JAMAICA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,471	3	1,726	+ 745
Kidney Disease	2	1,494	6	793	+ 701
Stroke	3	941	1	2,415	- 1,474
Diabetes Mellitus	4	874	2	2,077	- 1,203
Lung Disease	5	664	11	452	+ 212
Liver Disease	6	509	21	155	+ 354
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	487	15	393	+ 94
Road Traffic Accidents	8	469	12	444	+ 25
Hypertension	9	467	8	651	- 184
Violence	10	262	4	1,484	- 1,223
Congenital Anomalies	11	241	23	139	+ 103
Liver Cancer	12	215	29	101	+ 114
Low Birth Weight	13	207	18	241	- 34
Stomach Cancer	14	202	19	231	- 29
Prostate Cancer	15	163	5	883	- 720
Cervical Cancer	16	158	16	358	- 200
Other Injuries	17	151	31	91	+ 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	133	13	436	- 303
Suicide	19	120	35	70	+ 50
Breast Cancer	20	120	14	413	- 294
Alcohol	21	118	55	7	+ 110
Falls	22	117	33	82	+ 35
Lung Cancers	23	116	10	472	- 357
Leukemia	24	96	26	129	- 33
Birth Trauma	25	84	37	65	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	26	81	45	19	+ 63
Pancreas Cancer	27	75	27	119	- 43
Endocrine Disorders	28	69	20	176	- 107
Lymphomas	29	69	17	251	- 182
Malnutrition	30	69	40	48	+ 21
Skin Disease	31	68	22	145	- 77
Drownings	32	66	51	10	+ 56
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	63	9	587	- 524
Inflammatory/Heart	34	59	24	133	- 74
HIV/AIDS	35	59	7	757	- 698
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	52	42	35	+ 17
Tuberculosis	37	49	54	8	+ 41
Asthma	38	44	36	65	- 21
Maternal Conditions	39	37	43	35	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	36	32	82	- 46
Epilepsy	41	31	41	46	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	42	28	25	132	- 104
Oral Cancer	43	27	39	59	- 32
Ovary Cancer	44	26	30	97	- 71
Skin Cancers	45	25	52	10	+ 15
Drug Use	46	21	48	13	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	47	18	34	74	- 56
Uterin Cancer	48	16	28	106	- 90
Appendicitis	49	13	53	9	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	13	50	11	+ 2
Meningitis	51	12	47	16	- 3
Bladder Cancer	52	12	38	60	- 48
Anemia	53	12	83	0	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	8	44	27	- 18
Poisonings	55	7	57	2	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	7	81	0	+ 7
Fires	57	7	46	16	- 9
Encephalitis	58	4	49	13	- 9
Osteoarthritis	59	4	82	0	+ 4
Syphilis	60	4	60	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	56	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	2	59	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	63	2	80	0	+ 2
Dengue	64	2	58	1	+ 1
Chagas disease	65	2	73	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	66	1	85	0	+ 1
Pertussis	67	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
War	70	0	61	1	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	65	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	63	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.