GREECE VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,155	1	21,124	- 11,969
Kidney Disease	2	5,535	6	4,759	+ 777
Stroke	3	3,485	2	14,077	- 10,592
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,239	20	1,266	+ 1,974
Lung Disease	5	2,459	5	5,526	- 3,067
Liver Disease	6	1,885	23	809	+ 1,076
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,804	3	8,282	- 6,478
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,737	22	870	+ 867
Hypertension	9	1,728	9	2,922	- 1,194
Violence	10	969	42	104	+ 865
Congenital Anomalies	11	894	38	174	+ 720
Liver Cancer	12	797	14	1,566	- 769
Low Birth Weight	13	767	41	127	+ 640
Stomach Cancer	14	748	16	1,535	- 787
Prostate Cancer	15	605	12	2,023	- 1,418
Cervical Cancer	16	586	36	243	+ 343
Other Injuries	17	560	17	1,453	- 893
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	494	8	3,264	- 2,770
Suicide	19	446	28	533	- 87
Breast Cancer	20	443	11	2,520	- 2,077
Alcohol	21	437	49	50	+ 386
Falls	22	433	21	1,245	- 812
Lung Cancers	23	429	4	7,355	- 6,926
Leukemia	24	356	18	1,354	- 998
Birth Trauma	25	310	57	17	+ 293
Other Neoplasms	26	301	25	679	- 377
Pancreas Cancer	27	279	13	1,904	- 1,626
Endocrine Disorders	28	256	29	526	- 270
Lymphomas	29	256	19	1,268	- 1,012
Malnutrition	30	256	66	1	+ 255
Skin Disease	31	253	47	56	+ 197
Drownings	32	246	32	435	- 190
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	233	7	3,940	- 3,706
Inflammatory/Heart	34	218	24	725	- 506
HIV/AIDS	35	218	50	47	+ 171
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	192	44	95	+ 97
Tuberculosis	37	180	46	66	+ 113
Asthma	38	164	55	27	+ 137
Maternal Conditions	39	138	61	2	+ 136
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	134	26	611	- 477
Epilepsy	41	116	34	249	- 133
Parkinson's Disease	42	105	10	2,646	- 2,541
Oral Cancer	43	101	30	440	- 339
Ovary Cancer	44	96	27	557	- 461
Skin Cancers	45	92	31	438	- 346
Drug Use	46	79	37	193	- 114
Oesophagus Cancer	47	66	35	246	- 180
Uterin Cancer	48	61	33	373	- 312
Appendicitis	49	50	58	9	+ 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	48	45	67	- 19
Meningitis	51	45	53	33	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	52	44	15	1,551	- 1,507
Anemia	53	44	51	47	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	31	43	100	- 69
Poisonings	55	28	56	19	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	26	86	0	+ 26
Fires	57	26	39	146	- 121
Encephalitis	58	16	67	1	+ 15
Osteoarthritis	59	15	85	0	+ 15
Syphilis	60	15	65	1	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	61	11	40	135	- 125
Hepatitis B	62	8	48	56	- 48
Oral conditions	63	7	63	2	+ 6
Dengue	64	7	71	0	+ 7
Chagas disease	65	6	77	0	+ 6
Schizophrenia	66	5	54	27	- 22
Pertussis	67	5	69	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	68	2	52	38	- 37
Ascariasis	69	1	73	0	+ 1
War	70	1	64	1	- 0
Leprosy	71	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	59	8	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	60	4	- 4
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	62	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Nicaragua

Greece

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.