8,456
Stomach Cancer	14	2,661	47	349	+ 2,312
Prostate Cancer	15	2,151	33	1,071	+ 1,080
Cervical Cancer	16	2,084	24	1,931	+ 154
Other Injuries	17	1,992	21	2,682	- 690
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,757	42	477	+ 1,280
Suicide	19	1,586	23	1,936	- 350
Breast Cancer	20	1,577	31	1,141	+ 436
Alcohol	21	1,553	51	219	+ 1,333
Falls	22	1,538	30	1,147	+ 392
Lung Cancers	23	1,526	45	401	+ 1,125
Leukemia	24	1,264	46	361	+ 904
Birth Trauma	25	1,103	5	12,983	- 11,880
Other Neoplasms	26	1,071	67	40	+ 1,031
Pancreas Cancer	27	990	59	142	+ 849
Endocrine Disorders	28	912	32	1,119	- 208
Lymphomas	29	912	38	608	+ 304
Malnutrition	30	909	17	3,509	- 2,600
Skin Disease	31	901	50	224	+ 677
Drownings	32	874	26	1,600	- 726
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	830	29	1,198	- 368
Inflammatory/Heart	34	777	28	1,305	- 528
HIV/AIDS	35	776	6	12,805	- 12,029
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	682	3	15,245	- 14,563
Tuberculosis	37	639	2	16,991	- 16,352
Asthma	38	585	25	1,681	- 1,096
Maternal Conditions	39	491	18	3,268	- 2,777
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	476	35	679	- 203
Epilepsy	41	413	36	647	- 234
Parkinson's Disease	42	372	49	293	+ 79
Oral Cancer	43	358	41	507	- 149
Ovary Cancer	44	341	53	210	+ 131
Skin Cancers	45	328	43	467	- 138
Drug Use	46	280	55	206	+ 74
Oesophagus Cancer	47	233	48	310	- 77
Uterin Cancer	48	217	64	76	+ 141
Appendicitis	49	177	54	207	- 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	171	65	61	+ 109
Meningitis	51	161	16	3,564	- 3,403
Bladder Cancer	52	156	58	162	- 6
Anemia	53	156	82	0	+ 156
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	111	44	436	- 325
Poisonings	55	98	37	639	- 541
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	94	85	0	+ 94
Fires	57	91	34	839	- 748
Encephalitis	58	57	56	190	- 133
Osteoarthritis	59	54	84	0	+ 54
Syphilis	60	52	27	1,316	- 1,264
Multiple Sclerosis	61	38	69	19	+ 18
Hepatitis B	62	29	61	117	- 88
Oral conditions	63	26	86	0	+ 26
Dengue	64	24	74	0	+ 24
Chagas disease	65	22	79	0	+ 22
Schizophrenia	66	19	81	0	+ 19
Pertussis	67	17	14	4,197	- 4,180
Hepatitis C	68	7	70	15	- 8
Ascariasis	69	5	66	40	- 36
War	70	4	68	23	- 19
Leprosy	71	3	78	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	72	3	60	130	- 127
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	2	73	5	- 3
Otitis Media	75	1	72	8	- 7
Leishmaniasis	76	0	57	166	- 165
Diphtheria	77	0	62	111	- 111
Measles	78	0	63	95	- 95
Tetanus	79	0	40	510	- 510
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	71	12	- 12
Malaria	83	0	4	13,608	- 13,608
Schistosomiasis	84	0	52	216	- 216
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ANGOLA

Nicaragua

Angola

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.