BELGIUM VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,482	1	15,281	- 4,798
Kidney Disease	2	6,338	8	2,952	+ 3,386
Stroke	3	3,991	3	7,408	- 3,417
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,709	20	1,269	+ 2,440
Lung Disease	5	2,816	5	6,438	- 3,622
Liver Disease	6	2,158	17	1,433	+ 726
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,066	6	5,677	- 3,612
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,989	29	666	+ 1,323
Hypertension	9	1,979	27	740	+ 1,239
Violence	10	1,110	44	149	+ 960
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,024	40	282	+ 742
Liver Cancer	12	912	24	976	- 63
Low Birth Weight	13	878	50	70	+ 809
Stomach Cancer	14	857	26	863	- 6
Prostate Cancer	15	692	13	1,824	- 1,132
Cervical Cancer	16	671	41	243	+ 428
Other Injuries	17	641	11	2,006	- 1,365
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	566	7	3,329	- 2,763
Suicide	19	511	10	2,111	- 1,600
Breast Cancer	20	508	9	2,587	- 2,079
Alcohol	21	500	32	500	+ 0
Falls	22	495	15	1,756	- 1,260
Lung Cancers	23	491	4	6,777	- 6,286
Leukemia	24	407	21	1,199	- 792
Birth Trauma	25	355	53	47	+ 308
Other Neoplasms	26	345	12	1,828	- 1,483
Pancreas Cancer	27	319	14	1,809	- 1,491
Endocrine Disorders	28	294	18	1,432	- 1,138
Lymphomas	29	293	16	1,552	- 1,259
Malnutrition	30	293	38	291	+ 2
Skin Disease	31	290	35	380	- 89
Drownings	32	281	47	79	+ 203
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	267	2	9,416	- 9,149
Inflammatory/Heart	34	250	23	1,060	- 810
HIV/AIDS	35	250	57	36	+ 214
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	220	33	418	- 198
Tuberculosis	37	206	54	46	+ 160
Asthma	38	188	46	128	+ 61
Maternal Conditions	39	158	64	6	+ 152
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	153	42	213	- 59
Epilepsy	41	133	36	348	- 215
Parkinson's Disease	42	120	19	1,378	- 1,258
Oral Cancer	43	115	28	675	- 559
Ovary Cancer	44	110	30	653	- 543
Skin Cancers	45	106	31	522	- 417
Drug Use	46	90	39	287	- 197
Oesophagus Cancer	47	75	25	898	- 823
Uterin Cancer	48	70	34	384	- 314
Appendicitis	49	57	62	17	+ 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	55	49	73	- 18
Meningitis	51	52	58	28	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	52	50	22	1,078	- 1,028
Anemia	53	50	43	199	- 149
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	36	37	293	- 257
Poisonings	55	32	55	41	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	30	60	20	+ 10
Fires	57	29	48	75	- 46
Encephalitis	58	18	66	1	+ 17
Osteoarthritis	59	18	51	59	- 41
Syphilis	60	17	70	0	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	61	12	45	147	- 135
Hepatitis B	62	9	63	17	- 7
Oral conditions	63	8	61	19	- 11
Dengue	64	8	83	0	+ 8
Chagas disease	65	7	77	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	66	6	56	40	- 34
Pertussis	67	5	68	1	+ 5
Hepatitis C	68	2	52	53	- 51
Ascariasis	69	2	82	0	+ 2
War	70	1	67	1	+ 0
Leprosy	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	59	22	- 21
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	84	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	75	0	65	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Nicaragua

Belgium

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.