NEPAL VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,237	2	19,677	+ 7,561
Kidney Disease	2	16,467	10	4,284	+ 12,183
Stroke	3	10,369	4	12,909	- 2,540
Diabetes Mellitus	4	9,637	14	2,929	+ 6,708
Lung Disease	5	7,316	1	27,027	- 19,711
Liver Disease	6	5,608	5	6,383	- 775
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,368	6	6,237	- 870
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,167	9	4,654	+ 513
Hypertension	9	5,142	18	2,092	+ 3,050
Violence	10	2,883	35	704	+ 2,179
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,660	21	1,949	+ 712
Liver Cancer	12	2,371	46	256	+ 2,115
Low Birth Weight	13	2,282	11	3,822	- 1,540
Stomach Cancer	14	2,226	25	1,379	+ 847
Prostate Cancer	15	1,799	58	85	+ 1,714
Cervical Cancer	16	1,744	20	1,969	- 226
Other Injuries	17	1,667	22	1,655	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,470	26	1,167	+ 303
Suicide	19	1,327	16	2,571	- 1,244
Breast Cancer	20	1,319	27	1,038	+ 281
Alcohol	21	1,299	52	168	+ 1,131
Falls	22	1,287	13	3,321	- 2,034
Lung Cancers	23	1,276	12	3,586	- 2,310
Leukemia	24	1,058	36	668	+ 390
Birth Trauma	25	923	15	2,676	- 1,753
Other Neoplasms	26	896	61	50	+ 846
Pancreas Cancer	27	829	41	445	+ 383
Endocrine Disorders	28	763	45	257	+ 505
Lymphomas	29	763	32	768	- 5
Malnutrition	30	760	31	845	- 85
Skin Disease	31	754	67	17	+ 737
Drownings	32	731	23	1,505	- 774
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	695	19	2,022	- 1,327
Inflammatory/Heart	34	650	48	217	+ 433
HIV/AIDS	35	649	34	737	- 88
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	570	7	6,071	- 5,500
Tuberculosis	37	535	3	16,535	- 16,000
Asthma	38	489	8	5,930	- 5,441
Maternal Conditions	39	410	28	977	- 567
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	399	49	191	+ 207
Epilepsy	41	346	30	874	- 528
Parkinson's Disease	42	311	33	760	- 449
Oral Cancer	43	300	24	1,389	- 1,089
Ovary Cancer	44	285	37	585	- 299
Skin Cancers	45	275	42	400	- 125
Drug Use	46	235	57	93	+ 141
Oesophagus Cancer	47	195	38	491	- 296
Uterin Cancer	48	181	60	56	+ 125
Appendicitis	49	148	47	220	- 73
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	143	51	173	- 30
Meningitis	51	135	43	377	- 242
Bladder Cancer	52	130	44	325	- 194
Anemia	53	130	86	0	+ 130
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	93	17	2,320	- 2,227
Poisonings	55	82	39	474	- 392
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	79	80	0	+ 79
Fires	57	76	50	184	- 107
Encephalitis	58	48	29	882	- 834
Osteoarthritis	59	46	81	0	+ 46
Syphilis	60	44	54	134	- 90
Multiple Sclerosis	61	32	63	38	- 7
Hepatitis B	62	24	56	117	- 93
Oral conditions	63	21	82	0	+ 21
Dengue	64	20	55	120	- 99
Chagas disease	65	18	74	0	+ 18
Schizophrenia	66	16	84	0	+ 16
Pertussis	67	14	40	453	- 439
Hepatitis C	68	6	64	29	- 23
Ascariasis	69	4	69	4	- 0
War	70	3	65	24	- 21
Leprosy	71	3	76	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	72	2	66	24	- 21
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	79	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	2	68	5	- 4
Otitis Media	75	1	70	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	76	0	62	39	- 38
Diphtheria	77	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	59	60	- 60
Tetanus	79	0	53	134	- 134
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Nicaragua

Nepal

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.