ERITREA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,552	4	2,154	+ 3,398
Kidney Disease	2	3,357	12	578	+ 2,779
Stroke	3	2,114	2	2,564	- 450
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,964	7	944	+ 1,020
Lung Disease	5	1,491	9	662	+ 829
Liver Disease	6	1,143	6	1,215	- 72
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,094	1	3,277	- 2,183
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,053	5	1,326	- 273
Hypertension	9	1,048	8	926	+ 122
Violence	10	588	20	384	+ 203
Congenital Anomalies	11	542	18	432	+ 110
Liver Cancer	12	483	45	69	+ 414
Low Birth Weight	13	465	16	531	- 66
Stomach Cancer	14	454	48	48	+ 405
Prostate Cancer	15	367	47	54	+ 313
Cervical Cancer	16	355	30	132	+ 223
Other Injuries	17	340	15	540	- 200
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	300	35	113	+ 187
Suicide	19	270	21	382	- 111
Breast Cancer	20	269	23	311	- 43
Alcohol	21	265	49	45	+ 219
Falls	22	262	26	168	+ 94
Lung Cancers	23	260	46	62	+ 199
Leukemia	24	216	29	144	+ 72
Birth Trauma	25	188	11	616	- 428
Other Neoplasms	26	183	66	6	+ 177
Pancreas Cancer	27	169	58	20	+ 149
Endocrine Disorders	28	155	43	71	+ 84
Lymphomas	29	155	28	147	+ 9
Malnutrition	30	155	10	660	- 505
Skin Disease	31	154	50	45	+ 109
Drownings	32	149	33	118	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	142	24	310	- 168
Inflammatory/Heart	34	132	32	123	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	35	132	25	308	- 175
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	116	3	2,292	- 2,176
Tuberculosis	37	109	14	543	- 434
Asthma	38	100	22	326	- 226
Maternal Conditions	39	84	13	544	- 460
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	81	27	147	- 66
Epilepsy	41	70	38	81	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	42	63	37	85	- 21
Oral Cancer	43	61	44	71	- 10
Ovary Cancer	44	58	40	79	- 21
Skin Cancers	45	56	56	30	+ 26
Drug Use	46	48	53	36	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	47	40	39	81	- 41
Uterin Cancer	48	37	61	18	+ 19
Appendicitis	49	30	55	31	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	29	64	12	+ 17
Meningitis	51	28	19	404	- 377
Bladder Cancer	52	27	51	42	- 15
Anemia	53	27	81	0	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	19	41	77	- 58
Poisonings	55	17	34	114	- 97
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	16	84	0	+ 16
Fires	57	16	31	132	- 116
Encephalitis	58	10	62	16	- 6
Osteoarthritis	59	9	85	0	+ 9
Syphilis	60	9	54	35	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	67	4	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	5	57	28	- 23
Oral conditions	63	4	86	0	+ 4
Dengue	64	4	73	0	+ 4
Chagas disease	65	4	77	0	+ 4
Schizophrenia	66	3	83	0	+ 3
Pertussis	67	3	36	90	- 87
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	6	- 5
Ascariasis	69	1	68	2	- 1
War	70	1	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	0	60	18	- 17
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	75	0	69	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	76	0	59	19	- 19
Diphtheria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	63	13	- 13
Tetanus	79	0	52	37	- 37
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	17	437	- 437
Schistosomiasis	84	0	42	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Nicaragua

Eritrea

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.