DR CONGO VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	100,997	7	34,713	+ 66,284
Kidney Disease	2	61,062	20	9,077	+ 51,985
Stroke	3	38,449	6	36,596	+ 1,853
Diabetes Mellitus	4	35,735	16	12,902	+ 22,833
Lung Disease	5	27,127	14	13,527	+ 13,601
Liver Disease	6	20,796	13	15,044	+ 5,751
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	19,903	1	73,546	- 53,642
Road Traffic Accidents	8	19,161	10	30,256	- 11,095
Hypertension	9	19,067	12	15,743	+ 3,324
Violence	10	10,690	18	11,120	- 430
Congenital Anomalies	11	9,864	11	16,256	- 6,392
Liver Cancer	12	8,791	31	3,840	+ 4,951
Low Birth Weight	13	8,463	8	34,668	- 26,205
Stomach Cancer	14	8,255	37	2,579	+ 5,675
Prostate Cancer	15	6,671	30	3,948	+ 2,723
Cervical Cancer	16	6,466	27	4,823	+ 1,644
Other Injuries	17	6,180	22	8,272	- 2,092
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	5,451	36	2,966	+ 2,484
Suicide	19	4,919	26	5,812	- 893
Breast Cancer	20	4,892	35	3,416	+ 1,476
Alcohol	21	4,816	60	635	+ 4,181
Falls	22	4,772	33	3,483	+ 1,289
Lung Cancers	23	4,733	47	1,158	+ 3,576
Leukemia	24	3,922	41	1,871	+ 2,051
Birth Trauma	25	3,421	9	33,075	- 29,654
Other Neoplasms	26	3,323	67	88	+ 3,235
Pancreas Cancer	27	3,072	50	1,017	+ 2,056
Endocrine Disorders	28	2,828	25	7,380	- 4,552
Lymphomas	29	2,828	38	2,061	+ 767
Malnutrition	30	2,819	21	8,910	- 6,092
Skin Disease	31	2,796	54	781	+ 2,015
Drownings	32	2,712	34	3,454	- 742
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	2,576	28	4,548	- 1,972
Inflammatory/Heart	34	2,410	29	4,045	- 1,635
HIV/AIDS	35	2,406	15	13,286	- 10,880
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	2,115	5	41,301	- 39,186
Tuberculosis	37	1,983	2	43,759	- 41,777
Asthma	38	1,814	24	7,733	- 5,920
Maternal Conditions	39	1,522	19	10,513	- 8,991
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	1,478	40	1,923	- 445
Epilepsy	41	1,281	44	1,727	- 445
Parkinson's Disease	42	1,153	49	1,035	+ 119
Oral Cancer	43	1,111	51	1,003	+ 108
Ovary Cancer	44	1,059	58	656	+ 403
Skin Cancers	45	1,018	55	765	+ 252
Drug Use	46	870	59	638	+ 231
Oesophagus Cancer	47	723	53	790	- 67
Uterin Cancer	48	673	63	352	+ 321
Appendicitis	49	548	56	703	- 155
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	529	66	217	+ 312
Meningitis	51	500	17	11,568	- 11,068
Bladder Cancer	52	484	65	270	+ 214
Anemia	53	483	86	0	+ 483
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	345	43	1,728	- 1,383
Poisonings	55	304	42	1,729	- 1,424
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	292	81	0	+ 292
Fires	57	283	39	2,007	- 1,725
Encephalitis	58	177	57	680	- 503
Osteoarthritis	59	169	80	0	+ 169
Syphilis	60	162	32	3,751	- 3,589
Multiple Sclerosis	61	117	71	44	+ 73
Hepatitis B	62	89	61	456	- 367
Oral conditions	63	79	82	0	+ 79
Dengue	64	76	74	1	+ 75
Chagas disease	65	68	79	0	+ 68
Schizophrenia	66	58	83	0	+ 58
Pertussis	67	52	23	7,921	- 7,869
Hepatitis C	68	21	69	69	- 47
Ascariasis	69	15	68	80	- 65
War	70	12	45	1,658	- 1,646
Leprosy	71	10	77	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	72	9	62	370	- 361
Iodine Deficiency	73	7	78	0	+ 7
Chlamydia	74	6	73	15	- 9
Otitis Media	75	3	72	38	- 35
Leishmaniasis	76	2	52	869	- 867
Diphtheria	77	1	70	47	- 46
Measles	78	0	3	42,254	- 42,254
Tetanus	79	0	46	1,166	- 1,166
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	64	347	- 347
Malaria	83	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Schistosomiasis	84	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Nicaragua

DR 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.