CONGO VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,336	4	2,494	+ 2,842
Kidney Disease	2	3,226	15	613	+ 2,613
Stroke	3	2,032	5	2,267	- 235
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,888	10	1,050	+ 839
Lung Disease	5	1,433	17	541	+ 893
Liver Disease	6	1,099	13	931	+ 168
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,052	3	2,576	- 1,524
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,012	7	1,598	- 586
Hypertension	9	1,007	12	933	+ 75
Violence	10	565	18	539	+ 26
Congenital Anomalies	11	521	14	729	- 208
Liver Cancer	12	464	30	169	+ 295
Low Birth Weight	13	447	9	1,283	- 836
Stomach Cancer	14	436	39	88	+ 348
Prostate Cancer	15	353	28	198	+ 155
Cervical Cancer	16	342	29	196	+ 146
Other Injuries	17	327	20	333	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	288	38	89	+ 199
Suicide	19	260	19	349	- 89
Breast Cancer	20	258	32	159	+ 100
Alcohol	21	254	49	46	+ 208
Falls	22	252	33	149	+ 103
Lung Cancers	23	250	47	54	+ 196
Leukemia	24	207	46	57	+ 150
Birth Trauma	25	181	11	997	- 817
Other Neoplasms	26	176	63	8	+ 168
Pancreas Cancer	27	162	52	42	+ 120
Endocrine Disorders	28	149	27	208	- 58
Lymphomas	29	149	45	61	+ 88
Malnutrition	30	149	24	272	- 123
Skin Disease	31	148	50	46	+ 102
Drownings	32	143	36	104	+ 39
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	136	25	230	- 94
Inflammatory/Heart	34	127	26	220	- 92
HIV/AIDS	35	127	1	4,509	- 4,382
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	112	8	1,304	- 1,192
Tuberculosis	37	105	2	2,781	- 2,676
Asthma	38	96	23	291	- 195
Maternal Conditions	39	80	16	578	- 497
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	78	35	105	- 27
Epilepsy	41	68	40	76	- 8
Parkinson's Disease	42	61	42	69	- 8
Oral Cancer	43	59	54	33	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	44	56	48	49	+ 7
Skin Cancers	45	54	53	36	+ 18
Drug Use	46	46	44	65	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	47	38	57	19	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	48	36	60	15	+ 21
Appendicitis	49	29	58	18	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	28	59	15	+ 13
Meningitis	51	26	22	299	- 273
Bladder Cancer	52	26	61	15	+ 11
Anemia	53	26	82	0	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	18	43	67	- 48
Poisonings	55	16	41	71	- 54
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	15	84	0	+ 15
Fires	57	15	37	90	- 75
Encephalitis	58	9	56	20	- 10
Osteoarthritis	59	9	85	0	+ 9
Syphilis	60	9	34	107	- 98
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	66	4	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	5	62	14	- 10
Oral conditions	63	4	86	0	+ 4
Dengue	64	4	73	0	+ 4
Chagas disease	65	4	79	0	+ 4
Schizophrenia	66	3	81	0	+ 3
Pertussis	67	3	21	329	- 326
Hepatitis C	68	1	67	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	1	69	1	- 0
War	70	1	72	1	+ 0
Leprosy	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	0	64	7	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	75	0	71	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	31	159	- 159
Tetanus	79	0	55	23	- 23
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	65	7	- 7
Malaria	83	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	45	- 45
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Nicaragua

Congo

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.