KUWAIT VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,747	1	2,325	+ 422
Kidney Disease	2	1,661	8	204	+ 1,457
Stroke	3	1,046	3	599	+ 446
Diabetes Mellitus	4	972	6	242	+ 730
Lung Disease	5	738	21	84	+ 654
Liver Disease	6	566	11	192	+ 374
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	541	4	340	+ 201
Road Traffic Accidents	8	521	2	649	- 128
Hypertension	9	519	5	256	+ 262
Violence	10	291	23	75	+ 216
Congenital Anomalies	11	268	9	202	+ 66
Liver Cancer	12	239	16	129	+ 110
Low Birth Weight	13	230	13	158	+ 73
Stomach Cancer	14	224	25	72	+ 153
Prostate Cancer	15	181	26	58	+ 123
Cervical Cancer	16	176	33	32	+ 144
Other Injuries	17	168	22	83	+ 85
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	148	10	198	- 50
Suicide	19	134	18	122	+ 11
Breast Cancer	20	133	7	230	- 97
Alcohol	21	131	44	12	+ 119
Falls	22	130	19	102	+ 27
Lung Cancers	23	129	12	161	- 33
Leukemia	24	107	17	123	- 16
Birth Trauma	25	93	47	7	+ 86
Other Neoplasms	26	90	51	4	+ 86
Pancreas Cancer	27	84	20	89	- 5
Endocrine Disorders	28	77	28	44	+ 33
Lymphomas	29	77	15	132	- 55
Malnutrition	30	77	60	0	+ 76
Skin Disease	31	76	53	4	+ 72
Drownings	32	74	41	19	+ 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	70	14	139	- 69
Inflammatory/Heart	34	66	31	36	+ 29
HIV/AIDS	35	65	48	7	+ 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	58	49	6	+ 51
Tuberculosis	37	54	34	31	+ 23
Asthma	38	49	40	21	+ 28
Maternal Conditions	39	41	54	4	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	40	43	14	+ 26
Epilepsy	41	35	39	22	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	42	31	36	29	+ 3
Oral Cancer	43	30	24	74	- 44
Ovary Cancer	44	29	29	41	- 13
Skin Cancers	45	28	37	28	- 1
Drug Use	46	24	30	38	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	47	20	32	35	- 16
Uterin Cancer	48	18	35	31	- 12
Appendicitis	49	15	55	1	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	14	56	1	+ 13
Meningitis	51	14	45	9	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	52	13	27	52	- 39
Anemia	53	13	86	0	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	9	46	8	+ 1
Poisonings	55	8	42	16	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	8	80	0	+ 8
Fires	57	8	38	28	- 20
Encephalitis	58	5	52	4	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	59	5	81	0	+ 5
Syphilis	60	4	64	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	50	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	2	58	1	+ 2
Oral conditions	63	2	82	0	+ 2
Dengue	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	65	2	79	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	66	2	84	0	+ 2
Pertussis	67	1	63	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	59	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
War	70	0	57	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	62	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	61	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Nicaragua

Kuwait

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.