ARGENTINA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		ARGENTINA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	41,128	1	48,765	- 7,637
Kidney Disease	2	24,865	5	13,588	+ 11,278
Stroke	3	15,657	4	22,878	- 7,220
Diabetes Mellitus	4	14,552	9	6,838	+ 7,714
Lung Disease	5	11,047	3	23,234	- 12,187
Liver Disease	6	8,469	16	4,029	+ 4,439
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	8,105	2	40,986	- 32,881
Road Traffic Accidents	8	7,803	10	6,298	+ 1,505
Hypertension	9	7,764	11	5,799	+ 1,965
Violence	10	4,353	23	2,712	+ 1,641
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,017	26	2,419	+ 1,598
Liver Cancer	12	3,580	30	2,045	+ 1,535
Low Birth Weight	13	3,446	28	2,183	+ 1,264
Stomach Cancer	14	3,361	20	3,523	- 162
Prostate Cancer	15	2,717	15	4,507	- 1,791
Cervical Cancer	16	2,633	25	2,480	+ 153
Other Injuries	17	2,516	12	5,642	- 3,125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	2,220	7	8,931	- 6,711
Suicide	19	2,003	18	3,747	- 1,744
Breast Cancer	20	1,992	8	7,063	- 5,070
Alcohol	21	1,961	46	442	+ 1,520
Falls	22	1,943	43	506	+ 1,437
Lung Cancers	23	1,927	6	10,014	- 8,086
Leukemia	24	1,597	27	2,189	- 592
Birth Trauma	25	1,393	49	373	+ 1,020
Other Neoplasms	26	1,353	21	3,224	- 1,871
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,251	14	4,607	- 3,355
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,152	17	3,987	- 2,836
Lymphomas	29	1,152	24	2,708	- 1,556
Malnutrition	30	1,148	38	929	+ 218
Skin Disease	31	1,139	22	3,171	- 2,032
Drownings	32	1,104	48	380	+ 724
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,049	19	3,737	- 2,688
Inflammatory/Heart	34	981	13	5,495	- 4,514
HIV/AIDS	35	980	32	1,481	- 501
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	861	42	578	+ 283
Tuberculosis	37	807	41	655	+ 152
Asthma	38	739	47	403	+ 336
Maternal Conditions	39	620	53	279	+ 341
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	602	44	488	+ 114
Epilepsy	41	522	50	332	+ 190
Parkinson's Disease	42	470	36	965	- 495
Oral Cancer	43	452	35	1,073	- 620
Ovary Cancer	44	431	33	1,307	- 876
Skin Cancers	45	414	34	1,073	- 658
Drug Use	46	354	39	826	- 471
Oesophagus Cancer	47	294	29	2,054	- 1,760
Uterin Cancer	48	274	37	944	- 670
Appendicitis	49	223	60	71	+ 153
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	216	54	243	- 28
Meningitis	51	204	51	316	- 113
Bladder Cancer	52	197	31	1,675	- 1,478
Anemia	53	197	40	691	- 494
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	140	56	139	+ 1
Poisonings	55	124	55	193	- 69
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	119	63	48	+ 71
Fires	57	115	52	280	- 165
Encephalitis	58	72	64	17	+ 55
Osteoarthritis	59	69	59	73	- 4
Syphilis	60	66	65	15	+ 51
Multiple Sclerosis	61	48	58	101	- 54
Hepatitis B	62	36	62	56	- 20
Oral conditions	63	32	66	14	+ 19
Dengue	64	31	80	0	+ 31
Chagas disease	65	28	45	451	- 423
Schizophrenia	66	23	61	59	- 36
Pertussis	67	21	68	10	+ 11
Hepatitis C	68	9	57	113	- 104
Ascariasis	69	6	77	0	+ 6
War	70	5	70	5	- 0
Leprosy	71	4	69	5	- 1
Upper Respiratory	72	4	67	12	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	73	3	74	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	2	82	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	75	1	73	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	1	72	2	- 2
Diphtheria	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	71	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARGENTINA

Nicaragua

Argentina

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.