NEW GUINEA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,792	1	6,835	+ 1,957
Kidney Disease	2	5,316	18	687	+ 4,629
Stroke	3	3,347	2	5,095	- 1,747
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,111	4	4,533	- 1,422
Lung Disease	5	2,362	3	4,538	- 2,176
Liver Disease	6	1,810	22	624	+ 1,186
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,733	6	2,595	- 862
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,668	12	1,105	+ 563
Hypertension	9	1,660	13	1,096	+ 564
Violence	10	931	15	969	- 38
Congenital Anomalies	11	859	16	951	- 92
Liver Cancer	12	765	21	644	+ 121
Low Birth Weight	13	737	10	1,661	- 925
Stomach Cancer	14	719	28	447	+ 272
Prostate Cancer	15	581	36	285	+ 296
Cervical Cancer	16	563	19	665	- 102
Other Injuries	17	538	20	647	- 109
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	474	29	445	+ 29
Suicide	19	428	37	259	+ 170
Breast Cancer	20	426	17	764	- 338
Alcohol	21	419	53	93	+ 326
Falls	22	415	26	502	- 86
Lung Cancers	23	412	23	622	- 210
Leukemia	24	341	38	253	+ 88
Birth Trauma	25	298	11	1,504	- 1,206
Other Neoplasms	26	289	60	15	+ 274
Pancreas Cancer	27	267	52	107	+ 161
Endocrine Disorders	28	246	47	153	+ 93
Lymphomas	29	246	32	353	- 107
Malnutrition	30	245	48	134	+ 111
Skin Disease	31	243	49	126	+ 117
Drownings	32	236	40	240	- 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	224	33	343	- 119
Inflammatory/Heart	34	210	43	229	- 19
HIV/AIDS	35	209	24	611	- 402
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	184	8	2,295	- 2,111
Tuberculosis	37	173	5	3,969	- 3,796
Asthma	38	158	9	1,842	- 1,684
Maternal Conditions	39	132	30	421	- 288
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	129	35	302	- 173
Epilepsy	41	112	51	111	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	42	100	45	185	- 84
Oral Cancer	43	97	25	580	- 483
Ovary Cancer	44	92	46	179	- 87
Skin Cancers	45	89	31	417	- 328
Drug Use	46	76	61	13	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	47	63	44	199	- 136
Uterin Cancer	48	59	55	81	- 23
Appendicitis	49	48	59	20	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	46	65	5	+ 41
Meningitis	51	44	34	324	- 280
Bladder Cancer	52	42	54	82	- 40
Anemia	53	42	82	0	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	30	14	1,072	- 1,042
Poisonings	55	26	50	121	- 95
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	25	84	0	+ 25
Fires	57	25	27	488	- 463
Encephalitis	58	15	57	31	- 15
Osteoarthritis	59	15	85	0	+ 15
Syphilis	60	14	42	234	- 220
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	66	5	+ 5
Hepatitis B	62	8	58	27	- 19
Oral conditions	63	7	86	0	+ 7
Dengue	64	7	64	6	+ 0
Chagas disease	65	6	75	0	+ 6
Schizophrenia	66	5	80	0	+ 5
Pertussis	67	5	39	248	- 243
Hepatitis C	68	2	62	8	- 6
Ascariasis	69	1	63	7	- 6
War	70	1	69	1	+ 0
Leprosy	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	68	2	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	0	70	1	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	67	3	- 3
Measles	78	0	41	238	- 238
Tetanus	79	0	56	48	- 48
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Schistosomiasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Nicaragua

New Guinea

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.