CROATIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,632	1	12,307	- 8,675
Kidney Disease	2	2,196	7	1,392	+ 804
Stroke	3	1,383	2	6,275	- 4,893
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,285	6	1,963	- 678
Lung Disease	5	976	5	2,111	- 1,135
Liver Disease	6	748	13	924	- 177
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	716	10	1,021	- 306
Road Traffic Accidents	8	689	27	328	+ 361
Hypertension	9	686	8	1,102	- 416
Violence	10	384	48	45	+ 340
Congenital Anomalies	11	355	37	94	+ 260
Liver Cancer	12	316	19	501	- 185
Low Birth Weight	13	304	56	10	+ 294
Stomach Cancer	14	297	15	786	- 490
Prostate Cancer	15	240	14	852	- 612
Cervical Cancer	16	233	34	156	+ 77
Other Injuries	17	222	23	428	- 206
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	196	4	2,189	- 1,993
Suicide	19	177	17	676	- 499
Breast Cancer	20	176	11	1,019	- 843
Alcohol	21	173	30	219	- 46
Falls	22	172	12	974	- 803
Lung Cancers	23	170	3	2,842	- 2,672
Leukemia	24	141	22	435	- 294
Birth Trauma	25	123	55	11	+ 112
Other Neoplasms	26	119	29	283	- 164
Pancreas Cancer	27	110	16	754	- 644
Endocrine Disorders	28	102	42	72	+ 29
Lymphomas	29	102	18	556	- 455
Malnutrition	30	101	70	0	+ 101
Skin Disease	31	101	58	8	+ 93
Drownings	32	98	38	86	+ 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	93	9	1,066	- 974
Inflammatory/Heart	34	87	21	457	- 370
HIV/AIDS	35	87	59	8	+ 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	76	39	82	- 6
Tuberculosis	37	71	44	61	+ 10
Asthma	38	65	41	74	- 8
Maternal Conditions	39	55	61	2	+ 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	53	31	207	- 154
Epilepsy	41	46	36	94	- 48
Parkinson's Disease	42	41	24	423	- 382
Oral Cancer	43	40	25	338	- 298
Ovary Cancer	44	38	28	308	- 270
Skin Cancers	45	37	26	332	- 295
Drug Use	46	31	43	70	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	47	26	33	189	- 163
Uterin Cancer	48	24	32	199	- 175
Appendicitis	49	20	57	9	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	19	46	47	- 28
Meningitis	51	18	52	16	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	52	17	20	499	- 482
Anemia	53	17	53	16	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	12	35	137	- 124
Poisonings	55	11	54	16	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	11	49	43	- 32
Fires	57	10	50	34	- 24
Encephalitis	58	6	65	1	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	59	6	84	0	+ 6
Syphilis	60	6	71	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	45	55	- 51
Hepatitis B	62	3	51	17	- 14
Oral conditions	63	3	64	2	+ 1
Dengue	64	3	80	0	+ 3
Chagas disease	65	2	76	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	66	2	40	79	- 77
Pertussis	67	2	69	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	47	45	- 44
Ascariasis	69	1	83	0	+ 1
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	63	2	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	62	2	- 2
Chlamydia	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	60	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Nicaragua

Croatia

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.