GHANA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,271	3	14,103	+ 16,169
Kidney Disease	2	18,302	13	4,161	+ 14,140
Stroke	3	11,524	2	15,163	- 3,639
Diabetes Mellitus	4	10,711	12	5,929	+ 4,781
Lung Disease	5	8,131	15	3,120	+ 5,011
Liver Disease	6	6,233	11	6,053	+ 180
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,966	1	16,262	- 10,297
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,743	7	7,808	- 2,065
Hypertension	9	5,715	19	2,231	+ 3,484
Violence	10	3,204	27	1,857	+ 1,347
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,957	14	3,935	- 979
Liver Cancer	12	2,635	17	2,851	- 216
Low Birth Weight	13	2,537	8	6,662	- 4,125
Stomach Cancer	14	2,474	33	870	+ 1,604
Prostate Cancer	15	2,000	31	1,031	+ 969
Cervical Cancer	16	1,938	20	2,161	- 223
Other Injuries	17	1,852	18	2,433	- 580
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,634	34	803	+ 831
Suicide	19	1,474	21	1,993	- 519
Breast Cancer	20	1,466	25	1,937	- 471
Alcohol	21	1,443	54	244	+ 1,199
Falls	22	1,430	30	1,168	+ 263
Lung Cancers	23	1,419	55	237	+ 1,181
Leukemia	24	1,176	45	340	+ 835
Birth Trauma	25	1,025	10	6,194	- 5,169
Other Neoplasms	26	996	63	48	+ 948
Pancreas Cancer	27	921	46	334	+ 587
Endocrine Disorders	28	848	24	1,965	- 1,117
Lymphomas	29	848	32	875	- 27
Malnutrition	30	845	26	1,868	- 1,023
Skin Disease	31	838	50	264	+ 574
Drownings	32	813	36	740	+ 72
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	772	29	1,294	- 522
Inflammatory/Heart	34	722	28	1,615	- 893
HIV/AIDS	35	721	4	13,565	- 12,844
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	634	9	6,538	- 5,904
Tuberculosis	37	594	6	10,214	- 9,620
Asthma	38	544	23	1,979	- 1,436
Maternal Conditions	39	456	22	1,991	- 1,535
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	443	48	321	+ 122
Epilepsy	41	384	47	329	+ 55
Parkinson's Disease	42	346	43	387	- 41
Oral Cancer	43	333	42	483	- 150
Ovary Cancer	44	317	38	698	- 381
Skin Cancers	45	305	58	214	+ 91
Drug Use	46	261	39	630	- 369
Oesophagus Cancer	47	217	49	285	- 69
Uterin Cancer	48	202	57	219	- 17
Appendicitis	49	164	59	146	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	159	67	16	+ 142
Meningitis	51	150	16	2,983	- 2,833
Bladder Cancer	52	145	53	245	- 100
Anemia	53	145	83	0	+ 145
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	103	52	256	- 152
Poisonings	55	91	40	522	- 430
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	88	85	0	+ 88
Fires	57	85	37	729	- 645
Encephalitis	58	53	44	357	- 304
Osteoarthritis	59	51	84	0	+ 51
Syphilis	60	49	41	483	- 434
Multiple Sclerosis	61	35	61	113	- 77
Hepatitis B	62	27	62	101	- 74
Oral conditions	63	24	86	0	+ 24
Dengue	64	23	71	0	+ 23
Chagas disease	65	21	76	0	+ 21
Schizophrenia	66	17	81	0	+ 17
Pertussis	67	16	35	744	- 729
Hepatitis C	68	6	65	28	- 22
Ascariasis	69	4	68	12	- 8
War	70	4	64	29	- 26
Leprosy	71	3	73	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	72	3	66	16	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	79	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	2	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	75	1	72	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	78	0	60	135	- 135
Tetanus	79	0	56	220	- 220
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	257	- 257
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Nicaragua

Ghana

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.