MADAGASCAR VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,776	3	12,388	+ 13,388
Kidney Disease	2	15,584	22	2,202	+ 13,382
Stroke	3	9,813	1	17,964	- 8,151
Diabetes Mellitus	4	9,120	16	3,278	+ 5,842
Lung Disease	5	6,923	14	3,957	+ 2,966
Liver Disease	6	5,307	12	4,803	+ 505
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,080	2	14,605	- 9,525
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,890	7	7,880	- 2,990
Hypertension	9	4,866	8	6,208	- 1,342
Violence	10	2,728	23	1,749	+ 980
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,518	15	3,380	- 863
Liver Cancer	12	2,244	30	933	+ 1,310
Low Birth Weight	13	2,160	10	5,353	- 3,193
Stomach Cancer	14	2,107	47	368	+ 1,739
Prostate Cancer	15	1,703	29	996	+ 707
Cervical Cancer	16	1,650	17	3,028	- 1,377
Other Injuries	17	1,577	21	2,359	- 782
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,391	39	606	+ 785
Suicide	19	1,255	24	1,476	- 220
Breast Cancer	20	1,248	37	629	+ 620
Alcohol	21	1,229	53	161	+ 1,068
Falls	22	1,218	36	653	+ 565
Lung Cancers	23	1,208	55	147	+ 1,061
Leukemia	24	1,001	45	401	+ 600
Birth Trauma	25	873	11	5,347	- 4,474
Other Neoplasms	26	848	65	24	+ 824
Pancreas Cancer	27	784	61	80	+ 704
Endocrine Disorders	28	722	44	463	+ 259
Lymphomas	29	722	34	675	+ 47
Malnutrition	30	719	13	4,236	- 3,516
Skin Disease	31	714	51	187	+ 526
Drownings	32	692	31	825	- 133
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	657	26	1,120	- 463
Inflammatory/Heart	34	615	28	1,046	- 431
HIV/AIDS	35	614	25	1,341	- 727
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	540	5	11,085	- 10,545
Tuberculosis	37	506	4	11,606	- 11,100
Asthma	38	463	19	2,507	- 2,044
Maternal Conditions	39	388	18	2,776	- 2,388
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	377	42	495	- 118
Epilepsy	41	327	46	385	- 57
Parkinson's Disease	42	294	49	266	+ 28
Oral Cancer	43	284	32	697	- 413
Ovary Cancer	44	270	57	135	+ 135
Skin Cancers	45	260	43	467	- 207
Drug Use	46	222	62	58	+ 164
Oesophagus Cancer	47	185	27	1,080	- 896
Uterin Cancer	48	172	59	95	+ 77
Appendicitis	49	140	56	147	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	135	64	47	+ 88
Meningitis	51	128	20	2,391	- 2,263
Bladder Cancer	52	123	48	286	- 162
Anemia	53	123	83	0	+ 123
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	88	38	627	- 539
Poisonings	55	78	40	571	- 493
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	75	84	0	+ 75
Fires	57	72	35	661	- 589
Encephalitis	58	45	60	94	- 49
Osteoarthritis	59	43	85	0	+ 43
Syphilis	60	41	33	680	- 639
Multiple Sclerosis	61	30	66	18	+ 12
Hepatitis B	62	23	58	98	- 75
Oral conditions	63	20	86	0	+ 20
Dengue	64	19	72	0	+ 19
Chagas disease	65	17	76	0	+ 17
Schizophrenia	66	15	81	0	+ 15
Pertussis	67	13	41	519	- 506
Hepatitis C	68	5	67	16	- 10
Ascariasis	69	4	70	5	- 2
War	70	3	54	155	- 152
Leprosy	71	3	75	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	72	2	63	49	- 47
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	79	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	1	69	7	- 5
Otitis Media	75	1	68	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	3	- 3
Measles	78	0	6	9,172	- 9,172
Tetanus	79	0	52	186	- 186
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	9	5,507	- 5,507
Schistosomiasis	84	0	50	260	- 260
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MADAGASCAR

Nicaragua

Madagascar

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.