AUSTRALIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,427	1	21,548	+ 1,879
Kidney Disease	2	14,164	12	3,139	+ 11,024
Stroke	3	8,919	3	10,331	- 1,413
Diabetes Mellitus	4	8,289	7	4,471	+ 3,818
Lung Disease	5	6,292	5	8,487	- 2,195
Liver Disease	6	4,824	26	1,421	+ 3,402
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,617	8	4,446	+ 171
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,445	29	1,245	+ 3,200
Hypertension	9	4,423	23	1,631	+ 2,791
Violence	10	2,480	44	243	+ 2,236
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,288	33	711	+ 1,577
Liver Cancer	12	2,039	20	2,036	+ 3
Low Birth Weight	13	1,963	43	248	+ 1,715
Stomach Cancer	14	1,915	27	1,288	+ 627
Prostate Cancer	15	1,547	9	3,766	- 2,219
Cervical Cancer	16	1,500	39	342	+ 1,158
Other Injuries	17	1,433	22	1,642	- 209
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,264	6	6,209	- 4,945
Suicide	19	1,141	11	3,150	- 2,009
Breast Cancer	20	1,135	10	3,405	- 2,271
Alcohol	21	1,117	37	380	+ 737
Falls	22	1,107	14	3,116	- 2,009
Lung Cancers	23	1,098	4	8,769	- 7,671
Leukemia	24	910	18	2,126	- 1,216
Birth Trauma	25	794	50	140	+ 653
Other Neoplasms	26	771	28	1,252	- 482
Pancreas Cancer	27	713	13	3,118	- 2,405
Endocrine Disorders	28	656	16	2,328	- 1,672
Lymphomas	29	656	15	3,039	- 2,383
Malnutrition	30	654	51	117	+ 537
Skin Disease	31	649	34	594	+ 54
Drownings	32	629	47	177	+ 452
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	597	2	15,588	- 14,991
Inflammatory/Heart	34	559	24	1,571	- 1,012
HIV/AIDS	35	558	57	50	+ 508
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	491	40	296	+ 195
Tuberculosis	37	460	56	53	+ 407
Asthma	38	421	36	455	- 35
Maternal Conditions	39	353	63	20	+ 333
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	343	42	276	+ 67
Epilepsy	41	297	41	285	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	42	267	19	2,036	- 1,769
Oral Cancer	43	258	32	972	- 715
Ovary Cancer	44	246	31	1,003	- 757
Skin Cancers	45	236	17	2,319	- 2,082
Drug Use	46	202	21	1,783	- 1,581
Oesophagus Cancer	47	168	25	1,494	- 1,326
Uterin Cancer	48	156	35	524	- 368
Appendicitis	49	127	62	26	+ 101
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	123	45	229	- 106
Meningitis	51	116	60	37	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	52	112	30	1,187	- 1,075
Anemia	53	112	49	157	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	80	38	379	- 299
Poisonings	55	71	61	35	+ 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	68	53	71	- 3
Fires	57	66	55	55	+ 11
Encephalitis	58	41	68	3	+ 38
Osteoarthritis	59	39	52	114	- 75
Syphilis	60	38	67	3	+ 35
Multiple Sclerosis	61	27	46	188	- 161
Hepatitis B	62	21	58	41	- 20
Oral conditions	63	18	59	40	- 22
Dengue	64	18	72	0	+ 18
Chagas disease	65	16	80	0	+ 16
Schizophrenia	66	13	54	64	- 51
Pertussis	67	12	69	1	+ 11
Hepatitis C	68	5	48	173	- 168
Ascariasis	69	3	75	0	+ 3
War	70	3	65	8	- 5
Leprosy	71	2	76	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	72	2	64	17	- 15
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	84	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	75	1	66	6	- 5
Leishmaniasis	76	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	70	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Nicaragua

Australia

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.