FINLAND VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,924	2	9,831	- 4,907
Kidney Disease	2	2,977	26	342	+ 2,635
Stroke	3	1,875	3	4,115	- 2,240
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,742	22	418	+ 1,324
Lung Disease	5	1,323	8	1,289	+ 33
Liver Disease	6	1,014	10	1,068	- 54
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	970	21	436	+ 534
Road Traffic Accidents	8	934	33	215	+ 719
Hypertension	9	930	5	2,030	- 1,100
Violence	10	521	43	64	+ 457
Congenital Anomalies	11	481	35	192	+ 289
Liver Cancer	12	429	16	545	- 116
Low Birth Weight	13	413	48	26	+ 386
Stomach Cancer	14	402	19	447	- 44
Prostate Cancer	15	325	11	970	- 645
Cervical Cancer	16	315	44	62	+ 253
Other Injuries	17	301	20	437	- 135
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	266	6	1,433	- 1,168
Suicide	19	240	15	846	- 606
Breast Cancer	20	238	12	948	- 710
Alcohol	21	235	18	464	- 230
Falls	22	233	7	1,325	- 1,093
Lung Cancers	23	231	4	2,312	- 2,081
Leukemia	24	191	24	371	- 180
Birth Trauma	25	167	56	8	+ 159
Other Neoplasms	26	162	23	377	- 215
Pancreas Cancer	27	150	9	1,247	- 1,097
Endocrine Disorders	28	138	31	257	- 119
Lymphomas	29	138	14	851	- 713
Malnutrition	30	137	57	7	+ 131
Skin Disease	31	136	47	27	+ 109
Drownings	32	132	37	106	+ 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	126	1	11,120	- 10,995
Inflammatory/Heart	34	117	17	518	- 401
HIV/AIDS	35	117	59	6	+ 112
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	103	52	15	+ 88
Tuberculosis	37	97	46	32	+ 65
Asthma	38	88	40	85	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	39	74	64	2	+ 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	72	36	151	- 79
Epilepsy	41	62	38	104	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	42	56	13	853	- 797
Oral Cancer	43	54	34	207	- 153
Ovary Cancer	44	52	25	344	- 293
Skin Cancers	45	50	29	297	- 248
Drug Use	46	42	30	269	- 227
Oesophagus Cancer	47	35	27	320	- 285
Uterin Cancer	48	33	32	225	- 192
Appendicitis	49	27	54	10	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	26	41	83	- 57
Meningitis	51	24	55	9	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	52	24	28	308	- 285
Anemia	53	24	58	6	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	17	50	19	- 2
Poisonings	55	15	49	25	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	14	53	11	+ 3
Fires	57	14	45	62	- 48
Encephalitis	58	9	66	0	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	59	8	51	17	- 8
Syphilis	60	8	67	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	42	80	- 74
Hepatitis B	62	4	63	2	+ 3
Oral conditions	63	4	61	4	+ 0
Dengue	64	4	82	0	+ 4
Chagas disease	65	3	76	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	66	3	39	93	- 90
Pertussis	67	3	69	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	60	5	- 4
Ascariasis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
War	70	1	65	1	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	62	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Nicaragua

Finland

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.