NEW ZEALAND VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,517	1	5,095	- 578
Kidney Disease	2	2,731	17	432	+ 2,299
Stroke	3	1,720	3	2,378	- 659
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,598	8	769	+ 830
Lung Disease	5	1,213	5	1,815	- 602
Liver Disease	6	930	32	158	+ 772
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	890	7	920	- 30
Road Traffic Accidents	8	857	16	458	+ 399
Hypertension	9	853	20	327	+ 526
Violence	10	478	42	57	+ 421
Congenital Anomalies	11	441	30	176	+ 266
Liver Cancer	12	393	24	288	+ 105
Low Birth Weight	13	378	38	78	+ 300
Stomach Cancer	14	369	22	323	+ 46
Prostate Cancer	15	298	9	739	- 440
Cervical Cancer	16	289	41	61	+ 228
Other Injuries	17	276	28	218	+ 58
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	244	6	1,495	- 1,251
Suicide	19	220	15	528	- 308
Breast Cancer	20	219	10	737	- 518
Alcohol	21	215	45	51	+ 164
Falls	22	213	11	627	- 413
Lung Cancers	23	212	4	1,873	- 1,662
Leukemia	24	175	18	391	- 216
Birth Trauma	25	153	54	15	+ 138
Other Neoplasms	26	149	27	245	- 96
Pancreas Cancer	27	137	14	543	- 405
Endocrine Disorders	28	126	21	325	- 198
Lymphomas	29	126	13	608	- 482
Malnutrition	30	126	55	14	+ 112
Skin Disease	31	125	34	118	+ 7
Drownings	32	121	44	54	+ 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	115	2	3,032	- 2,916
Inflammatory/Heart	34	108	23	313	- 205
HIV/AIDS	35	108	57	10	+ 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	95	37	81	+ 14
Tuberculosis	37	89	52	17	+ 72
Asthma	38	81	36	91	- 10
Maternal Conditions	39	68	63	5	+ 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	66	39	70	- 4
Epilepsy	41	57	43	55	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	42	52	19	353	- 301
Oral Cancer	43	50	31	164	- 114
Ovary Cancer	44	47	29	207	- 160
Skin Cancers	45	46	12	612	- 566
Drug Use	46	39	40	69	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	47	32	25	279	- 247
Uterin Cancer	48	30	33	145	- 114
Appendicitis	49	25	62	6	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	24	46	47	- 23
Meningitis	51	22	59	9	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	52	22	26	267	- 245
Anemia	53	22	51	17	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	15	35	113	- 97
Poisonings	55	14	58	9	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	13	50	22	- 9
Fires	57	13	53	17	- 4
Encephalitis	58	8	66	1	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	59	8	49	24	- 16
Syphilis	60	7	70	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	47	43	- 38
Hepatitis B	62	4	56	14	- 10
Oral conditions	63	4	61	8	- 4
Dengue	64	3	75	0	+ 3
Chagas disease	65	3	79	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	66	3	60	8	- 5
Pertussis	67	2	65	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	48	30	- 29
Ascariasis	69	1	76	0	+ 1
War	70	1	68	1	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	64	4	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	82	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Nicaragua

New Zealand

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.