LITHUANIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,300	1	15,329	- 13,029
Kidney Disease	2	1,391	19	372	+ 1,019
Stroke	3	876	2	5,643	- 4,767
Diabetes Mellitus	4	814	14	525	+ 289
Lung Disease	5	618	16	513	+ 105
Liver Disease	6	474	9	644	- 170
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	453	7	654	- 201
Road Traffic Accidents	8	436	27	225	+ 212
Hypertension	9	434	4	1,289	- 855
Violence	10	243	36	132	+ 112
Congenital Anomalies	11	225	41	62	+ 163
Liver Cancer	12	200	25	239	- 39
Low Birth Weight	13	193	55	9	+ 184
Stomach Cancer	14	188	10	639	- 451
Prostate Cancer	15	152	12	598	- 446
Cervical Cancer	16	147	28	224	- 77
Other Injuries	17	141	18	416	- 275
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	124	5	1,074	- 950
Suicide	19	112	6	721	- 609
Breast Cancer	20	111	11	629	- 518
Alcohol	21	110	33	192	- 82
Falls	22	109	15	518	- 409
Lung Cancers	23	108	3	1,329	- 1,221
Leukemia	24	89	24	284	- 194
Birth Trauma	25	78	53	10	+ 68
Other Neoplasms	26	76	31	212	- 136
Pancreas Cancer	27	70	13	578	- 508
Endocrine Disorders	28	64	39	72	- 8
Lymphomas	29	64	21	321	- 257
Malnutrition	30	64	58	7	+ 57
Skin Disease	31	64	44	48	+ 16
Drownings	32	62	35	150	- 88
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	59	8	649	- 590
Inflammatory/Heart	34	55	17	484	- 429
HIV/AIDS	35	55	51	22	+ 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	48	42	59	- 11
Tuberculosis	37	45	38	119	- 74
Asthma	38	41	46	45	- 4
Maternal Conditions	39	35	63	2	+ 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	34	22	313	- 279
Epilepsy	41	29	40	62	- 33
Parkinson's Disease	42	26	29	222	- 196
Oral Cancer	43	25	20	338	- 313
Ovary Cancer	44	24	26	233	- 209
Skin Cancers	45	23	32	197	- 173
Drug Use	46	20	37	122	- 102
Oesophagus Cancer	47	16	30	219	- 202
Uterin Cancer	48	15	34	159	- 144
Appendicitis	49	12	54	10	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	12	47	41	- 29
Meningitis	51	11	52	19	- 8
Bladder Cancer	52	11	23	292	- 281
Anemia	53	11	60	5	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	8	48	29	- 21
Poisonings	55	7	45	46	- 39
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	7	57	8	- 1
Fires	57	6	43	51	- 45
Encephalitis	58	4	65	2	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	59	4	59	6	- 2
Syphilis	60	4	70	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	49	29	- 26
Hepatitis B	62	2	61	5	- 3
Oral conditions	63	2	64	2	- 0
Dengue	64	2	76	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	65	2	79	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	66	1	56	8	- 7
Pertussis	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	50	23	- 23
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	83	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	62	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Nicaragua

Lithuania

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.