BELARUS VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,315	1	53,186	- 44,871
Kidney Disease	2	5,027	26	480	+ 4,547
Stroke	3	3,166	2	16,393	- 13,228
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,942	30	373	+ 2,570
Lung Disease	5	2,233	7	2,208	+ 25
Liver Disease	6	1,712	8	2,078	- 366
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,639	15	1,086	+ 552
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,578	19	722	+ 856
Hypertension	9	1,570	31	367	+ 1,202
Violence	10	880	38	255	+ 625
Congenital Anomalies	11	812	41	202	+ 610
Liver Cancer	12	724	32	363	+ 361
Low Birth Weight	13	697	47	64	+ 632
Stomach Cancer	14	680	10	1,690	- 1,010
Prostate Cancer	15	549	17	936	- 386
Cervical Cancer	16	532	34	303	+ 229
Other Injuries	17	509	14	1,099	- 590
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	449	5	2,886	- 2,438
Suicide	19	405	9	2,004	- 1,599
Breast Cancer	20	403	12	1,230	- 828
Alcohol	21	397	6	2,761	- 2,364
Falls	22	393	16	952	- 559
Lung Cancers	23	390	4	2,950	- 2,560
Leukemia	24	323	23	554	- 231
Birth Trauma	25	282	52	25	+ 257
Other Neoplasms	26	274	48	52	+ 221
Pancreas Cancer	27	253	13	1,171	- 918
Endocrine Disorders	28	233	43	141	+ 92
Lymphomas	29	233	20	672	- 439
Malnutrition	30	232	53	22	+ 210
Skin Disease	31	230	51	31	+ 199
Drownings	32	223	24	543	- 320
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	212	3	3,530	- 3,318
Inflammatory/Heart	34	198	11	1,361	- 1,162
HIV/AIDS	35	198	42	167	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	174	57	13	+ 161
Tuberculosis	37	163	37	269	- 105
Asthma	38	149	44	122	+ 28
Maternal Conditions	39	125	60	2	+ 123
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	122	40	235	- 114
Epilepsy	41	106	45	116	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	42	95	21	621	- 526
Oral Cancer	43	91	18	901	- 809
Ovary Cancer	44	87	27	429	- 341
Skin Cancers	45	84	36	272	- 188
Drug Use	46	72	29	389	- 317
Oesophagus Cancer	47	60	25	493	- 433
Uterin Cancer	48	55	28	391	- 335
Appendicitis	49	45	54	20	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	44	55	15	+ 28
Meningitis	51	41	50	36	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	52	40	35	295	- 256
Anemia	53	40	83	0	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	28	39	239	- 211
Poisonings	55	25	33	311	- 286
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	24	85	0	+ 24
Fires	57	23	22	620	- 597
Encephalitis	58	15	46	93	- 79
Osteoarthritis	59	14	84	0	+ 14
Syphilis	60	13	63	1	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	49	42	- 32
Hepatitis B	62	7	56	14	- 6
Oral conditions	63	7	86	0	+ 7
Dengue	64	6	71	0	+ 6
Chagas disease	65	6	75	0	+ 6
Schizophrenia	66	5	80	0	+ 5
Pertussis	67	4	65	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	68	2	62	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	70	0	+ 1
War	70	1	59	3	- 2
Leprosy	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	58	5	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	0	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	75	0	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	67	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	64	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Nicaragua

Belarus

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.