CENTRAL AFRICA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,946	7	2,900	+ 2,046
Kidney Disease	2	2,990	21	710	+ 2,280
Stroke	3	1,883	5	3,284	- 1,401
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,750	15	1,141	+ 609
Lung Disease	5	1,328	18	956	+ 372
Liver Disease	6	1,018	14	1,153	- 135
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	975	1	5,231	- 4,257
Road Traffic Accidents	8	938	10	1,790	- 852
Hypertension	9	934	12	1,252	- 319
Violence	10	523	17	1,009	- 485
Congenital Anomalies	11	483	19	776	- 293
Liver Cancer	12	430	44	117	+ 314
Low Birth Weight	13	414	8	2,228	- 1,813
Stomach Cancer	14	404	49	65	+ 339
Prostate Cancer	15	327	38	156	+ 170
Cervical Cancer	16	317	32	230	+ 87
Other Injuries	17	303	23	621	- 318
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	267	45	116	+ 150
Suicide	19	241	24	585	- 344
Breast Cancer	20	240	26	344	- 105
Alcohol	21	236	52	62	+ 174
Falls	22	234	36	181	+ 52
Lung Cancers	23	232	55	47	+ 185
Leukemia	24	192	47	88	+ 104
Birth Trauma	25	168	9	2,192	- 2,024
Other Neoplasms	26	163	70	5	+ 158
Pancreas Cancer	27	150	60	37	+ 114
Endocrine Disorders	28	138	25	423	- 285
Lymphomas	29	138	42	119	+ 19
Malnutrition	30	138	22	691	- 553
Skin Disease	31	137	54	48	+ 89
Drownings	32	133	34	202	- 69
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	126	33	204	- 78
Inflammatory/Heart	34	118	30	270	- 152
HIV/AIDS	35	118	4	3,753	- 3,635
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	104	3	4,684	- 4,580
Tuberculosis	37	97	2	4,704	- 4,607
Asthma	38	89	20	761	- 672
Maternal Conditions	39	75	13	1,174	- 1,100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	72	27	317	- 245
Epilepsy	41	63	43	119	- 56
Parkinson's Disease	42	56	48	67	- 11
Oral Cancer	43	54	46	91	- 37
Ovary Cancer	44	52	50	64	- 12
Skin Cancers	45	50	58	43	+ 7
Drug Use	46	43	57	44	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	47	35	53	48	- 13
Uterin Cancer	48	33	65	20	+ 13
Appendicitis	49	27	51	62	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	26	66	15	+ 11
Meningitis	51	25	16	1,015	- 990
Bladder Cancer	52	24	64	23	+ 0
Anemia	53	24	84	0	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	17	35	194	- 177
Poisonings	55	15	40	134	- 119
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	14	80	0	+ 14
Fires	57	14	39	142	- 128
Encephalitis	58	9	62	28	- 19
Osteoarthritis	59	8	81	0	+ 8
Syphilis	60	8	41	120	- 112
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	72	4	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	4	61	33	- 29
Oral conditions	63	4	82	0	+ 4
Dengue	64	4	74	0	+ 4
Chagas disease	65	3	79	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	66	3	86	0	+ 3
Pertussis	67	3	31	265	- 263
Hepatitis C	68	1	69	6	- 5
Ascariasis	69	1	71	5	- 4
War	70	1	28	314	- 313
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	63	24	- 24
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	73	2	- 2
Otitis Media	75	0	68	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	76	0	56	46	- 45
Diphtheria	77	0	67	11	- 11
Measles	78	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Tetanus	79	0	29	280	- 280
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	59	40	- 40
Malaria	83	0	6	3,279	- 3,279
Schistosomiasis	84	0	37	169	- 169
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Nicaragua

Central Africa

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.