IRELAND VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,580	1	4,762	- 182
Kidney Disease	2	2,769	10	566	+ 2,203
Stroke	3	1,744	5	1,770	- 26
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,621	16	414	+ 1,207
Lung Disease	5	1,230	4	1,915	- 685
Liver Disease	6	943	19	279	+ 664
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	903	6	1,298	- 396
Road Traffic Accidents	8	869	33	153	+ 716
Hypertension	9	865	29	175	+ 690
Violence	10	485	47	38	+ 447
Congenital Anomalies	11	447	32	153	+ 294
Liver Cancer	12	399	18	318	+ 81
Low Birth Weight	13	384	44	56	+ 328
Stomach Cancer	14	374	17	357	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	15	303	9	585	- 282
Cervical Cancer	16	293	35	103	+ 190
Other Injuries	17	280	30	171	+ 109
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	247	7	1,095	- 848
Suicide	19	223	14	470	- 247
Breast Cancer	20	222	8	760	- 538
Alcohol	21	218	39	64	+ 154
Falls	22	216	25	247	- 30
Lung Cancers	23	215	3	1,916	- 1,701
Leukemia	24	178	20	274	- 96
Birth Trauma	25	155	56	10	+ 145
Other Neoplasms	26	151	27	218	- 67
Pancreas Cancer	27	139	11	530	- 391
Endocrine Disorders	28	128	24	249	- 121
Lymphomas	29	128	13	513	- 385
Malnutrition	30	128	63	2	+ 126
Skin Disease	31	127	42	58	+ 69
Drownings	32	123	43	57	+ 66
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	117	2	3,209	- 3,092
Inflammatory/Heart	34	109	26	240	- 131
HIV/AIDS	35	109	57	9	+ 101
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	96	45	53	+ 43
Tuberculosis	37	90	50	23	+ 67
Asthma	38	82	41	58	+ 24
Maternal Conditions	39	69	61	3	+ 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	67	38	67	+ 0
Epilepsy	41	58	36	85	- 27
Parkinson's Disease	42	52	12	530	- 477
Oral Cancer	43	50	28	183	- 132
Ovary Cancer	44	48	21	273	- 225
Skin Cancers	45	46	23	252	- 206
Drug Use	46	39	31	167	- 127
Oesophagus Cancer	47	33	15	419	- 386
Uterin Cancer	48	31	34	126	- 96
Appendicitis	49	25	60	3	+ 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	24	40	59	- 35
Meningitis	51	23	58	7	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	52	22	22	256	- 234
Anemia	53	22	49	29	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	16	46	50	- 34
Poisonings	55	14	53	14	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	13	54	14	- 0
Fires	57	13	48	30	- 17
Encephalitis	58	8	66	0	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	59	8	51	20	- 12
Syphilis	60	7	68	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	37	83	- 78
Hepatitis B	62	4	59	6	- 2
Oral conditions	63	4	62	2	+ 1
Dengue	64	3	78	0	+ 3
Chagas disease	65	3	73	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	66	3	55	12	- 9
Pertussis	67	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	52	19	- 18
Ascariasis	69	1	77	0	+ 1
War	70	1	65	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	64	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	83	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Nicaragua

Ireland

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.