EQU. GUINEA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,572	7	419	+ 1,153
Kidney Disease	2	950	14	198	+ 752
Stroke	3	598	6	437	+ 161
Diabetes Mellitus	4	556	11	299	+ 257
Lung Disease	5	422	20	120	+ 302
Liver Disease	6	324	13	199	+ 124
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	310	2	913	- 603
Road Traffic Accidents	8	298	8	368	- 70
Hypertension	9	297	16	165	+ 132
Violence	10	166	33	45	+ 122
Congenital Anomalies	11	154	12	249	- 96
Liver Cancer	12	137	34	43	+ 94
Low Birth Weight	13	132	4	457	- 325
Stomach Cancer	14	128	49	16	+ 113
Prostate Cancer	15	104	35	43	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	16	101	28	56	+ 45
Other Injuries	17	96	23	105	- 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	85	40	29	+ 56
Suicide	19	77	22	107	- 31
Breast Cancer	20	76	24	84	- 8
Alcohol	21	75	53	12	+ 63
Falls	22	74	32	46	+ 29
Lung Cancers	23	74	41	27	+ 47
Leukemia	24	61	61	4	+ 57
Birth Trauma	25	53	5	441	- 388
Other Neoplasms	26	52	63	3	+ 49
Pancreas Cancer	27	48	55	11	+ 36
Endocrine Disorders	28	44	25	73	- 29
Lymphomas	29	44	45	19	+ 25
Malnutrition	30	44	31	48	- 4
Skin Disease	31	44	51	13	+ 31
Drownings	32	42	36	39	+ 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	40	29	55	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	34	37	27	63	- 26
HIV/AIDS	35	37	1	1,838	- 1,801
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	33	9	349	- 316
Tuberculosis	37	31	10	321	- 290
Asthma	38	28	26	65	- 37
Maternal Conditions	39	24	17	139	- 115
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	23	43	22	+ 1
Epilepsy	41	20	38	32	- 12
Parkinson's Disease	42	18	46	18	+ 0
Oral Cancer	43	17	37	35	- 17
Ovary Cancer	44	16	52	13	+ 4
Skin Cancers	45	16	48	16	- 0
Drug Use	46	14	30	50	- 37
Oesophagus Cancer	47	11	54	12	- 1
Uterin Cancer	48	10	58	8	+ 3
Appendicitis	49	9	59	6	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	8	62	4	+ 5
Meningitis	51	8	19	127	- 119
Bladder Cancer	52	8	56	9	- 1
Anemia	53	8	85	0	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	5	50	14	- 9
Poisonings	55	5	44	21	- 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	5	82	0	+ 5
Fires	57	4	39	30	- 26
Encephalitis	58	3	57	8	- 5
Osteoarthritis	59	3	81	0	+ 3
Syphilis	60	3	18	134	- 131
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	67	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	62	1	65	3	- 2
Oral conditions	63	1	80	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	66	1	86	0	+ 1
Pertussis	67	1	21	109	- 108
Hepatitis C	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	70	0	- 0
War	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	66	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	64	3	- 3
Measles	78	0	15	181	- 181
Tetanus	79	0	42	23	- 23
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	47	16	- 16
Malaria	83	0	3	668	- 668
Schistosomiasis	84	0	60	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Nicaragua

Equ. Guinea

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.