ITALY VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	53,354	1	97,116	- 43,762
Kidney Disease	2	32,258	11	12,726	+ 19,532
Stroke	3	20,312	2	62,633	- 42,322
Diabetes Mellitus	4	18,878	8	19,836	- 958
Lung Disease	5	14,331	5	32,382	- 18,052
Liver Disease	6	10,986	23	5,559	+ 5,427
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	10,515	9	16,339	- 5,824
Road Traffic Accidents	8	10,122	30	3,221	+ 6,902
Hypertension	9	10,072	6	29,931	- 19,859
Violence	10	5,647	50	409	+ 5,239
Congenital Anomalies	11	5,211	37	1,443	+ 3,768
Liver Cancer	12	4,644	17	9,620	- 4,976
Low Birth Weight	13	4,471	51	357	+ 4,113
Stomach Cancer	14	4,361	14	10,252	- 5,892
Prostate Cancer	15	3,524	20	8,409	- 4,885
Cervical Cancer	16	3,416	40	1,154	+ 2,262
Other Injuries	17	3,265	12	12,112	- 8,848
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	2,879	7	21,254	- 18,374
Suicide	19	2,599	26	4,042	- 1,443
Breast Cancer	20	2,584	10	13,868	- 11,284
Alcohol	21	2,544	55	277	+ 2,267
Falls	22	2,521	25	4,222	- 1,701
Lung Cancers	23	2,500	4	34,152	- 31,652
Leukemia	24	2,072	21	6,728	- 4,656
Birth Trauma	25	1,807	59	140	+ 1,667
Other Neoplasms	26	1,755	15	9,984	- 8,229
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,623	13	12,095	- 10,471
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,494	18	8,431	- 6,937
Lymphomas	29	1,494	16	9,670	- 8,177
Malnutrition	30	1,489	41	775	+ 714
Skin Disease	31	1,477	38	1,440	+ 37
Drownings	32	1,432	52	344	+ 1,089
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,361	3	41,445	- 40,084
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,273	24	5,531	- 4,258
HIV/AIDS	35	1,271	46	520	+ 751
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,117	36	1,622	- 504
Tuberculosis	37	1,047	53	336	+ 711
Asthma	38	958	47	494	+ 465
Maternal Conditions	39	804	67	6	+ 798
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	781	43	690	+ 91
Epilepsy	41	677	39	1,337	- 660
Parkinson's Disease	42	609	19	8,428	- 7,818
Oral Cancer	43	587	27	3,343	- 2,756
Ovary Cancer	44	559	28	3,282	- 2,722
Skin Cancers	45	538	29	3,239	- 2,701
Drug Use	46	460	45	654	- 195
Oesophagus Cancer	47	382	34	2,045	- 1,663
Uterin Cancer	48	355	33	2,198	- 1,842
Appendicitis	49	290	61	49	+ 241
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	280	42	701	- 422
Meningitis	51	264	60	128	+ 137
Bladder Cancer	52	256	22	6,711	- 6,455
Anemia	53	255	35	1,672	- 1,417
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	182	32	2,216	- 2,034
Poisonings	55	161	58	154	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	154	57	241	- 87
Fires	57	149	56	271	- 122
Encephalitis	58	93	68	5	+ 89
Osteoarthritis	59	89	48	481	- 392
Syphilis	60	86	69	4	+ 81
Multiple Sclerosis	61	62	44	677	- 615
Hepatitis B	62	47	54	334	- 287
Oral conditions	63	42	62	47	- 5
Dengue	64	40	81	0	+ 40
Chagas disease	65	36	72	1	+ 35
Schizophrenia	66	30	49	424	- 394
Pertussis	67	27	73	1	+ 27
Hepatitis C	68	11	31	2,451	- 2,439
Ascariasis	69	8	80	0	+ 8
War	70	6	66	6	+ 0
Leprosy	71	5	74	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	72	5	64	20	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	73	4	75	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	74	3	84	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	75	2	65	16	- 14
Leishmaniasis	76	1	70	3	- 2
Diphtheria	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	71	1	- 1
Tetanus	79	0	63	22	- 22
Hookworm Disease	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

Nicaragua

Italy

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.