LIBERIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	NICARAGUA		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,758	7	1,885	+ 2,874
Kidney Disease	2	2,877	16	609	+ 2,268
Stroke	3	1,812	11	1,578	+ 233
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,684	15	650	+ 1,034
Lung Disease	5	1,278	26	294	+ 985
Liver Disease	6	980	13	858	+ 121
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	938	2	2,693	- 1,755
Road Traffic Accidents	8	903	5	1,920	- 1,018
Hypertension	9	898	23	371	+ 528
Violence	10	504	18	477	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	11	465	14	833	- 368
Liver Cancer	12	414	20	439	- 25
Low Birth Weight	13	399	8	1,652	- 1,253
Stomach Cancer	14	389	37	122	+ 267
Prostate Cancer	15	314	25	297	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	16	305	19	474	- 169
Other Injuries	17	291	22	380	- 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	257	40	90	+ 167
Suicide	19	232	30	220	+ 12
Breast Cancer	20	230	27	246	- 15
Alcohol	21	227	57	25	+ 201
Falls	22	225	33	155	+ 69
Lung Cancers	23	223	44	66	+ 157
Leukemia	24	185	58	23	+ 162
Birth Trauma	25	161	9	1,601	- 1,440
Other Neoplasms	26	157	62	6	+ 151
Pancreas Cancer	27	145	53	38	+ 107
Endocrine Disorders	28	133	28	245	- 112
Lymphomas	29	133	39	93	+ 40
Malnutrition	30	133	24	353	- 221
Skin Disease	31	132	51	41	+ 91
Drownings	32	128	35	127	+ 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	121	29	235	- 113
Inflammatory/Heart	34	114	38	115	- 2
HIV/AIDS	35	113	6	1,919	- 1,806
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	100	10	1,592	- 1,492
Tuberculosis	37	93	1	2,766	- 2,673
Asthma	38	85	31	200	- 114
Maternal Conditions	39	72	12	870	- 798
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	70	36	126	- 56
Epilepsy	41	60	42	81	- 21
Parkinson's Disease	42	54	43	72	- 18
Oral Cancer	43	52	48	50	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	44	50	47	50	- 0
Skin Cancers	45	48	46	51	- 3
Drug Use	46	41	50	42	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	47	34	60	16	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	48	32	55	28	+ 3
Appendicitis	49	26	61	12	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	25	64	4	+ 21
Meningitis	51	24	17	552	- 528
Bladder Cancer	52	23	59	19	+ 4
Anemia	53	23	83	0	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	16	49	50	- 34
Poisonings	55	14	41	82	- 67
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	14	84	0	+ 14
Fires	57	13	34	153	- 140
Encephalitis	58	8	56	27	- 19
Osteoarthritis	59	8	85	0	+ 8
Syphilis	60	8	21	394	- 387
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	63	4	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	4	52	39	- 35
Oral conditions	63	4	86	0	+ 4
Dengue	64	4	72	0	+ 4
Chagas disease	65	3	78	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	66	3	80	0	+ 3
Pertussis	67	2	32	197	- 195
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	4	- 3
Ascariasis	69	1	66	4	- 3
War	70	1	70	1	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	67	3	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Tetanus	79	0	54	31	- 31
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Schistosomiasis	84	0	45	51	- 51
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Nicaragua

Liberia

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.