GUINEA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,240	6	5,665	+ 6,575
Kidney Disease	2	7,400	16	1,939	+ 5,461
Stroke	3	4,660	5	5,777	- 1,117
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,331	15	2,138	+ 2,193
Lung Disease	5	3,288	20	1,373	+ 1,915
Liver Disease	6	2,520	12	2,550	- 30
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,412	1	12,790	- 10,378
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,322	9	3,788	- 1,466
Hypertension	9	2,311	21	1,348	+ 963
Violence	10	1,296	26	1,128	+ 168
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,196	14	2,181	- 985
Liver Cancer	12	1,065	23	1,167	- 102
Low Birth Weight	13	1,026	8	4,319	- 3,293
Stomach Cancer	14	1,000	41	245	+ 755
Prostate Cancer	15	809	32	525	+ 283
Cervical Cancer	16	784	19	1,491	- 708
Other Injuries	17	749	18	1,504	- 755
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	661	53	100	+ 561
Suicide	19	596	29	892	- 296
Breast Cancer	20	593	38	345	+ 248
Alcohol	21	584	55	83	+ 500
Falls	22	578	33	480	+ 99
Lung Cancers	23	574	50	128	+ 446
Leukemia	24	475	67	17	+ 458
Birth Trauma	25	415	7	4,797	- 4,382
Other Neoplasms	26	403	68	16	+ 387
Pancreas Cancer	27	372	65	19	+ 353
Endocrine Disorders	28	343	25	1,140	- 797
Lymphomas	29	343	48	158	+ 185
Malnutrition	30	342	28	1,032	- 690
Skin Disease	31	339	51	127	+ 212
Drownings	32	329	31	528	- 200
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	312	30	579	- 267
Inflammatory/Heart	34	292	35	439	- 147
HIV/AIDS	35	292	10	3,020	- 2,728
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	256	3	6,788	- 6,532
Tuberculosis	37	240	13	2,369	- 2,128
Asthma	38	220	22	1,179	- 959
Maternal Conditions	39	184	17	1,793	- 1,609
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	179	34	448	- 269
Epilepsy	41	155	37	350	- 194
Parkinson's Disease	42	140	44	212	- 72
Oral Cancer	43	135	52	122	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	44	128	54	93	+ 36
Skin Cancers	45	123	49	152	- 29
Drug Use	46	105	46	169	- 63
Oesophagus Cancer	47	88	63	20	+ 68
Uterin Cancer	48	82	59	38	+ 44
Appendicitis	49	66	57	41	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	64	70	13	+ 51
Meningitis	51	61	11	2,633	- 2,572
Bladder Cancer	52	59	60	32	+ 27
Anemia	53	59	83	0	+ 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	42	42	238	- 196
Poisonings	55	37	40	295	- 258
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	35	84	0	+ 35
Fires	57	34	36	410	- 376
Encephalitis	58	21	56	81	- 59
Osteoarthritis	59	20	85	0	+ 20
Syphilis	60	20	39	328	- 308
Multiple Sclerosis	61	14	66	18	- 4
Hepatitis B	62	11	47	162	- 151
Oral conditions	63	10	86	0	+ 10
Dengue	64	9	73	0	+ 9
Chagas disease	65	8	77	0	+ 8
Schizophrenia	66	7	81	0	+ 7
Pertussis	67	6	24	1,165	- 1,159
Hepatitis C	68	3	61	22	- 20
Ascariasis	69	2	62	22	- 20
War	70	1	64	20	- 18
Leprosy	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	69	15	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	71	3	- 2
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	58	40	- 39
Measles	78	0	4	6,025	- 6,025
Tetanus	79	0	45	170	- 170
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Malaria	83	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Schistosomiasis	84	0	43	232	- 232
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Nicaragua

Guinea

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.