MYANMAR VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		MYANMAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	50,346	2	34,871	+ 15,475
Kidney Disease	2	30,439	9	9,924	+ 20,515
Stroke	3	19,166	1	71,440	- 52,273
Diabetes Mellitus	4	17,813	4	19,944	- 2,130
Lung Disease	5	13,523	3	26,531	- 13,009
Liver Disease	6	10,367	6	17,143	- 6,776
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	9,922	7	16,726	- 6,805
Road Traffic Accidents	8	9,552	8	11,004	- 1,453
Hypertension	9	9,504	11	7,843	+ 1,662
Violence	10	5,329	31	2,124	+ 3,205
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,917	24	3,679	+ 1,238
Liver Cancer	12	4,382	19	5,215	- 833
Low Birth Weight	13	4,219	15	7,125	- 2,906
Stomach Cancer	14	4,115	18	5,343	- 1,229
Prostate Cancer	15	3,326	53	338	+ 2,988
Cervical Cancer	16	3,223	23	3,945	- 722
Other Injuries	17	3,080	28	2,762	+ 318
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	2,717	27	2,996	- 279
Suicide	19	2,452	34	1,565	+ 887
Breast Cancer	20	2,439	26	3,192	- 754
Alcohol	21	2,401	54	324	+ 2,077
Falls	22	2,379	17	5,686	- 3,307
Lung Cancers	23	2,359	13	7,558	- 5,199
Leukemia	24	1,955	35	1,546	+ 409
Birth Trauma	25	1,705	16	6,169	- 4,464
Other Neoplasms	26	1,656	60	117	+ 1,540
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,532	44	743	+ 789
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,410	38	1,265	+ 145
Lymphomas	29	1,410	36	1,472	- 62
Malnutrition	30	1,405	42	945	+ 460
Skin Disease	31	1,394	45	734	+ 660
Drownings	32	1,352	30	2,212	- 861
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,284	20	5,082	- 3,798
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,201	32	1,702	- 501
HIV/AIDS	35	1,199	12	7,707	- 6,508
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,054	14	7,237	- 6,183
Tuberculosis	37	988	5	19,299	- 18,311
Asthma	38	904	10	9,557	- 8,653
Maternal Conditions	39	759	33	1,681	- 923
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	737	29	2,558	- 1,821
Epilepsy	41	639	50	524	+ 115
Parkinson's Disease	42	575	37	1,450	- 876
Oral Cancer	43	554	22	4,209	- 3,655
Ovary Cancer	44	528	40	1,053	- 525
Skin Cancers	45	507	41	962	- 455
Drug Use	46	434	52	411	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	47	360	25	3,325	- 2,965
Uterin Cancer	48	335	57	263	+ 73
Appendicitis	49	273	63	93	+ 180
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	264	64	73	+ 191
Meningitis	51	249	49	550	- 301
Bladder Cancer	52	241	48	573	- 332
Anemia	53	241	82	0	+ 241
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	172	43	893	- 721
Poisonings	55	152	46	728	- 576
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	146	84	0	+ 146
Fires	57	141	58	227	- 86
Encephalitis	58	88	59	171	- 83
Osteoarthritis	59	84	85	0	+ 84
Syphilis	60	81	55	305	- 225
Multiple Sclerosis	61	58	65	60	- 2
Hepatitis B	62	44	62	93	- 49
Oral conditions	63	40	86	0	+ 40
Dengue	64	38	56	272	- 234
Chagas disease	65	34	73	0	+ 34
Schizophrenia	66	29	81	0	+ 29
Pertussis	67	26	39	1,244	- 1,219
Hepatitis C	68	11	67	21	- 11
Ascariasis	69	7	68	13	- 6
War	70	6	47	688	- 682
Leprosy	71	5	72	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	72	4	66	27	- 22
Iodine Deficiency	73	4	77	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	74	3	70	3	- 0
Otitis Media	75	1	71	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	76	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	77	0	69	7	- 7
Measles	78	0	21	4,465	- 4,465
Tetanus	79	0	51	426	- 426
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	61	109	- 109
Schistosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MYANMAR

Nicaragua

Myanmar

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.