LIBYA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,442	1	6,610	- 168
Kidney Disease	2	3,895	4	1,186	+ 2,709
Stroke	3	2,453	2	2,603	- 150
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,279	8	803	+ 1,476
Lung Disease	5	1,730	12	607	+ 1,123
Liver Disease	6	1,327	11	630	+ 696
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,270	9	744	+ 526
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,222	3	1,444	- 221
Hypertension	9	1,216	6	915	+ 302
Violence	10	682	30	145	+ 537
Congenital Anomalies	11	629	14	493	+ 136
Liver Cancer	12	561	28	153	+ 408
Low Birth Weight	13	540	18	359	+ 181
Stomach Cancer	14	527	33	134	+ 393
Prostate Cancer	15	426	39	96	+ 330
Cervical Cancer	16	412	32	135	+ 278
Other Injuries	17	394	15	432	- 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	348	16	427	- 79
Suicide	19	314	19	304	+ 10
Breast Cancer	20	312	25	190	+ 122
Alcohol	21	307	50	22	+ 286
Falls	22	304	24	204	+ 101
Lung Cancers	23	302	13	592	- 290
Leukemia	24	250	22	217	+ 34
Birth Trauma	25	218	34	132	+ 86
Other Neoplasms	26	212	58	10	+ 202
Pancreas Cancer	27	196	23	209	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	28	180	29	153	+ 28
Lymphomas	29	180	26	189	- 9
Malnutrition	30	180	57	11	+ 169
Skin Disease	31	178	54	17	+ 161
Drownings	32	173	43	74	+ 99
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	164	10	743	- 579
Inflammatory/Heart	34	154	37	107	+ 46
HIV/AIDS	35	153	21	224	- 71
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	135	40	92	+ 43
Tuberculosis	37	126	7	812	- 686
Asthma	38	116	20	297	- 181
Maternal Conditions	39	97	35	124	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	94	38	99	- 5
Epilepsy	41	82	44	67	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	42	74	27	159	- 86
Oral Cancer	43	71	41	81	- 10
Ovary Cancer	44	68	42	75	- 8
Skin Cancers	45	65	51	20	+ 45
Drug Use	46	55	17	371	- 315
Oesophagus Cancer	47	46	49	33	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	48	43	60	8	+ 35
Appendicitis	49	35	56	15	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	34	62	4	+ 30
Meningitis	51	32	47	41	- 10
Bladder Cancer	52	31	31	136	- 105
Anemia	53	31	84	0	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	22	46	49	- 27
Poisonings	55	19	45	56	- 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	19	80	0	+ 19
Fires	57	18	36	115	- 97
Encephalitis	58	11	53	19	- 8
Osteoarthritis	59	11	81	0	+ 11
Syphilis	60	10	61	6	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	52	20	- 12
Hepatitis B	62	6	48	34	- 28
Oral conditions	63	5	82	0	+ 5
Dengue	64	5	74	0	+ 5
Chagas disease	65	4	77	0	+ 4
Schizophrenia	66	4	86	0	+ 4
Pertussis	67	3	55	17	- 14
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	66	0	+ 1
War	70	1	5	1,055	- 1,054
Leprosy	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	67	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	63	2	- 2
Diphtheria	77	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	64	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	59	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Nicaragua

Libya

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.