HAITI VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,287	1	13,208	- 2,921
Kidney Disease	2	6,219	6	2,701	+ 3,518
Stroke	3	3,916	2	11,779	- 7,863
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,640	4	5,026	- 1,386
Lung Disease	5	2,763	11	2,334	+ 429
Liver Disease	6	2,118	10	2,425	- 307
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,027	3	7,064	- 5,037
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,952	13	2,115	- 163
Hypertension	9	1,942	7	2,632	- 690
Violence	10	1,089	12	2,330	- 1,241
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,005	15	1,819	- 815
Liver Cancer	12	895	33	662	+ 233
Low Birth Weight	13	862	9	2,516	- 1,654
Stomach Cancer	14	841	26	863	- 22
Prostate Cancer	15	679	17	1,356	- 677
Cervical Cancer	16	659	34	573	+ 86
Other Injuries	17	629	16	1,499	- 869
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	555	32	680	- 125
Suicide	19	501	21	1,085	- 584
Breast Cancer	20	498	30	705	- 207
Alcohol	21	491	39	428	+ 63
Falls	22	486	35	549	- 63
Lung Cancers	23	482	36	492	- 9
Leukemia	24	399	43	300	+ 99
Birth Trauma	25	348	14	2,100	- 1,752
Other Neoplasms	26	338	60	31	+ 308
Pancreas Cancer	27	313	44	268	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	28	288	24	951	- 663
Lymphomas	29	288	47	235	+ 53
Malnutrition	30	287	29	717	- 430
Skin Disease	31	285	40	425	- 140
Drownings	32	276	19	1,306	- 1,030
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	262	23	955	- 693
Inflammatory/Heart	34	245	25	941	- 696
HIV/AIDS	35	245	5	2,706	- 2,461
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	215	8	2,540	- 2,324
Tuberculosis	37	202	22	1,007	- 805
Asthma	38	185	20	1,107	- 922
Maternal Conditions	39	155	18	1,349	- 1,194
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	151	31	704	- 554
Epilepsy	41	131	41	409	- 278
Parkinson's Disease	42	117	42	329	- 212
Oral Cancer	43	113	45	261	- 148
Ovary Cancer	44	108	51	153	- 46
Skin Cancers	45	104	56	56	+ 47
Drug Use	46	89	52	140	- 51
Oesophagus Cancer	47	74	49	155	- 81
Uterin Cancer	48	69	57	42	+ 27
Appendicitis	49	56	48	172	- 116
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	54	58	37	+ 17
Meningitis	51	51	28	780	- 729
Bladder Cancer	52	49	55	92	- 43
Anemia	53	49	86	0	+ 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	35	27	814	- 779
Poisonings	55	31	50	154	- 123
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	30	81	0	+ 30
Fires	57	29	37	470	- 441
Encephalitis	58	18	54	118	- 100
Osteoarthritis	59	17	80	0	+ 17
Syphilis	60	17	46	251	- 235
Multiple Sclerosis	61	12	61	28	- 16
Hepatitis B	62	9	62	26	- 17
Oral conditions	63	8	82	0	+ 8
Dengue	64	8	64	17	- 9
Chagas disease	65	7	77	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	66	6	83	0	+ 6
Pertussis	67	5	38	446	- 441
Hepatitis C	68	2	65	7	- 5
Ascariasis	69	1	67	5	- 4
War	70	1	66	5	- 4
Leprosy	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	63	19	- 18
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	68	5	- 4
Otitis Media	75	0	70	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	3	- 3
Measles	78	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	53	119	- 119
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	59	36	- 36
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

Nicaragua

Haiti

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.