MALI VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		MALI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,245	7	5,907	+ 13,338
Kidney Disease	2	11,636	17	2,185	+ 9,450
Stroke	3	7,327	6	6,163	+ 1,164
Diabetes Mellitus	4	6,809	16	2,289	+ 4,520
Lung Disease	5	5,169	19	1,973	+ 3,197
Liver Disease	6	3,963	14	2,733	+ 1,230
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,793	1	14,885	- 11,092
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,651	11	4,465	- 813
Hypertension	9	3,633	25	1,291	+ 2,342
Violence	10	2,037	18	2,095	- 58
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,880	12	3,743	- 1,863
Liver Cancer	12	1,675	38	562	+ 1,113
Low Birth Weight	13	1,613	4	8,880	- 7,268
Stomach Cancer	14	1,573	27	1,063	+ 510
Prostate Cancer	15	1,271	44	362	+ 909
Cervical Cancer	16	1,232	20	1,735	- 502
Other Injuries	17	1,178	15	2,310	- 1,132
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,039	36	703	+ 335
Suicide	19	937	32	806	+ 131
Breast Cancer	20	932	30	947	- 15
Alcohol	21	918	60	83	+ 835
Falls	22	909	31	867	+ 43
Lung Cancers	23	902	49	252	+ 650
Leukemia	24	747	56	192	+ 556
Birth Trauma	25	652	5	8,310	- 7,658
Other Neoplasms	26	633	67	21	+ 613
Pancreas Cancer	27	585	47	258	+ 327
Endocrine Disorders	28	539	21	1,618	- 1,079
Lymphomas	29	539	45	316	+ 223
Malnutrition	30	537	8	5,848	- 5,311
Skin Disease	31	533	57	170	+ 363
Drownings	32	517	28	1,053	- 536
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	491	34	756	- 265
Inflammatory/Heart	34	459	40	549	- 90
HIV/AIDS	35	459	9	5,785	- 5,326
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	403	2	13,419	- 13,016
Tuberculosis	37	378	24	1,491	- 1,114
Asthma	38	346	23	1,492	- 1,146
Maternal Conditions	39	290	13	2,858	- 2,568
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	282	37	625	- 344
Epilepsy	41	244	41	485	- 241
Parkinson's Disease	42	220	50	236	- 16
Oral Cancer	43	212	48	252	- 40
Ovary Cancer	44	202	53	197	+ 4
Skin Cancers	45	194	54	194	+ 0
Drug Use	46	166	59	139	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	47	138	58	159	- 21
Uterin Cancer	48	128	61	80	+ 48
Appendicitis	49	104	62	70	+ 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	101	69	16	+ 85
Meningitis	51	95	10	4,531	- 4,435
Bladder Cancer	52	92	42	431	- 339
Anemia	53	92	85	0	+ 92
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	66	46	283	- 217
Poisonings	55	58	39	561	- 503
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	56	80	0	+ 56
Fires	57	54	35	750	- 696
Encephalitis	58	34	55	193	- 160
Osteoarthritis	59	32	81	0	+ 32
Syphilis	60	31	33	770	- 739
Multiple Sclerosis	61	22	68	20	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	17	52	207	- 190
Oral conditions	63	15	82	0	+ 15
Dengue	64	14	72	0	+ 14
Chagas disease	65	13	76	0	+ 13
Schizophrenia	66	11	84	0	+ 11
Pertussis	67	10	29	1,006	- 997
Hepatitis C	68	4	64	32	- 28
Ascariasis	69	3	63	56	- 54
War	70	2	26	1,099	- 1,096
Leprosy	71	2	75	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	72	2	65	31	- 29
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	70	3	- 1
Otitis Media	75	1	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	66	22	- 21
Measles	78	0	22	1,548	- 1,548
Tetanus	79	0	43	427	- 427
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	3	11,678	- 11,678
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	220	- 220
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALI

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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.