BOTSWANA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,145	3	1,632	+ 513
Kidney Disease	2	1,297	9	506	+ 790
Stroke	3	816	4	1,588	- 772
Diabetes Mellitus	4	759	5	1,273	- 514
Lung Disease	5	576	10	482	+ 94
Liver Disease	6	442	12	459	- 17
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	423	2	1,674	- 1,251
Road Traffic Accidents	8	407	7	608	- 202
Hypertension	9	405	11	471	- 66
Violence	10	227	14	389	- 162
Congenital Anomalies	11	209	16	287	- 78
Liver Cancer	12	187	35	57	+ 129
Low Birth Weight	13	180	13	447	- 267
Stomach Cancer	14	175	53	10	+ 165
Prostate Cancer	15	142	41	45	+ 97
Cervical Cancer	16	137	22	164	- 27
Other Injuries	17	131	19	216	- 85
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	116	47	28	+ 88
Suicide	19	104	15	370	- 265
Breast Cancer	20	104	33	68	+ 36
Alcohol	21	102	45	31	+ 72
Falls	22	101	34	62	+ 40
Lung Cancers	23	101	39	45	+ 55
Leukemia	24	83	51	13	+ 70
Birth Trauma	25	73	17	261	- 189
Other Neoplasms	26	71	55	9	+ 61
Pancreas Cancer	27	65	50	16	+ 49
Endocrine Disorders	28	60	27	103	- 43
Lymphomas	29	60	31	77	- 17
Malnutrition	30	60	21	171	- 111
Skin Disease	31	59	46	30	+ 29
Drownings	32	58	30	83	- 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	55	23	164	- 109
Inflammatory/Heart	34	51	20	177	- 126
HIV/AIDS	35	51	1	4,950	- 4,899
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	45	8	527	- 482
Tuberculosis	37	42	6	649	- 607
Asthma	38	39	18	232	- 194
Maternal Conditions	39	32	24	118	- 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	31	29	90	- 59
Epilepsy	41	27	36	56	- 29
Parkinson's Disease	42	24	38	47	- 23
Oral Cancer	43	24	32	70	- 46
Ovary Cancer	44	22	49	19	+ 3
Skin Cancers	45	22	37	52	- 30
Drug Use	46	18	48	26	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	47	15	28	103	- 87
Uterin Cancer	48	14	56	9	+ 5
Appendicitis	49	12	57	8	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	11	52	11	+ 1
Meningitis	51	11	25	108	- 98
Bladder Cancer	52	10	60	6	+ 4
Anemia	53	10	84	0	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	7	43	37	- 30
Poisonings	55	6	42	42	- 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	6	80	0	+ 6
Fires	57	6	26	108	- 102
Encephalitis	58	4	59	7	- 3
Osteoarthritis	59	4	81	0	+ 4
Syphilis	60	3	44	36	- 33
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	63	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	2	62	6	- 4
Oral conditions	63	2	82	0	+ 2
Dengue	64	2	76	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	66	1	86	0	+ 1
Pertussis	67	1	40	45	- 43
Hepatitis C	68	0	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	67	0	- 0
War	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	58	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	61	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	84	0	54	10	- 10
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Nicaragua

Botswana

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.