PARAGUAY VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,583	1	4,327	+ 2,256
Kidney Disease	2	3,980	5	1,592	+ 2,388
Stroke	3	2,506	2	3,007	- 501
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,329	3	2,361	- 32
Lung Disease	5	1,768	7	1,181	+ 588
Liver Disease	6	1,356	17	524	+ 832
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,297	4	1,661	- 364
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,249	6	1,552	- 303
Hypertension	9	1,243	8	895	+ 348
Violence	10	697	13	566	+ 131
Congenital Anomalies	11	643	11	662	- 19
Liver Cancer	12	573	35	152	+ 421
Low Birth Weight	13	552	12	644	- 93
Stomach Cancer	14	538	24	355	+ 183
Prostate Cancer	15	435	15	546	- 112
Cervical Cancer	16	421	18	516	- 94
Other Injuries	17	403	9	843	- 441
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	355	16	543	- 188
Suicide	19	321	22	425	- 104
Breast Cancer	20	319	20	481	- 162
Alcohol	21	314	23	410	- 96
Falls	22	311	43	100	+ 211
Lung Cancers	23	309	10	738	- 429
Leukemia	24	256	27	272	- 17
Birth Trauma	25	223	30	213	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	26	217	19	487	- 270
Pancreas Cancer	27	200	28	258	- 58
Endocrine Disorders	28	184	14	562	- 378
Lymphomas	29	184	29	245	- 60
Malnutrition	30	184	25	330	- 146
Skin Disease	31	182	37	144	+ 39
Drownings	32	177	32	178	- 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	168	36	144	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	34	157	34	154	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	35	157	21	448	- 291
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	138	31	192	- 54
Tuberculosis	37	129	26	273	- 143
Asthma	38	118	39	126	- 8
Maternal Conditions	39	99	49	64	+ 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	96	47	69	+ 28
Epilepsy	41	84	44	98	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	42	75	41	122	- 47
Oral Cancer	43	72	38	134	- 61
Ovary Cancer	44	69	45	85	- 16
Skin Cancers	45	66	40	125	- 58
Drug Use	46	57	56	38	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	47	47	33	173	- 126
Uterin Cancer	48	44	54	45	- 2
Appendicitis	49	36	57	37	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	35	48	66	- 31
Meningitis	51	33	53	52	- 20
Bladder Cancer	52	32	51	57	- 25
Anemia	53	31	46	82	- 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	22	55	43	- 21
Poisonings	55	20	63	14	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	19	52	52	- 33
Fires	57	18	50	63	- 45
Encephalitis	58	12	66	11	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	59	11	58	30	- 19
Syphilis	60	11	42	119	- 108
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	68	8	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	6	67	10	- 4
Oral conditions	63	5	73	2	+ 3
Dengue	64	5	62	16	- 11
Chagas disease	65	4	60	19	- 15
Schizophrenia	66	4	69	8	- 4
Pertussis	67	3	59	30	- 27
Hepatitis C	68	1	72	3	- 1
Ascariasis	69	1	76	0	+ 1
War	70	1	71	3	- 2
Leprosy	71	1	65	12	- 11
Upper Respiratory	72	1	70	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	1	- 1
Chlamydia	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	74	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	61	17	- 17
Diphtheria	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	64	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	80	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Nicaragua

Paraguay

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.