BENIN VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,862	5	5,397	+ 7,465
Kidney Disease	2	7,776	13	1,929	+ 5,848
Stroke	3	4,897	4	5,855	- 958
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,551	14	1,912	+ 2,639
Lung Disease	5	3,455	17	1,220	+ 2,235
Liver Disease	6	2,648	9	2,447	+ 202
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,535	1	10,205	- 7,670
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,440	8	3,162	- 722
Hypertension	9	2,428	19	1,088	+ 1,340
Violence	10	1,361	28	726	+ 635
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,256	10	2,265	- 1,008
Liver Cancer	12	1,120	40	322	+ 798
Low Birth Weight	13	1,078	6	4,908	- 3,830
Stomach Cancer	14	1,051	38	361	+ 690
Prostate Cancer	15	850	25	867	- 17
Cervical Cancer	16	823	30	669	+ 155
Other Injuries	17	787	15	1,532	- 745
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	694	41	311	+ 383
Suicide	19	626	22	922	- 295
Breast Cancer	20	623	27	784	- 161
Alcohol	21	613	58	85	+ 528
Falls	22	608	32	543	+ 65
Lung Cancers	23	603	59	66	+ 536
Leukemia	24	500	46	196	+ 304
Birth Trauma	25	436	7	3,950	- 3,514
Other Neoplasms	26	423	63	20	+ 404
Pancreas Cancer	27	391	48	177	+ 214
Endocrine Disorders	28	360	16	1,454	- 1,094
Lymphomas	29	360	36	387	- 27
Malnutrition	30	359	21	928	- 569
Skin Disease	31	356	52	144	+ 212
Drownings	32	345	31	570	- 225
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	328	29	715	- 387
Inflammatory/Heart	34	307	33	457	- 150
HIV/AIDS	35	306	11	2,263	- 1,956
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	269	3	6,830	- 6,561
Tuberculosis	37	252	23	919	- 666
Asthma	38	231	24	891	- 660
Maternal Conditions	39	194	20	1,039	- 845
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	188	34	442	- 254
Epilepsy	41	163	37	369	- 206
Parkinson's Disease	42	147	43	212	- 65
Oral Cancer	43	141	49	156	- 15
Ovary Cancer	44	135	56	86	+ 49
Skin Cancers	45	130	54	102	+ 28
Drug Use	46	111	44	197	- 86
Oesophagus Cancer	47	92	39	326	- 234
Uterin Cancer	48	86	55	99	- 13
Appendicitis	49	70	60	45	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	67	67	11	+ 56
Meningitis	51	64	12	1,967	- 1,903
Bladder Cancer	52	62	61	43	+ 18
Anemia	53	61	83	0	+ 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	44	45	197	- 153
Poisonings	55	39	42	307	- 269
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	37	84	0	+ 37
Fires	57	36	35	431	- 395
Encephalitis	58	23	57	85	- 63
Osteoarthritis	59	22	85	0	+ 22
Syphilis	60	21	51	150	- 130
Multiple Sclerosis	61	15	66	16	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	11	53	143	- 131
Oral conditions	63	10	86	0	+ 10
Dengue	64	10	72	0	+ 10
Chagas disease	65	9	77	0	+ 9
Schizophrenia	66	7	80	0	+ 7
Pertussis	67	7	18	1,168	- 1,161
Hepatitis C	68	3	65	17	- 14
Ascariasis	69	2	62	40	- 38
War	70	2	69	2	- 1
Leprosy	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	64	17	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	10	- 10
Measles	78	0	26	788	- 788
Tetanus	79	0	50	156	- 156
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Schistosomiasis	84	0	47	183	- 183
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Nicaragua

Benin

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.