MOLDOVA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		MOLDOVA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,150	1	14,292	- 11,142
Kidney Disease	2	1,905	18	307	+ 1,598
Stroke	3	1,199	2	5,878	- 4,679
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,115	16	407	+ 708
Lung Disease	5	846	9	752	+ 94
Liver Disease	6	649	3	2,869	- 2,220
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	621	6	1,042	- 421
Road Traffic Accidents	8	598	20	293	+ 304
Hypertension	9	595	4	2,287	- 1,692
Violence	10	333	31	167	+ 167
Congenital Anomalies	11	308	27	190	+ 117
Liver Cancer	12	274	13	514	- 240
Low Birth Weight	13	264	39	90	+ 174
Stomach Cancer	14	257	12	518	- 260
Prostate Cancer	15	208	19	295	- 87
Cervical Cancer	16	202	25	212	- 11
Other Injuries	17	193	8	772	- 579
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	170	7	1,030	- 860
Suicide	19	153	10	593	- 440
Breast Cancer	20	153	11	592	- 439
Alcohol	21	150	21	233	- 83
Falls	22	149	33	149	- 1
Lung Cancers	23	148	5	1,131	- 983
Leukemia	24	122	34	140	- 18
Birth Trauma	25	107	47	37	+ 70
Other Neoplasms	26	104	42	65	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	27	96	15	427	- 331
Endocrine Disorders	28	88	46	40	+ 48
Lymphomas	29	88	22	230	- 142
Malnutrition	30	88	64	1	+ 87
Skin Disease	31	87	45	45	+ 43
Drownings	32	85	30	179	- 95
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	80	32	163	- 83
Inflammatory/Heart	34	75	14	476	- 401
HIV/AIDS	35	75	28	189	- 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	66	59	4	+ 62
Tuberculosis	37	62	26	197	- 135
Asthma	38	57	48	26	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	39	47	54	7	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	46	24	219	- 172
Epilepsy	41	40	44	46	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	42	36	55	6	+ 30
Oral Cancer	43	35	17	375	- 340
Ovary Cancer	44	33	35	123	- 90
Skin Cancers	45	32	36	121	- 89
Drug Use	46	27	43	59	- 32
Oesophagus Cancer	47	23	38	105	- 83
Uterin Cancer	48	21	37	108	- 87
Appendicitis	49	17	51	10	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	17	57	5	+ 11
Meningitis	51	16	49	17	- 1
Bladder Cancer	52	15	29	181	- 166
Anemia	53	15	66	1	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	11	41	68	- 58
Poisonings	55	9	23	220	- 211
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	9	50	12	- 3
Fires	57	9	40	70	- 61
Encephalitis	58	6	60	3	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	59	5	56	6	- 1
Syphilis	60	5	68	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	52	9	- 6
Hepatitis B	62	3	58	4	- 2
Oral conditions	63	2	53	8	- 5
Dengue	64	2	76	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	65	2	81	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	66	2	65	1	+ 1
Pertussis	67	2	70	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	63	1	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
War	70	0	67	1	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	62	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	61	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOLDOVA

Nicaragua

Moldova

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.