COMOROS VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	788	4	349	+ 439
Kidney Disease	2	476	14	101	+ 375
Stroke	3	300	3	356	- 56
Diabetes Mellitus	4	279	9	136	+ 142
Lung Disease	5	212	17	83	+ 128
Liver Disease	6	162	8	160	+ 3
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	155	1	594	- 439
Road Traffic Accidents	8	149	6	226	- 77
Hypertension	9	149	12	115	+ 34
Violence	10	83	20	63	+ 20
Congenital Anomalies	11	77	10	131	- 54
Liver Cancer	12	69	28	29	+ 39
Low Birth Weight	13	66	5	328	- 262
Stomach Cancer	14	64	45	11	+ 53
Prostate Cancer	15	52	27	33	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	16	50	13	104	- 54
Other Injuries	17	48	16	90	- 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	43	39	19	+ 24
Suicide	19	38	24	46	- 7
Breast Cancer	20	38	33	23	+ 16
Alcohol	21	38	51	6	+ 32
Falls	22	37	32	26	+ 11
Lung Cancers	23	37	60	1	+ 36
Leukemia	24	31	57	3	+ 28
Birth Trauma	25	27	7	211	- 184
Other Neoplasms	26	26	59	1	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	27	24	82	0	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	28	22	36	19	+ 3
Lymphomas	29	22	37	19	+ 3
Malnutrition	30	22	15	96	- 74
Skin Disease	31	22	48	9	+ 13
Drownings	32	21	25	35	- 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	20	23	46	- 26
Inflammatory/Heart	34	19	31	26	- 7
HIV/AIDS	35	19	76	0	+ 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	16	2	363	- 347
Tuberculosis	37	15	19	79	- 63
Asthma	38	14	21	49	- 35
Maternal Conditions	39	12	22	47	- 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	12	34	21	- 9
Epilepsy	41	10	40	17	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	42	9	44	11	- 2
Oral Cancer	43	9	41	15	- 7
Ovary Cancer	44	8	56	3	+ 5
Skin Cancers	45	8	42	12	- 4
Drug Use	46	7	49	7	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	47	6	26	34	- 28
Uterin Cancer	48	5	55	3	+ 2
Appendicitis	49	4	50	6	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	4	58	2	+ 2
Meningitis	51	4	11	115	- 112
Bladder Cancer	52	4	46	10	- 6
Anemia	53	4	81	0	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	3	47	10	- 7
Poisonings	55	2	35	20	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	2	85	0	+ 2
Fires	57	2	30	27	- 25
Encephalitis	58	1	54	4	- 3
Osteoarthritis	59	1	84	0	+ 1
Syphilis	60	1	38	19	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	62	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	62	1	52	5	- 4
Oral conditions	63	1	86	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	66	0	83	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	18	80	- 80
Hepatitis C	68	0	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	63	0	- 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	53	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	64	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	43	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	80	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	29	29	- 29
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.