GEORGIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,289	1	16,014	- 11,725
Kidney Disease	2	2,593	10	826	+ 1,767
Stroke	3	1,633	2	11,969	- 10,336
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,518	6	1,621	- 104
Lung Disease	5	1,152	7	1,158	- 6
Liver Disease	6	883	4	1,871	- 988
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	845	9	886	- 40
Road Traffic Accidents	8	814	13	496	+ 318
Hypertension	9	810	3	4,387	- 3,578
Violence	10	454	40	90	+ 364
Congenital Anomalies	11	419	28	174	+ 245
Liver Cancer	12	373	17	385	- 11
Low Birth Weight	13	359	37	114	+ 245
Stomach Cancer	14	351	12	533	- 183
Prostate Cancer	15	283	22	290	- 7
Cervical Cancer	16	275	27	187	+ 87
Other Injuries	17	262	20	346	- 84
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	231	14	444	- 212
Suicide	19	209	18	367	- 158
Breast Cancer	20	208	11	613	- 405
Alcohol	21	205	45	49	+ 155
Falls	22	203	16	420	- 217
Lung Cancers	23	201	8	1,152	- 951
Leukemia	24	167	30	171	- 5
Birth Trauma	25	145	46	39	+ 106
Other Neoplasms	26	141	52	15	+ 127
Pancreas Cancer	27	130	23	227	- 97
Endocrine Disorders	28	120	38	109	+ 11
Lymphomas	29	120	25	208	- 88
Malnutrition	30	120	59	5	+ 115
Skin Disease	31	119	51	17	+ 102
Drownings	32	115	39	95	+ 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	109	5	1,826	- 1,717
Inflammatory/Heart	34	102	21	346	- 244
HIV/AIDS	35	102	42	89	+ 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	90	50	19	+ 71
Tuberculosis	37	84	32	153	- 68
Asthma	38	77	35	136	- 59
Maternal Conditions	39	65	53	13	+ 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	63	24	226	- 163
Epilepsy	41	54	44	51	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	42	49	19	354	- 305
Oral Cancer	43	47	31	167	- 119
Ovary Cancer	44	45	29	174	- 129
Skin Cancers	45	43	33	149	- 106
Drug Use	46	37	41	90	- 53
Oesophagus Cancer	47	31	43	75	- 44
Uterin Cancer	48	29	36	115	- 86
Appendicitis	49	23	55	10	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	22	57	8	+ 15
Meningitis	51	21	47	25	- 3
Bladder Cancer	52	21	26	205	- 185
Anemia	53	21	85	0	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	15	15	426	- 412
Poisonings	55	13	49	23	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	12	81	0	+ 12
Fires	57	12	34	140	- 128
Encephalitis	58	8	48	24	- 17
Osteoarthritis	59	7	80	0	+ 7
Syphilis	60	7	63	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	54	12	- 7
Hepatitis B	62	4	58	7	- 3
Oral conditions	63	3	82	0	+ 3
Dengue	64	3	76	0	+ 3
Chagas disease	65	3	72	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	66	2	83	0	+ 2
Pertussis	67	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	69	0	+ 1
War	70	1	61	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	60	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	56	8	- 8
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	62	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Nicaragua

Georgia

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.