MALTA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	411	1	876	- 465
Kidney Disease	2	249	11	79	+ 169
Stroke	3	157	2	291	- 135
Diabetes Mellitus	4	145	6	163	- 17
Lung Disease	5	110	8	127	- 16
Liver Disease	6	85	24	23	+ 62
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	81	3	213	- 132
Road Traffic Accidents	8	78	31	18	+ 60
Hypertension	9	78	20	33	+ 44
Violence	10	44	40	4	+ 39
Congenital Anomalies	11	40	32	17	+ 23
Liver Cancer	12	36	18	34	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	13	34	35	11	+ 23
Stomach Cancer	14	34	15	50	- 16
Prostate Cancer	15	27	13	53	- 26
Cervical Cancer	16	26	39	4	+ 22
Other Injuries	17	25	33	16	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	22	7	147	- 125
Suicide	19	20	22	27	- 7
Breast Cancer	20	20	10	85	- 65
Alcohol	21	20	47	3	+ 17
Falls	22	19	14	52	- 32
Lung Cancers	23	19	5	197	- 178
Leukemia	24	16	21	28	- 12
Birth Trauma	25	14	44	3	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	26	14	26	22	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	27	13	9	90	- 78
Endocrine Disorders	28	12	30	19	- 8
Lymphomas	29	12	12	53	- 41
Malnutrition	30	11	60	0	+ 11
Skin Disease	31	11	25	23	- 12
Drownings	32	11	48	2	+ 9
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	10	4	207	- 197
Inflammatory/Heart	34	10	27	22	- 12
HIV/AIDS	35	10	41	4	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	9	55	1	+ 8
Tuberculosis	37	8	52	2	+ 7
Asthma	38	7	36	8	- 1
Maternal Conditions	39	6	64	0	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	6	37	7	- 1
Epilepsy	41	5	43	3	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	42	5	16	50	- 45
Oral Cancer	43	5	23	25	- 20
Ovary Cancer	44	4	17	34	- 30
Skin Cancers	45	4	34	14	- 10
Drug Use	46	4	38	7	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	47	3	29	20	- 17
Uterin Cancer	48	3	28	21	- 18
Appendicitis	49	2	63	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	2	51	2	+ 0
Meningitis	51	2	56	1	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	52	2	19	33	- 31
Anemia	53	2	46	3	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	1	49	2	- 1
Poisonings	55	1	58	1	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	1	42	3	- 2
Fires	57	1	62	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	58	1	65	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	59	1	50	2	- 1
Syphilis	60	1	81	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	0	45	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	62	0	61	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	63	0	86	0	+ 0
Dengue	64	0	78	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Schizophrenia	66	0	57	1	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	53	1	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	79	0	+ 0
War	70	0	54	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	59	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Nicaragua

Malta

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.