MALAWI VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,047	7	4,929	+ 14,117
Kidney Disease	2	11,515	19	1,567	+ 9,948
Stroke	3	7,251	5	5,939	+ 1,312
Diabetes Mellitus	4	6,739	14	2,267	+ 4,472
Lung Disease	5	5,116	21	1,340	+ 3,775
Liver Disease	6	3,922	10	3,259	+ 663
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,753	2	7,739	- 3,985
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,613	4	6,221	- 2,608
Hypertension	9	3,596	17	1,797	+ 1,799
Violence	10	2,016	32	406	+ 1,610
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,860	13	2,509	- 649
Liver Cancer	12	1,658	38	317	+ 1,341
Low Birth Weight	13	1,596	8	4,339	- 2,743
Stomach Cancer	14	1,557	45	206	+ 1,351
Prostate Cancer	15	1,258	40	271	+ 987
Cervical Cancer	16	1,219	12	2,876	- 1,657
Other Injuries	17	1,165	22	1,266	- 101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,028	44	234	+ 793
Suicide	19	928	23	1,007	- 79
Breast Cancer	20	923	27	600	+ 322
Alcohol	21	908	52	114	+ 795
Falls	22	900	28	562	+ 338
Lung Cancers	23	893	51	131	+ 762
Leukemia	24	740	56	82	+ 658
Birth Trauma	25	645	9	3,563	- 2,918
Other Neoplasms	26	627	63	17	+ 610
Pancreas Cancer	27	579	60	38	+ 541
Endocrine Disorders	28	533	42	257	+ 277
Lymphomas	29	533	24	839	- 305
Malnutrition	30	532	20	1,499	- 968
Skin Disease	31	527	53	101	+ 426
Drownings	32	511	30	458	+ 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	486	25	782	- 296
Inflammatory/Heart	34	454	35	370	+ 84
HIV/AIDS	35	454	1	12,839	- 12,385
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	399	6	5,782	- 5,383
Tuberculosis	37	374	11	2,992	- 2,618
Asthma	38	342	26	705	- 363
Maternal Conditions	39	287	15	1,854	- 1,567
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	279	39	280	- 1
Epilepsy	41	242	41	260	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	42	217	46	200	+ 18
Oral Cancer	43	209	43	251	- 42
Ovary Cancer	44	200	48	158	+ 42
Skin Cancers	45	192	36	331	- 139
Drug Use	46	164	59	48	+ 117
Oesophagus Cancer	47	136	16	1,842	- 1,705
Uterin Cancer	48	127	62	23	+ 104
Appendicitis	49	103	54	94	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	100	61	29	+ 71
Meningitis	51	94	18	1,792	- 1,698
Bladder Cancer	52	91	33	388	- 297
Anemia	53	91	81	0	+ 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	65	49	154	- 89
Poisonings	55	57	37	325	- 267
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	55	85	0	+ 55
Fires	57	53	34	380	- 326
Encephalitis	58	33	58	48	- 15
Osteoarthritis	59	32	84	0	+ 32
Syphilis	60	31	29	480	- 450
Multiple Sclerosis	61	22	66	9	+ 13
Hepatitis B	62	17	55	88	- 71
Oral conditions	63	15	86	0	+ 15
Dengue	64	14	65	9	+ 5
Chagas disease	65	13	75	0	+ 13
Schizophrenia	66	11	80	0	+ 11
Pertussis	67	10	31	436	- 426
Hepatitis C	68	4	64	15	- 11
Ascariasis	69	3	69	4	- 1
War	70	2	71	2	- 0
Leprosy	71	2	76	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	72	2	57	60	- 58
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	70	3	- 1
Otitis Media	75	1	68	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	67	6	- 6
Tetanus	79	0	47	178	- 178
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Schistosomiasis	84	0	50	143	- 143
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Nicaragua

Malawi

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.