BOLIVIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,775	1	11,051	- 276
Kidney Disease	2	6,514	4	5,879	+ 636
Stroke	3	4,102	3	7,206	- 3,104
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,812	5	4,927	- 1,114
Lung Disease	5	2,894	7	3,735	- 841
Liver Disease	6	2,219	6	3,987	- 1,769
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,123	2	8,069	- 5,946
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,044	9	2,430	- 386
Hypertension	9	2,034	10	1,927	+ 108
Violence	10	1,141	14	1,097	+ 44
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,052	15	1,080	- 28
Liver Cancer	12	938	25	720	+ 217
Low Birth Weight	13	903	12	1,265	- 362
Stomach Cancer	14	881	23	785	+ 95
Prostate Cancer	15	712	28	550	+ 162
Cervical Cancer	16	690	16	1,071	- 381
Other Injuries	17	659	11	1,279	- 620
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	582	30	407	+ 174
Suicide	19	525	26	715	- 190
Breast Cancer	20	522	29	482	+ 40
Alcohol	21	514	33	384	+ 130
Falls	22	509	17	1,066	- 557
Lung Cancers	23	505	20	901	- 396
Leukemia	24	418	34	380	+ 39
Birth Trauma	25	365	19	984	- 619
Other Neoplasms	26	354	58	43	+ 311
Pancreas Cancer	27	328	36	332	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	28	302	32	384	- 82
Lymphomas	29	302	41	219	+ 82
Malnutrition	30	301	18	1,031	- 730
Skin Disease	31	298	55	101	+ 198
Drownings	32	289	31	406	- 117
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	275	8	2,479	- 2,205
Inflammatory/Heart	34	257	35	374	- 117
HIV/AIDS	35	257	45	174	+ 83
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	226	21	883	- 657
Tuberculosis	37	212	13	1,187	- 975
Asthma	38	193	38	258	- 65
Maternal Conditions	39	162	39	245	- 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	158	27	678	- 520
Epilepsy	41	137	42	199	- 63
Parkinson's Disease	42	123	22	852	- 729
Oral Cancer	43	119	56	91	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	44	113	54	102	+ 11
Skin Cancers	45	109	43	190	- 82
Drug Use	46	93	40	244	- 151
Oesophagus Cancer	47	77	48	133	- 56
Uterin Cancer	48	72	47	151	- 80
Appendicitis	49	58	46	156	- 97
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	56	51	111	- 54
Meningitis	51	53	49	128	- 74
Bladder Cancer	52	52	59	43	+ 9
Anemia	53	52	84	0	+ 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	37	37	292	- 255
Poisonings	55	32	57	66	- 33
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	31	81	0	+ 31
Fires	57	30	44	181	- 151
Encephalitis	58	19	52	110	- 91
Osteoarthritis	59	18	82	0	+ 18
Syphilis	60	17	53	105	- 88
Multiple Sclerosis	61	12	61	22	- 10
Hepatitis B	62	10	64	6	+ 4
Oral conditions	63	8	80	0	+ 8
Dengue	64	8	66	4	+ 4
Chagas disease	65	7	24	755	- 747
Schizophrenia	66	6	85	0	+ 6
Pertussis	67	6	50	121	- 115
Hepatitis C	68	2	67	3	- 1
Ascariasis	69	2	69	2	- 0
War	70	1	63	9	- 8
Leprosy	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	62	15	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	68	2	- 1
Otitis Media	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	65	5	- 5
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	60	31	- 31
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Nicaragua

Bolivia

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.