MALAYSIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,250	1	36,729	- 6,479
Kidney Disease	2	18,289	6	6,629	+ 11,660
Stroke	3	11,516	3	21,592	- 10,076
Diabetes Mellitus	4	10,703	9	4,107	+ 6,596
Lung Disease	5	8,125	5	6,633	+ 1,492
Liver Disease	6	6,229	7	5,125	+ 1,103
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,961	2	23,477	- 17,516
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,739	4	7,181	- 1,442
Hypertension	9	5,711	38	649	+ 5,061
Violence	10	3,202	34	869	+ 2,333
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,955	24	1,403	+ 1,552
Liver Cancer	12	2,633	16	1,984	+ 649
Low Birth Weight	13	2,535	29	1,020	+ 1,514
Stomach Cancer	14	2,472	21	1,441	+ 1,031
Prostate Cancer	15	1,998	33	903	+ 1,095
Cervical Cancer	16	1,937	31	1,010	+ 926
Other Injuries	17	1,851	14	2,222	- 371
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,633	11	3,832	- 2,200
Suicide	19	1,473	19	1,823	- 350
Breast Cancer	20	1,465	12	3,071	- 1,606
Alcohol	21	1,442	55	181	+ 1,262
Falls	22	1,429	18	1,855	- 426
Lung Cancers	23	1,418	8	4,319	- 2,901
Leukemia	24	1,175	23	1,412	- 237
Birth Trauma	25	1,025	42	359	+ 666
Other Neoplasms	26	995	48	265	+ 731
Pancreas Cancer	27	920	32	994	- 74
Endocrine Disorders	28	847	37	809	+ 38
Lymphomas	29	847	25	1,321	- 474
Malnutrition	30	844	49	249	+ 595
Skin Disease	31	837	15	2,066	- 1,228
Drownings	32	812	36	820	- 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	771	10	3,996	- 3,225
Inflammatory/Heart	34	722	27	1,214	- 492
HIV/AIDS	35	721	13	2,679	- 1,958
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	634	20	1,773	- 1,139
Tuberculosis	37	594	26	1,227	- 633
Asthma	38	543	30	1,013	- 470
Maternal Conditions	39	456	56	167	+ 289
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	443	22	1,424	- 982
Epilepsy	41	384	52	226	+ 158
Parkinson's Disease	42	345	28	1,106	- 760
Oral Cancer	43	333	17	1,865	- 1,532
Ovary Cancer	44	317	35	827	- 510
Skin Cancers	45	305	50	247	+ 58
Drug Use	46	261	45	322	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	47	217	41	435	- 218
Uterin Cancer	48	202	43	352	- 151
Appendicitis	49	164	58	71	+ 93
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	159	60	27	+ 131
Meningitis	51	150	46	301	- 151
Bladder Cancer	52	145	39	467	- 322
Anemia	53	145	86	0	+ 145
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	103	51	246	- 143
Poisonings	55	91	53	211	- 120
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	87	81	0	+ 87
Fires	57	85	44	336	- 251
Encephalitis	58	53	40	452	- 399
Osteoarthritis	59	51	80	0	+ 51
Syphilis	60	49	62	19	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	61	35	59	30	+ 5
Hepatitis B	62	27	54	206	- 179
Oral conditions	63	24	82	0	+ 24
Dengue	64	23	47	280	- 257
Chagas disease	65	20	78	0	+ 20
Schizophrenia	66	17	83	0	+ 17
Pertussis	67	16	57	80	- 64
Hepatitis C	68	6	64	6	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	4	67	2	+ 2
War	70	4	63	11	- 7
Leprosy	71	3	71	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	72	3	65	5	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	72	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	2	68	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	1	66	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	61	21	- 21
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

Nicaragua

Malaysia

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.