NORWAY VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,822	1	5,321	- 499
Kidney Disease	2	2,915	14	611	+ 2,305
Stroke	3	1,836	4	2,475	- 640
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,706	16	560	+ 1,147
Lung Disease	5	1,295	3	2,723	- 1,428
Liver Disease	6	993	30	214	+ 779
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	950	6	1,797	- 846
Road Traffic Accidents	8	915	42	114	+ 801
Hypertension	9	910	28	230	+ 680
Violence	10	510	50	32	+ 478
Congenital Anomalies	11	471	34	136	+ 335
Liver Cancer	12	420	26	259	+ 161
Low Birth Weight	13	404	52	23	+ 381
Stomach Cancer	14	394	22	343	+ 51
Prostate Cancer	15	319	8	1,172	- 854
Cervical Cancer	16	309	39	125	+ 184
Other Injuries	17	295	15	583	- 288
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	260	7	1,787	- 1,526
Suicide	19	235	13	633	- 399
Breast Cancer	20	234	11	698	- 464
Alcohol	21	230	31	205	+ 25
Falls	22	228	9	777	- 550
Lung Cancers	23	226	5	2,320	- 2,094
Leukemia	24	187	21	354	- 166
Birth Trauma	25	163	54	17	+ 146
Other Neoplasms	26	159	23	324	- 166
Pancreas Cancer	27	147	10	770	- 623
Endocrine Disorders	28	135	19	359	- 224
Lymphomas	29	135	12	646	- 511
Malnutrition	30	135	35	135	- 1
Skin Disease	31	133	38	128	+ 6
Drownings	32	129	45	65	+ 65
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	123	2	4,464	- 4,341
Inflammatory/Heart	34	115	29	221	- 106
HIV/AIDS	35	115	61	10	+ 105
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	101	37	128	- 27
Tuberculosis	37	95	56	15	+ 80
Asthma	38	87	43	85	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	39	73	66	1	+ 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	71	33	160	- 89
Epilepsy	41	61	40	119	- 58
Parkinson's Disease	42	55	17	554	- 499
Oral Cancer	43	53	32	168	- 115
Ovary Cancer	44	51	24	309	- 258
Skin Cancers	45	49	18	407	- 359
Drug Use	46	42	25	264	- 222
Oesophagus Cancer	47	35	27	248	- 213
Uterin Cancer	48	32	36	134	- 102
Appendicitis	49	26	59	12	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	25	47	60	- 35
Meningitis	51	24	58	14	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	52	23	20	356	- 333
Anemia	53	23	44	75	- 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	16	46	61	- 45
Poisonings	55	15	57	14	+ 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	14	49	32	- 18
Fires	57	13	48	45	- 31
Encephalitis	58	8	70	0	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	59	8	51	27	- 19
Syphilis	60	8	67	1	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	41	119	- 113
Hepatitis B	62	4	63	3	+ 1
Oral conditions	63	4	62	9	- 5
Dengue	64	4	75	0	+ 4
Chagas disease	65	3	80	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	66	3	53	23	- 20
Pertussis	67	2	64	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	55	17	- 16
Ascariasis	69	1	76	0	+ 1
War	70	1	68	1	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	60	12	- 11
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	65	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Nicaragua

Norway

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.