HONDURAS VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		HONDURAS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,340	1	8,063	+ 277
Kidney Disease	2	5,042	4	3,056	+ 1,986
Stroke	3	3,175	3	5,667	- 2,492
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,951	10	1,075	+ 1,876
Lung Disease	5	2,240	5	2,997	- 757
Liver Disease	6	1,717	6	2,721	- 1,004
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,643	9	1,335	+ 308
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,582	7	1,572	+ 10
Hypertension	9	1,574	13	838	+ 736
Violence	10	883	2	6,520	- 5,638
Congenital Anomalies	11	815	15	793	+ 21
Liver Cancer	12	726	26	376	+ 350
Low Birth Weight	13	699	16	755	- 56
Stomach Cancer	14	682	18	643	+ 39
Prostate Cancer	15	551	25	378	+ 173
Cervical Cancer	16	534	19	493	+ 41
Other Injuries	17	510	12	845	- 335
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	450	29	354	+ 97
Suicide	19	406	37	201	+ 205
Breast Cancer	20	404	20	478	- 74
Alcohol	21	398	34	308	+ 89
Falls	22	394	35	289	+ 105
Lung Cancers	23	391	27	369	+ 22
Leukemia	24	324	21	475	- 151
Birth Trauma	25	282	33	310	- 28
Other Neoplasms	26	274	56	41	+ 234
Pancreas Cancer	27	254	32	325	- 72
Endocrine Disorders	28	234	31	334	- 101
Lymphomas	29	233	24	390	- 157
Malnutrition	30	233	39	181	+ 51
Skin Disease	31	231	40	167	+ 63
Drownings	32	224	38	183	+ 41
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	213	8	1,413	- 1,200
Inflammatory/Heart	34	199	28	366	- 167
HIV/AIDS	35	199	14	794	- 595
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	175	11	923	- 748
Tuberculosis	37	164	22	453	- 289
Asthma	38	150	30	346	- 196
Maternal Conditions	39	126	48	90	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	122	17	657	- 535
Epilepsy	41	106	36	201	- 96
Parkinson's Disease	42	95	23	429	- 334
Oral Cancer	43	92	44	99	- 7
Ovary Cancer	44	87	45	98	- 10
Skin Cancers	45	84	52	68	+ 16
Drug Use	46	72	42	129	- 57
Oesophagus Cancer	47	60	50	81	- 21
Uterin Cancer	48	56	60	23	+ 33
Appendicitis	49	45	41	139	- 94
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	44	47	91	- 48
Meningitis	51	41	46	92	- 50
Bladder Cancer	52	40	49	82	- 42
Anemia	53	40	85	0	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	28	54	47	- 18
Poisonings	55	25	55	45	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	24	82	0	+ 24
Fires	57	23	57	40	- 17
Encephalitis	58	15	51	79	- 64
Osteoarthritis	59	14	81	0	+ 14
Syphilis	60	13	61	18	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	62	11	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	7	64	5	+ 2
Oral conditions	63	7	80	0	+ 7
Dengue	64	6	43	120	- 114
Chagas disease	65	6	58	27	- 21
Schizophrenia	66	5	86	0	+ 5
Pertussis	67	4	53	58	- 53
Hepatitis C	68	2	66	3	- 1
Ascariasis	69	1	67	2	- 1
War	70	1	65	4	- 3
Leprosy	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	63	9	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	0	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	59	26	- 26
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HONDURAS

Nicaragua

Honduras

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.