BURUNDI VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		BURUNDI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,894	6	3,718	+ 8,176
Kidney Disease	2	7,191	21	1,001	+ 6,189
Stroke	3	4,528	4	4,323	+ 205
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,208	16	1,383	+ 2,825
Lung Disease	5	3,195	17	1,349	+ 1,846
Liver Disease	6	2,449	13	1,767	+ 682
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,344	1	7,810	- 5,466
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,256	5	4,089	- 1,833
Hypertension	9	2,245	20	1,113	+ 1,132
Violence	10	1,259	23	760	+ 499
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,162	12	1,788	- 626
Liver Cancer	12	1,035	29	389	+ 646
Low Birth Weight	13	997	8	3,171	- 2,175
Stomach Cancer	14	972	44	180	+ 792
Prostate Cancer	15	786	33	374	+ 412
Cervical Cancer	16	761	14	1,474	- 713
Other Injuries	17	728	15	1,413	- 685
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	642	37	324	+ 318
Suicide	19	579	24	720	- 141
Breast Cancer	20	576	35	355	+ 221
Alcohol	21	567	55	76	+ 491
Falls	22	562	30	385	+ 177
Lung Cancers	23	557	56	76	+ 482
Leukemia	24	462	47	135	+ 327
Birth Trauma	25	403	7	3,183	- 2,780
Other Neoplasms	26	391	67	10	+ 381
Pancreas Cancer	27	362	58	66	+ 296
Endocrine Disorders	28	333	40	275	+ 58
Lymphomas	29	333	31	379	- 46
Malnutrition	30	332	9	2,500	- 2,168
Skin Disease	31	329	54	91	+ 238
Drownings	32	319	25	598	- 278
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	303	27	426	- 123
Inflammatory/Heart	34	284	38	311	- 27
HIV/AIDS	35	283	11	1,814	- 1,530
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	249	2	6,046	- 5,797
Tuberculosis	37	233	10	2,385	- 2,151
Asthma	38	214	22	836	- 623
Maternal Conditions	39	179	18	1,332	- 1,153
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	174	36	340	- 166
Epilepsy	41	151	41	234	- 83
Parkinson's Disease	42	136	52	103	+ 32
Oral Cancer	43	131	39	285	- 154
Ovary Cancer	44	125	51	106	+ 18
Skin Cancers	45	120	48	121	- 1
Drug Use	46	102	60	52	+ 50
Oesophagus Cancer	47	85	26	455	- 369
Uterin Cancer	48	79	57	67	+ 13
Appendicitis	49	65	49	109	- 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	62	65	17	+ 46
Meningitis	51	59	19	1,322	- 1,263
Bladder Cancer	52	57	50	109	- 52
Anemia	53	57	85	0	+ 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	41	43	181	- 140
Poisonings	55	36	34	369	- 333
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	34	80	0	+ 34
Fires	57	33	28	425	- 392
Encephalitis	58	21	61	46	- 25
Osteoarthritis	59	20	81	0	+ 20
Syphilis	60	19	59	60	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	61	14	69	5	+ 9
Hepatitis B	62	11	62	44	- 34
Oral conditions	63	9	82	0	+ 9
Dengue	64	9	72	0	+ 8
Chagas disease	65	8	78	0	+ 8
Schizophrenia	66	7	86	0	+ 7
Pertussis	67	6	32	378	- 372
Hepatitis C	68	2	64	17	- 14
Ascariasis	69	2	66	16	- 14
War	70	1	53	96	- 95
Leprosy	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	46	136	- 135
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	70	2	- 2
Otitis Media	75	0	68	10	- 9
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	63	17	- 17
Tetanus	79	0	45	178	- 178
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	3	5,163	- 5,163
Schistosomiasis	84	0	42	211	- 211
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURUNDI

Nicaragua

Burundi

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.