NIGER VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,054	6	8,229	+ 14,825
Kidney Disease	2	13,938	16	2,732	+ 11,206
Stroke	3	8,777	5	8,717	+ 60
Diabetes Mellitus	4	8,157	17	2,630	+ 5,527
Lung Disease	5	6,192	20	2,172	+ 4,020
Liver Disease	6	4,747	11	4,116	+ 631
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,543	1	21,093	- 16,550
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,374	8	5,946	- 1,572
Hypertension	9	4,352	25	1,356	+ 2,997
Violence	10	2,440	19	2,244	+ 197
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,252	10	4,346	- 2,094
Liver Cancer	12	2,007	35	745	+ 1,262
Low Birth Weight	13	1,932	4	9,560	- 7,628
Stomach Cancer	14	1,884	44	300	+ 1,584
Prostate Cancer	15	1,523	57	128	+ 1,395
Cervical Cancer	16	1,476	38	487	+ 989
Other Injuries	17	1,411	12	3,826	- 2,415
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,244	37	522	+ 722
Suicide	19	1,123	27	1,227	- 104
Breast Cancer	20	1,117	29	1,075	+ 41
Alcohol	21	1,099	60	120	+ 979
Falls	22	1,089	26	1,297	- 208
Lung Cancers	23	1,080	67	42	+ 1,039
Leukemia	24	895	48	258	+ 638
Birth Trauma	25	781	7	8,030	- 7,249
Other Neoplasms	26	758	68	24	+ 735
Pancreas Cancer	27	701	54	138	+ 563
Endocrine Disorders	28	646	23	1,806	- 1,161
Lymphomas	29	645	43	350	+ 295
Malnutrition	30	643	21	2,170	- 1,526
Skin Disease	31	638	52	213	+ 425
Drownings	32	619	24	1,581	- 962
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	588	32	858	- 270
Inflammatory/Heart	34	550	34	769	- 219
HIV/AIDS	35	549	30	1,048	- 499
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	483	3	16,030	- 15,548
Tuberculosis	37	453	13	3,703	- 3,250
Asthma	38	414	22	1,902	- 1,488
Maternal Conditions	39	347	14	3,317	- 2,970
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	337	31	1,044	- 707
Epilepsy	41	293	36	676	- 384
Parkinson's Disease	42	263	47	275	- 12
Oral Cancer	43	254	49	242	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	44	242	40	425	- 183
Skin Cancers	45	232	45	287	- 54
Drug Use	46	199	58	126	+ 72
Oesophagus Cancer	47	165	55	132	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	48	154	64	86	+ 67
Appendicitis	49	125	56	128	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	121	70	18	+ 103
Meningitis	51	114	9	5,237	- 5,123
Bladder Cancer	52	110	53	161	- 51
Anemia	53	110	85	0	+ 110
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	79	39	467	- 388
Poisonings	55	69	33	771	- 702
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	67	80	0	+ 67
Fires	57	65	28	1,120	- 1,056
Encephalitis	58	40	61	112	- 72
Osteoarthritis	59	39	81	0	+ 39
Syphilis	60	37	62	110	- 73
Multiple Sclerosis	61	27	69	22	+ 4
Hepatitis B	62	20	46	279	- 259
Oral conditions	63	18	82	0	+ 18
Dengue	64	17	73	0	+ 17
Chagas disease	65	16	79	0	+ 16
Schizophrenia	66	13	83	0	+ 13
Pertussis	67	12	15	2,858	- 2,846
Hepatitis C	68	5	66	46	- 41
Ascariasis	69	3	59	125	- 121
War	70	3	41	409	- 407
Leprosy	71	2	76	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	72	2	63	94	- 92
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	1	71	3	- 1
Otitis Media	75	1	72	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	51	237	- 237
Diphtheria	77	0	65	60	- 60
Measles	78	0	18	2,414	- 2,414
Tetanus	79	0	42	372	- 372
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	2	17,022	- 17,022
Schistosomiasis	84	0	50	237	- 237
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGER

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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.