CAMEROON VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,100	6	10,695	+ 16,406
Kidney Disease	2	16,385	13	5,140	+ 11,244
Stroke	3	10,317	5	11,199	- 882
Diabetes Mellitus	4	9,589	11	5,468	+ 4,121
Lung Disease	5	7,279	20	2,310	+ 4,969
Liver Disease	6	5,580	14	4,531	+ 1,049
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,341	1	19,694	- 14,353
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,141	9	7,810	- 2,668
Hypertension	9	5,116	22	2,035	+ 3,081
Violence	10	2,869	24	1,666	+ 1,202
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,647	12	5,258	- 2,611
Liver Cancer	12	2,359	37	875	+ 1,483
Low Birth Weight	13	2,271	8	7,950	- 5,679
Stomach Cancer	14	2,215	45	458	+ 1,757
Prostate Cancer	15	1,790	34	940	+ 850
Cervical Cancer	16	1,735	26	1,582	+ 153
Other Injuries	17	1,658	16	3,289	- 1,631
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,463	43	569	+ 893
Suicide	19	1,320	19	2,333	- 1,013
Breast Cancer	20	1,313	23	1,874	- 562
Alcohol	21	1,292	57	198	+ 1,095
Falls	22	1,280	27	1,235	+ 46
Lung Cancers	23	1,270	51	301	+ 969
Leukemia	24	1,052	54	275	+ 778
Birth Trauma	25	918	7	8,243	- 7,325
Other Neoplasms	26	892	63	49	+ 843
Pancreas Cancer	27	824	52	290	+ 535
Endocrine Disorders	28	759	18	2,474	- 1,715
Lymphomas	29	759	44	489	+ 270
Malnutrition	30	756	28	1,218	- 462
Skin Disease	31	750	48	324	+ 426
Drownings	32	728	29	1,178	- 451
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	691	31	1,157	- 465
Inflammatory/Heart	34	647	33	986	- 339
HIV/AIDS	35	646	2	13,888	- 13,243
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	568	3	11,849	- 11,281
Tuberculosis	37	532	10	7,414	- 6,882
Asthma	38	487	25	1,619	- 1,133
Maternal Conditions	39	408	17	2,615	- 2,207
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	397	40	754	- 358
Epilepsy	41	344	38	867	- 523
Parkinson's Disease	42	309	46	449	- 140
Oral Cancer	43	298	39	845	- 547
Ovary Cancer	44	284	50	303	- 19
Skin Cancers	45	273	56	204	+ 69
Drug Use	46	233	35	928	- 694
Oesophagus Cancer	47	194	59	135	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	48	181	60	75	+ 106
Appendicitis	49	147	61	72	+ 75
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	142	68	26	+ 117
Meningitis	51	134	15	3,441	- 3,307
Bladder Cancer	52	130	62	65	+ 65
Anemia	53	130	84	0	+ 130
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	93	49	323	- 231
Poisonings	55	82	41	666	- 584
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	78	80	0	+ 78
Fires	57	76	36	908	- 832
Encephalitis	58	47	58	187	- 139
Osteoarthritis	59	45	81	0	+ 45
Syphilis	60	43	30	1,170	- 1,127
Multiple Sclerosis	61	31	64	41	- 9
Hepatitis B	62	24	47	336	- 312
Oral conditions	63	21	82	0	+ 21
Dengue	64	20	73	0	+ 20
Chagas disease	65	18	79	0	+ 18
Schizophrenia	66	15	83	0	+ 15
Pertussis	67	14	21	2,288	- 2,274
Hepatitis C	68	6	66	27	- 21
Ascariasis	69	4	65	30	- 26
War	70	3	42	643	- 640
Leprosy	71	3	75	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	72	2	70	19	- 17
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	78	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	2	72	4	- 3
Otitis Media	75	1	74	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	69	20	- 20
Diphtheria	77	0	67	26	- 26
Measles	78	0	32	1,028	- 1,028
Tetanus	79	0	55	223	- 223
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	71	10	- 10
Malaria	83	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Schistosomiasis	84	0	53	288	- 288
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

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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.