COLOMBIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,398	1	43,066	+ 332
Kidney Disease	2	26,238	7	6,834	+ 19,404
Stroke	3	16,521	3	16,573	- 51
Diabetes Mellitus	4	15,355	11	5,028	+ 10,327
Lung Disease	5	11,657	4	15,928	- 4,272
Liver Disease	6	8,936	19	2,426	+ 6,510
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	8,552	5	10,773	- 2,221
Road Traffic Accidents	8	8,233	6	7,765	+ 469
Hypertension	9	8,193	8	6,400	+ 1,793
Violence	10	4,594	2	19,268	- 14,675
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,239	16	2,963	+ 1,276
Liver Cancer	12	3,777	24	2,065	+ 1,713
Low Birth Weight	13	3,637	23	2,095	+ 1,541
Stomach Cancer	14	3,547	9	6,112	- 2,565
Prostate Cancer	15	2,867	14	3,584	- 718
Cervical Cancer	16	2,778	20	2,266	+ 512
Other Injuries	17	2,655	28	1,592	+ 1,063
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	2,342	12	4,371	- 2,029
Suicide	19	2,114	26	1,965	+ 149
Breast Cancer	20	2,102	13	3,669	- 1,567
Alcohol	21	2,069	68	23	+ 2,047
Falls	22	2,051	29	1,518	+ 533
Lung Cancers	23	2,034	10	5,250	- 3,216
Leukemia	24	1,685	21	2,208	- 523
Birth Trauma	25	1,470	41	648	+ 822
Other Neoplasms	26	1,428	15	3,205	- 1,777
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,320	25	2,022	- 702
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,215	30	1,367	- 152
Lymphomas	29	1,215	18	2,603	- 1,388
Malnutrition	30	1,211	27	1,878	- 667
Skin Disease	31	1,201	34	1,102	+ 100
Drownings	32	1,165	40	689	+ 476
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,107	22	2,157	- 1,050
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,035	31	1,329	- 294
HIV/AIDS	35	1,034	17	2,683	- 1,649
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	909	38	747	+ 161
Tuberculosis	37	852	32	1,272	- 420
Asthma	38	779	54	191	+ 588
Maternal Conditions	39	654	46	394	+ 260
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	635	39	698	- 63
Epilepsy	41	551	43	597	- 47
Parkinson's Disease	42	496	47	383	+ 113
Oral Cancer	43	477	37	807	- 330
Ovary Cancer	44	455	33	1,122	- 667
Skin Cancers	45	437	35	1,028	- 591
Drug Use	46	374	44	492	- 118
Oesophagus Cancer	47	311	36	835	- 525
Uterin Cancer	48	289	45	423	- 134
Appendicitis	49	236	52	213	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	227	51	242	- 15
Meningitis	51	215	50	244	- 29
Bladder Cancer	52	208	42	609	- 401
Anemia	53	207	57	101	+ 107
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	148	63	38	+ 110
Poisonings	55	131	61	61	+ 70
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	125	48	333	- 207
Fires	57	121	56	127	- 5
Encephalitis	58	76	64	38	+ 38
Osteoarthritis	59	73	58	67	+ 6
Syphilis	60	70	65	30	+ 39
Multiple Sclerosis	61	50	60	62	- 12
Hepatitis B	62	38	62	50	- 12
Oral conditions	63	34	75	7	+ 27
Dengue	64	33	55	133	- 101
Chagas disease	65	29	53	203	- 174
Schizophrenia	66	25	70	18	+ 7
Pertussis	67	22	69	18	+ 4
Hepatitis C	68	9	59	65	- 56
Ascariasis	69	6	76	5	+ 2
War	70	5	49	260	- 255
Leprosy	71	4	72	8	- 4
Upper Respiratory	72	4	66	27	- 23
Iodine Deficiency	73	3	82	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	74	2	81	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	75	1	73	7	- 6
Leishmaniasis	76	1	74	7	- 7
Diphtheria	77	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	71	14	- 14
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	67	26	- 26
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Nicaragua

Colombia

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.