CANADA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	33,952	1	40,063	- 6,111
Kidney Disease	2	20,527	14	4,578	+ 15,949
Stroke	3	12,925	5	14,159	- 1,233
Diabetes Mellitus	4	12,013	9	5,718	+ 6,295
Lung Disease	5	9,119	4	14,212	- 5,093
Liver Disease	6	6,991	17	3,624	+ 3,367
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	6,691	7	7,431	- 741
Road Traffic Accidents	8	6,441	28	1,998	+ 4,444
Hypertension	9	6,410	22	2,563	+ 3,847
Violence	10	3,594	40	605	+ 2,989
Congenital Anomalies	11	3,316	35	1,081	+ 2,235
Liver Cancer	12	2,955	20	3,113	- 158
Low Birth Weight	13	2,845	42	553	+ 2,292
Stomach Cancer	14	2,775	26	2,177	+ 598
Prostate Cancer	15	2,243	13	4,711	- 2,468
Cervical Cancer	16	2,174	41	578	+ 1,596
Other Injuries	17	2,077	24	2,392	- 315
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,832	6	9,651	- 7,819
Suicide	19	1,654	15	4,417	- 2,763
Breast Cancer	20	1,644	8	5,910	- 4,266
Alcohol	21	1,619	33	1,491	+ 128
Falls	22	1,604	12	4,829	- 3,225
Lung Cancers	23	1,591	3	20,937	- 19,346
Leukemia	24	1,319	21	3,098	- 1,780
Birth Trauma	25	1,150	50	193	+ 957
Other Neoplasms	26	1,117	31	1,679	- 562
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,033	11	5,057	- 4,025
Endocrine Disorders	28	951	19	3,233	- 2,282
Lymphomas	29	951	10	5,146	- 4,196
Malnutrition	30	948	51	192	+ 755
Skin Disease	31	940	38	679	+ 261
Drownings	32	912	48	283	+ 628
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	866	2	30,970	- 30,104
Inflammatory/Heart	34	810	27	2,060	- 1,250
HIV/AIDS	35	809	53	163	+ 646
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	711	36	840	- 129
Tuberculosis	37	666	58	97	+ 569
Asthma	38	610	49	262	+ 348
Maternal Conditions	39	512	64	45	+ 466
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	497	43	442	+ 55
Epilepsy	41	431	44	384	+ 47
Parkinson's Disease	42	388	18	3,359	- 2,971
Oral Cancer	43	373	32	1,592	- 1,219
Ovary Cancer	44	356	29	1,902	- 1,546
Skin Cancers	45	342	30	1,756	- 1,414
Drug Use	46	292	16	3,686	- 3,394
Oesophagus Cancer	47	243	25	2,230	- 1,987
Uterin Cancer	48	226	34	1,183	- 957
Appendicitis	49	184	62	49	+ 135
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	178	47	322	- 144
Meningitis	51	168	59	68	+ 100
Bladder Cancer	52	163	23	2,521	- 2,358
Anemia	53	162	46	343	- 181
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	116	39	636	- 520
Poisonings	55	102	56	121	- 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	98	54	143	- 44
Fires	57	95	52	192	- 97
Encephalitis	58	59	68	3	+ 56
Osteoarthritis	59	57	55	139	- 82
Syphilis	60	54	67	5	+ 49
Multiple Sclerosis	61	39	37	692	- 653
Hepatitis B	62	30	60	66	- 36
Oral conditions	63	27	61	51	- 24
Dengue	64	26	72	0	+ 25
Chagas disease	65	23	70	1	+ 22
Schizophrenia	66	19	57	118	- 99
Pertussis	67	17	69	1	+ 17
Hepatitis C	68	7	45	363	- 356
Ascariasis	69	5	82	0	+ 5
War	70	4	65	21	- 17
Leprosy	71	3	79	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	72	3	63	47	- 44
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	84	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	2	83	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	75	1	66	8	- 7
Leishmaniasis	76	1	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

Nicaragua

Canada

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.