GUYANA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	695	1	1,335	- 640
Kidney Disease	2	420	8	233	+ 187
Stroke	3	265	2	1,022	- 758
Diabetes Mellitus	4	246	3	579	- 333
Lung Disease	5	187	13	174	+ 13
Liver Disease	6	143	9	197	- 54
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	137	6	302	- 165
Road Traffic Accidents	8	132	11	175	- 43
Hypertension	9	131	4	320	- 189
Violence	10	74	10	194	- 120
Congenital Anomalies	11	68	23	69	- 1
Liver Cancer	12	60	34	29	+ 32
Low Birth Weight	13	58	22	89	- 31
Stomach Cancer	14	57	31	34	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	15	46	17	123	- 77
Cervical Cancer	16	44	21	91	- 47
Other Injuries	17	43	14	167	- 125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	38	25	59	- 21
Suicide	19	34	5	315	- 281
Breast Cancer	20	34	19	96	- 62
Alcohol	21	33	57	3	+ 30
Falls	22	33	48	11	+ 22
Lung Cancers	23	33	29	38	- 5
Leukemia	24	27	39	21	+ 6
Birth Trauma	25	24	24	64	- 41
Other Neoplasms	26	23	28	40	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	27	21	42	19	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	28	19	12	174	- 155
Lymphomas	29	19	32	32	- 13
Malnutrition	30	19	30	37	- 18
Skin Disease	31	19	56	3	+ 16
Drownings	32	19	15	145	- 126
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	18	38	23	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	34	17	20	92	- 75
HIV/AIDS	35	17	7	256	- 240
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	15	27	48	- 33
Tuberculosis	37	14	16	137	- 123
Asthma	38	12	36	25	- 13
Maternal Conditions	39	10	35	28	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	10	26	54	- 44
Epilepsy	41	9	37	24	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	42	8	49	9	- 1
Oral Cancer	43	8	40	20	- 12
Ovary Cancer	44	7	43	18	- 10
Skin Cancers	45	7	55	5	+ 2
Drug Use	46	6	45	16	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	47	5	51	8	- 3
Uterin Cancer	48	5	46	13	- 8
Appendicitis	49	4	54	6	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	4	63	1	+ 3
Meningitis	51	3	44	17	- 14
Bladder Cancer	52	3	50	8	- 5
Anemia	53	3	18	99	- 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	2	47	13	- 11
Poisonings	55	2	65	1	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	2	52	8	- 6
Fires	57	2	41	19	- 17
Encephalitis	58	1	53	7	- 6
Osteoarthritis	59	1	58	3	- 2
Syphilis	60	1	71	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	61	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	62	1	59	2	- 1
Oral conditions	63	1	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	64	1	60	2	- 1
Chagas disease	65	0	81	0	+ 0
Schizophrenia	66	0	62	1	- 1
Pertussis	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
War	70	0	64	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	66	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	85	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	33	30	- 30
Schistosomiasis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Nicaragua

Guyana

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.