ICELAND VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	319	1	403	- 85
Kidney Disease	2	193	15	33	+ 159
Stroke	3	121	3	141	- 19
Diabetes Mellitus	4	113	16	30	+ 83
Lung Disease	5	86	5	129	- 43
Liver Disease	6	66	31	9	+ 56
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	63	6	82	- 20
Road Traffic Accidents	8	60	35	7	+ 53
Hypertension	9	60	17	24	+ 36
Violence	10	34	39	4	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	11	31	34	7	+ 24
Liver Cancer	12	28	20	22	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	13	27	43	3	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	14	26	23	18	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	15	21	8	61	- 40
Cervical Cancer	16	20	32	9	+ 11
Other Injuries	17	19	11	50	- 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	17	7	73	- 56
Suicide	19	16	13	40	- 25
Breast Cancer	20	15	9	53	- 38
Alcohol	21	15	28	14	+ 1
Falls	22	15	18	24	- 9
Lung Cancers	23	15	4	134	- 119
Leukemia	24	12	22	19	- 7
Birth Trauma	25	11	46	2	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	26	10	30	10	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	27	10	12	43	- 34
Endocrine Disorders	28	9	27	16	- 7
Lymphomas	29	9	14	37	- 28
Malnutrition	30	9	57	1	+ 8
Skin Disease	31	9	45	3	+ 6
Drownings	32	9	56	1	+ 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	8	2	295	- 287
Inflammatory/Heart	34	8	26	16	- 8
HIV/AIDS	35	8	59	0	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	7	55	1	+ 6
Tuberculosis	37	6	82	0	+ 6
Asthma	38	6	48	2	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	39	5	60	0	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	5	41	3	+ 1
Epilepsy	41	4	37	5	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	42	4	10	53	- 49
Oral Cancer	43	4	33	9	- 5
Ovary Cancer	44	3	25	16	- 13
Skin Cancers	45	3	29	13	- 10
Drug Use	46	3	24	17	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	47	2	19	23	- 20
Uterin Cancer	48	2	36	7	- 5
Appendicitis	49	2	86	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	2	38	4	- 3
Meningitis	51	2	50	1	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	52	2	21	20	- 19
Anemia	53	2	40	4	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	1	54	1	+ 0
Poisonings	55	1	42	3	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	1	53	1	- 0
Fires	57	1	58	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	58	1	78	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	59	1	47	2	- 2
Syphilis	60	1	80	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	0	44	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	62	0	63	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	63	0	85	0	+ 0
Dengue	64	0	72	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Schizophrenia	66	0	49	1	- 1
Pertussis	67	0	62	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	52	1	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
War	70	0	61	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	51	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	64	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Nicaragua

Iceland

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.