MAURITIUS VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,147	2	1,805	- 658
Kidney Disease	2	693	4	724	- 31
Stroke	3	437	3	985	- 548
Diabetes Mellitus	4	406	1	1,873	- 1,467
Lung Disease	5	308	5	646	- 338
Liver Disease	6	236	12	145	+ 91
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	226	7	346	- 120
Road Traffic Accidents	8	218	11	155	+ 62
Hypertension	9	217	6	592	- 375
Violence	10	121	41	30	+ 92
Congenital Anomalies	11	112	25	57	+ 55
Liver Cancer	12	100	27	56	+ 44
Low Birth Weight	13	96	35	37	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	14	94	18	104	- 11
Prostate Cancer	15	76	15	115	- 39
Cervical Cancer	16	73	30	49	+ 24
Other Injuries	17	70	21	66	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	62	10	182	- 120
Suicide	19	56	14	120	- 64
Breast Cancer	20	56	8	232	- 177
Alcohol	21	55	29	53	+ 1
Falls	22	54	26	57	- 3
Lung Cancers	23	54	9	182	- 129
Leukemia	24	45	31	48	- 4
Birth Trauma	25	39	36	37	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	26	38	20	77	- 39
Pancreas Cancer	27	35	28	55	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	28	32	19	101	- 69
Lymphomas	29	32	24	57	- 25
Malnutrition	30	32	54	4	+ 28
Skin Disease	31	32	22	64	- 33
Drownings	32	31	33	43	- 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	29	34	42	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	34	27	16	108	- 81
HIV/AIDS	35	27	13	141	- 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	24	42	23	+ 1
Tuberculosis	37	23	45	17	+ 5
Asthma	38	21	17	107	- 86
Maternal Conditions	39	17	48	11	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	17	43	22	- 6
Epilepsy	41	15	38	35	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	42	13	47	12	+ 1
Oral Cancer	43	13	23	63	- 51
Ovary Cancer	44	12	32	46	- 34
Skin Cancers	45	12	53	5	+ 7
Drug Use	46	10	46	16	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	47	8	37	35	- 27
Uterin Cancer	48	8	40	32	- 24
Appendicitis	49	6	59	1	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	6	60	1	+ 5
Meningitis	51	6	57	2	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	52	5	44	21	- 15
Anemia	53	5	39	33	- 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	4	56	3	+ 1
Poisonings	55	3	49	11	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	3	58	2	+ 1
Fires	57	3	50	10	- 7
Encephalitis	58	2	61	1	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	59	2	83	0	+ 2
Syphilis	60	2	67	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	63	1	55	3	- 2
Dengue	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	66	1	52	5	- 4
Pertussis	67	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	51	9	- 9
Ascariasis	69	0	64	0	+ 0
War	70	0	62	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	63	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Nicaragua

Mauritius

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.