BOSNIA/HERZEG. VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		BOSNIA/HERZEG.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,324	1	9,201	- 5,876
Kidney Disease	2	2,010	9	689	+ 1,321
Stroke	3	1,266	2	7,871	- 6,606
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,176	3	2,406	- 1,229
Lung Disease	5	893	5	1,163	- 270
Liver Disease	6	685	10	613	+ 71
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	655	17	440	+ 215
Road Traffic Accidents	8	631	16	446	+ 185
Hypertension	9	628	11	546	+ 82
Violence	10	352	40	49	+ 303
Congenital Anomalies	11	325	35	69	+ 256
Liver Cancer	12	289	14	480	- 190
Low Birth Weight	13	279	41	48	+ 230
Stomach Cancer	14	272	12	532	- 261
Prostate Cancer	15	220	18	413	- 193
Cervical Cancer	16	213	29	132	+ 81
Other Injuries	17	203	26	157	+ 47
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	179	7	998	- 819
Suicide	19	162	19	361	- 199
Breast Cancer	20	161	13	528	- 367
Alcohol	21	159	34	90	+ 68
Falls	22	157	21	267	- 110
Lung Cancers	23	156	4	2,076	- 1,920
Leukemia	24	129	23	186	- 57
Birth Trauma	25	113	49	14	+ 99
Other Neoplasms	26	109	45	23	+ 87
Pancreas Cancer	27	101	15	463	- 362
Endocrine Disorders	28	93	39	53	+ 40
Lymphomas	29	93	24	184	- 91
Malnutrition	30	93	57	2	+ 90
Skin Disease	31	92	47	21	+ 71
Drownings	32	89	42	48	+ 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	85	6	1,144	- 1,059
Inflammatory/Heart	34	79	8	874	- 795
HIV/AIDS	35	79	70	0	+ 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	70	54	8	+ 61
Tuberculosis	37	65	32	93	- 28
Asthma	38	60	37	60	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	39	50	58	2	+ 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	49	30	121	- 72
Epilepsy	41	42	36	60	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	42	38	20	341	- 303
Oral Cancer	43	37	27	146	- 109
Ovary Cancer	44	35	25	182	- 148
Skin Cancers	45	34	28	133	- 100
Drug Use	46	29	44	25	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	47	24	31	110	- 86
Uterin Cancer	48	22	33	92	- 70
Appendicitis	49	18	52	11	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	17	48	19	- 2
Meningitis	51	16	53	10	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	52	16	22	232	- 216
Anemia	53	16	86	0	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	11	43	36	- 25
Poisonings	55	10	50	13	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	10	80	0	+ 10
Fires	57	9	38	54	- 45
Encephalitis	58	6	51	13	- 7
Osteoarthritis	59	6	81	0	+ 6
Syphilis	60	5	61	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	46	22	- 18
Hepatitis B	62	3	56	3	+ 0
Oral conditions	63	3	82	0	+ 3
Dengue	64	3	74	0	+ 3
Chagas disease	65	2	76	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	66	2	83	0	+ 2
Pertussis	67	2	59	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
War	70	0	62	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	63	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	55	5	- 5
Tetanus	79	0	60	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOSNIA/HERZEG.

Nicaragua

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.