CHILE VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,335	1	10,685	+ 5,650
Kidney Disease	2	9,876	3	4,065	+ 5,811
Stroke	3	6,219	2	9,731	- 3,513
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,780	10	3,177	+ 2,603
Lung Disease	5	4,387	4	4,062	+ 325
Liver Disease	6	3,363	13	2,647	+ 716
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,219	6	3,920	- 701
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,099	12	2,826	+ 273
Hypertension	9	3,084	7	3,817	- 733
Violence	10	1,729	29	744	+ 985
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,595	25	858	+ 738
Liver Cancer	12	1,422	19	1,369	+ 53
Low Birth Weight	13	1,369	36	437	+ 931
Stomach Cancer	14	1,335	8	3,631	- 2,295
Prostate Cancer	15	1,079	14	2,435	- 1,356
Cervical Cancer	16	1,046	27	780	+ 266
Other Injuries	17	999	21	1,310	- 311
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	882	11	3,022	- 2,141
Suicide	19	796	15	1,700	- 905
Breast Cancer	20	791	16	1,689	- 897
Alcohol	21	779	47	207	+ 572
Falls	22	772	23	904	- 132
Lung Cancers	23	766	9	3,452	- 2,687
Leukemia	24	634	24	879	- 245
Birth Trauma	25	553	54	87	+ 466
Other Neoplasms	26	537	20	1,358	- 820
Pancreas Cancer	27	497	17	1,567	- 1,070
Endocrine Disorders	28	457	22	1,286	- 829
Lymphomas	29	457	18	1,394	- 936
Malnutrition	30	456	37	420	+ 36
Skin Disease	31	452	28	763	- 311
Drownings	32	439	44	283	+ 156
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	417	5	4,000	- 3,583
Inflammatory/Heart	34	390	31	709	- 319
HIV/AIDS	35	389	33	539	- 150
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	342	39	334	+ 8
Tuberculosis	37	321	38	410	- 90
Asthma	38	293	42	295	- 1
Maternal Conditions	39	246	63	24	+ 222
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	239	46	223	+ 16
Epilepsy	41	207	43	294	- 87
Parkinson's Disease	42	187	26	790	- 604
Oral Cancer	43	180	40	307	- 127
Ovary Cancer	44	171	35	514	- 343
Skin Cancers	45	165	34	526	- 361
Drug Use	46	141	50	149	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	47	117	30	722	- 605
Uterin Cancer	48	109	45	275	- 166
Appendicitis	49	89	59	37	+ 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	86	48	187	- 101
Meningitis	51	81	53	95	- 14
Bladder Cancer	52	78	32	641	- 563
Anemia	53	78	49	180	- 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	56	52	104	- 49
Poisonings	55	49	57	68	- 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	47	56	73	- 26
Fires	57	46	41	295	- 250
Encephalitis	58	29	70	2	+ 27
Osteoarthritis	59	27	51	131	- 104
Syphilis	60	26	66	5	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	61	19	62	27	- 8
Hepatitis B	62	14	60	30	- 15
Oral conditions	63	13	65	5	+ 8
Dengue	64	12	73	0	+ 12
Chagas disease	65	11	55	79	- 68
Schizophrenia	66	9	58	38	- 29
Pertussis	67	8	68	3	+ 6
Hepatitis C	68	3	61	27	- 23
Ascariasis	69	2	72	0	+ 2
War	70	2	64	14	- 12
Leprosy	71	2	76	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	72	1	67	4	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	75	0	71	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	75	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	69	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Nicaragua

Chile

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.