MOROCCO VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		MOROCCO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,720	1	77,340	- 44,620
Kidney Disease	2	19,782	4	10,216	+ 9,566
Stroke	3	12,456	2	31,861	- 19,404
Diabetes Mellitus	4	11,577	5	7,377	+ 4,200
Lung Disease	5	8,789	8	6,296	+ 2,492
Liver Disease	6	6,737	11	4,866	+ 1,871
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	6,448	6	7,237	- 789
Road Traffic Accidents	8	6,208	9	6,185	+ 23
Hypertension	9	6,177	3	10,736	- 4,559
Violence	10	3,463	39	632	+ 2,831
Congenital Anomalies	11	3,196	22	2,124	+ 1,071
Liver Cancer	12	2,848	44	423	+ 2,425
Low Birth Weight	13	2,742	14	3,305	- 563
Stomach Cancer	14	2,674	25	1,691	+ 983
Prostate Cancer	15	2,161	24	1,914	+ 247
Cervical Cancer	16	2,095	18	2,508	- 413
Other Injuries	17	2,002	21	2,271	- 269
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,766	17	2,556	- 790
Suicide	19	1,594	16	2,617	- 1,024
Breast Cancer	20	1,585	12	3,604	- 2,019
Alcohol	21	1,560	57	109	+ 1,451
Falls	22	1,546	19	2,456	- 910
Lung Cancers	23	1,533	7	6,585	- 5,051
Leukemia	24	1,271	31	1,035	+ 236
Birth Trauma	25	1,108	23	2,067	- 959
Other Neoplasms	26	1,076	60	70	+ 1,006
Pancreas Cancer	27	995	36	747	+ 249
Endocrine Disorders	28	916	28	1,129	- 213
Lymphomas	29	916	20	2,274	- 1,358
Malnutrition	30	913	51	200	+ 713
Skin Disease	31	906	54	149	+ 757
Drownings	32	878	43	426	+ 453
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	834	10	4,967	- 4,133
Inflammatory/Heart	34	781	32	1,022	- 242
HIV/AIDS	35	780	49	289	+ 491
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	685	27	1,192	- 506
Tuberculosis	37	642	15	2,870	- 2,228
Asthma	38	588	13	3,342	- 2,754
Maternal Conditions	39	493	38	704	- 211
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	479	29	1,076	- 597
Epilepsy	41	415	45	336	+ 79
Parkinson's Disease	42	374	26	1,511	- 1,137
Oral Cancer	43	360	35	780	- 421
Ovary Cancer	44	343	34	800	- 457
Skin Cancers	45	330	41	477	- 148
Drug Use	46	282	47	321	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	47	234	42	439	- 205
Uterin Cancer	48	218	53	154	+ 64
Appendicitis	49	178	56	130	+ 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	171	62	38	+ 133
Meningitis	51	162	40	542	- 380
Bladder Cancer	52	157	30	1,069	- 912
Anemia	53	156	84	0	+ 156
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	112	37	718	- 607
Poisonings	55	99	50	266	- 167
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	95	80	0	+ 95
Fires	57	92	33	904	- 813
Encephalitis	58	57	52	176	- 119
Osteoarthritis	59	55	81	0	+ 55
Syphilis	60	52	55	140	- 88
Multiple Sclerosis	61	38	58	106	- 68
Hepatitis B	62	29	48	316	- 287
Oral conditions	63	26	82	0	+ 26
Dengue	64	25	77	0	+ 25
Chagas disease	65	22	74	0	+ 22
Schizophrenia	66	19	86	0	+ 19
Pertussis	67	17	46	324	- 308
Hepatitis C	68	7	65	7	- 0
Ascariasis	69	5	66	5	- 0
War	70	4	63	22	- 18
Leprosy	71	3	72	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	72	3	67	4	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	79	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	2	68	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	1	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	64	15	- 15
Diphtheria	77	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	59	76	- 76
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	61	67	- 67
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOROCCO

Nicaragua

Morocco

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.