DENMARK VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,227	1	5,341	- 114
Kidney Disease	2	3,160	12	911	+ 2,250
Stroke	3	1,990	5	3,662	- 1,672
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,850	10	1,284	+ 566
Lung Disease	5	1,404	3	4,387	- 2,983
Liver Disease	6	1,076	14	692	+ 384
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,030	6	2,244	- 1,213
Road Traffic Accidents	8	992	33	213	+ 778
Hypertension	9	987	15	642	+ 344
Violence	10	553	47	63	+ 490
Congenital Anomalies	11	511	36	153	+ 357
Liver Cancer	12	455	25	464	- 9
Low Birth Weight	13	438	41	116	+ 322
Stomach Cancer	14	427	23	484	- 57
Prostate Cancer	15	345	8	1,480	- 1,135
Cervical Cancer	16	335	37	153	+ 182
Other Injuries	17	320	30	347	- 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	282	7	2,147	- 1,865
Suicide	19	255	16	617	- 363
Breast Cancer	20	253	9	1,299	- 1,046
Alcohol	21	249	18	598	- 349
Falls	22	247	22	541	- 294
Lung Cancers	23	245	4	3,721	- 3,476
Leukemia	24	203	20	558	- 355
Birth Trauma	25	177	56	21	+ 156
Other Neoplasms	26	172	27	378	- 206
Pancreas Cancer	27	159	11	1,096	- 937
Endocrine Disorders	28	146	19	575	- 428
Lymphomas	29	146	13	730	- 583
Malnutrition	30	146	59	14	+ 132
Skin Disease	31	145	45	79	+ 66
Drownings	32	140	50	37	+ 103
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	133	2	5,218	- 5,084
Inflammatory/Heart	34	125	31	284	- 160
HIV/AIDS	35	125	55	23	+ 102
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	109	38	145	- 35
Tuberculosis	37	103	57	16	+ 87
Asthma	38	94	44	82	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	39	79	64	2	+ 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	76	32	216	- 140
Epilepsy	41	66	40	125	- 59
Parkinson's Disease	42	60	17	600	- 540
Oral Cancer	43	57	28	371	- 313
Ovary Cancer	44	55	29	367	- 312
Skin Cancers	45	53	26	388	- 336
Drug Use	46	45	34	197	- 152
Oesophagus Cancer	47	37	24	477	- 439
Uterin Cancer	48	35	35	156	- 121
Appendicitis	49	28	54	23	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	27	43	84	- 57
Meningitis	51	26	52	25	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	52	25	21	545	- 520
Anemia	53	25	46	73	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	18	42	96	- 79
Poisonings	55	16	62	6	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	15	53	25	- 9
Fires	57	15	49	53	- 38
Encephalitis	58	9	67	1	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	59	9	51	25	- 17
Syphilis	60	8	70	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	39	132	- 126
Hepatitis B	62	5	61	6	- 1
Oral conditions	63	4	63	4	- 0
Dengue	64	4	83	0	+ 4
Chagas disease	65	4	77	0	+ 4
Schizophrenia	66	3	48	57	- 54
Pertussis	67	3	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	68	1	60	9	- 7
Ascariasis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
War	70	1	66	1	+ 0
Leprosy	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	0	58	15	- 15
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	65	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Nicaragua

Denmark

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.