NAMIBIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,454	5	1,221	+ 1,233
Kidney Disease	2	1,483	15	322	+ 1,162
Stroke	3	934	4	1,333	- 399
Diabetes Mellitus	4	868	7	724	+ 144
Lung Disease	5	659	10	461	+ 198
Liver Disease	6	505	14	336	+ 170
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	484	2	1,464	- 981
Road Traffic Accidents	8	466	6	868	- 403
Hypertension	9	463	12	428	+ 35
Violence	10	260	11	450	- 190
Congenital Anomalies	11	240	16	283	- 43
Liver Cancer	12	214	41	45	+ 169
Low Birth Weight	13	206	9	516	- 310
Stomach Cancer	14	201	45	33	+ 168
Prostate Cancer	15	162	31	94	+ 68
Cervical Cancer	16	157	23	133	+ 24
Other Injuries	17	150	19	207	- 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	132	36	54	+ 78
Suicide	19	120	17	243	- 123
Breast Cancer	20	119	24	121	- 2
Alcohol	21	117	48	28	+ 89
Falls	22	116	34	62	+ 54
Lung Cancers	23	115	35	59	+ 56
Leukemia	24	95	49	24	+ 72
Birth Trauma	25	83	13	345	- 261
Other Neoplasms	26	81	60	8	+ 73
Pancreas Cancer	27	75	53	18	+ 57
Endocrine Disorders	28	69	33	73	- 4
Lymphomas	29	69	40	46	+ 23
Malnutrition	30	68	18	224	- 155
Skin Disease	31	68	47	31	+ 37
Drownings	32	66	26	110	- 44
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	63	21	176	- 113
Inflammatory/Heart	34	59	22	162	- 103
HIV/AIDS	35	58	1	2,928	- 2,870
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	51	8	645	- 593
Tuberculosis	37	48	3	1,416	- 1,368
Asthma	38	44	20	200	- 156
Maternal Conditions	39	37	25	110	- 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	36	32	76	- 40
Epilepsy	41	31	38	49	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	42	28	42	43	- 15
Oral Cancer	43	27	30	100	- 73
Ovary Cancer	44	26	50	23	+ 2
Skin Cancers	45	25	29	108	- 83
Drug Use	46	21	46	32	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	47	18	52	21	- 3
Uterin Cancer	48	16	56	11	+ 5
Appendicitis	49	13	58	9	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	13	57	9	+ 3
Meningitis	51	12	27	109	- 97
Bladder Cancer	52	12	54	16	- 4
Anemia	53	12	83	0	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	8	44	33	- 25
Poisonings	55	7	39	46	- 39
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	7	82	0	+ 7
Fires	57	7	28	109	- 102
Encephalitis	58	4	59	8	- 4
Osteoarthritis	59	4	81	0	+ 4
Syphilis	60	4	43	35	- 31
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	64	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	2	63	4	- 2
Oral conditions	63	2	80	0	+ 2
Dengue	64	2	74	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	66	1	86	0	+ 1
Pertussis	67	1	37	54	- 53
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	61	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	65	2	- 2
Tetanus	79	0	62	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	51	22	- 22
Schistosomiasis	84	0	55	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Nicaragua

Namibia

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.