KENYA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	50,975	9	11,972	+ 39,003
Kidney Disease	2	30,819	16	4,464	+ 26,356
Stroke	3	19,406	4	15,895	+ 3,511
Diabetes Mellitus	4	18,036	14	5,651	+ 12,385
Lung Disease	5	13,692	20	4,280	+ 9,412
Liver Disease	6	10,496	7	13,405	- 2,908
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	10,046	1	22,571	- 12,526
Road Traffic Accidents	8	9,671	6	14,883	- 5,212
Hypertension	9	9,623	17	4,418	+ 5,206
Violence	10	5,396	24	2,942	+ 2,453
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,979	12	6,115	- 1,137
Liver Cancer	12	4,437	34	1,351	+ 3,086
Low Birth Weight	13	4,271	11	9,562	- 5,290
Stomach Cancer	14	4,166	28	2,010	+ 2,157
Prostate Cancer	15	3,367	37	1,292	+ 2,075
Cervical Cancer	16	3,264	22	3,389	- 125
Other Injuries	17	3,119	19	4,336	- 1,217
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	2,751	32	1,477	+ 1,274
Suicide	19	2,483	23	3,214	- 732
Breast Cancer	20	2,469	25	2,658	- 189
Alcohol	21	2,431	55	355	+ 2,075
Falls	22	2,409	33	1,465	+ 944
Lung Cancers	23	2,389	47	669	+ 1,720
Leukemia	24	1,980	35	1,327	+ 652
Birth Trauma	25	1,727	10	9,957	- 8,230
Other Neoplasms	26	1,677	67	60	+ 1,617
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,551	46	716	+ 835
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,427	44	831	+ 596
Lymphomas	29	1,427	29	1,931	- 504
Malnutrition	30	1,423	21	4,212	- 2,790
Skin Disease	31	1,411	51	455	+ 956
Drownings	32	1,369	39	1,200	+ 169
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,300	31	1,827	- 527
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,216	40	1,121	+ 95
HIV/AIDS	35	1,214	2	20,885	- 19,670
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,068	5	15,420	- 14,352
Tuberculosis	37	1,001	3	19,655	- 18,655
Asthma	38	915	26	2,300	- 1,385
Maternal Conditions	39	768	13	5,651	- 4,883
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	746	41	1,089	- 343
Epilepsy	41	647	43	832	- 186
Parkinson's Disease	42	582	50	470	+ 112
Oral Cancer	43	561	30	1,842	- 1,281
Ovary Cancer	44	534	45	795	- 260
Skin Cancers	45	514	48	638	- 124
Drug Use	46	439	62	113	+ 326
Oesophagus Cancer	47	365	18	4,373	- 4,008
Uterin Cancer	48	340	56	323	+ 17
Appendicitis	49	277	58	240	+ 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	267	66	84	+ 183
Meningitis	51	253	15	5,364	- 5,111
Bladder Cancer	52	244	57	318	- 74
Anemia	53	244	82	0	+ 244
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	174	53	408	- 234
Poisonings	55	154	38	1,269	- 1,115
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	147	85	0	+ 147
Fires	57	143	36	1,316	- 1,174
Encephalitis	58	89	60	189	- 100
Osteoarthritis	59	85	84	0	+ 85
Syphilis	60	82	52	449	- 368
Multiple Sclerosis	61	59	68	39	+ 20
Hepatitis B	62	45	49	522	- 477
Oral conditions	63	40	86	0	+ 40
Dengue	64	38	73	0	+ 38
Chagas disease	65	35	79	0	+ 35
Schizophrenia	66	29	83	0	+ 29
Pertussis	67	26	42	1,014	- 987
Hepatitis C	68	11	61	152	- 142
Ascariasis	69	7	71	9	- 2
War	70	6	65	89	- 83
Leprosy	71	5	76	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	72	4	64	95	- 90
Iodine Deficiency	73	4	77	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	74	3	70	10	- 7
Otitis Media	75	1	72	7	- 6
Leishmaniasis	76	1	59	194	- 194
Diphtheria	77	0	69	13	- 12
Measles	78	0	63	103	- 103
Tetanus	79	0	27	2,129	- 2,129
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	8	12,652	- 12,652
Schistosomiasis	84	0	54	370	- 370
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

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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.