PERU VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,531	2	13,769	+ 14,762
Kidney Disease	2	17,249	4	7,234	+ 10,015
Stroke	3	10,861	3	7,722	+ 3,140
Diabetes Mellitus	4	10,095	8	4,437	+ 5,658
Lung Disease	5	7,663	15	2,519	+ 5,145
Liver Disease	6	5,875	5	6,375	- 501
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,623	1	15,326	- 9,704
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,413	9	4,414	+ 999
Hypertension	9	5,386	28	1,061	+ 4,325
Violence	10	3,020	12	3,013	+ 7
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,787	19	1,997	+ 790
Liver Cancer	12	2,483	16	2,476	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	13	2,391	24	1,475	+ 916
Stomach Cancer	14	2,332	7	5,072	- 2,740
Prostate Cancer	15	1,885	11	3,167	- 1,283
Cervical Cancer	16	1,827	21	1,924	- 97
Other Injuries	17	1,746	13	2,876	- 1,130
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,540	14	2,642	- 1,102
Suicide	19	1,390	30	903	+ 487
Breast Cancer	20	1,382	20	1,969	- 588
Alcohol	21	1,360	44	321	+ 1,039
Falls	22	1,348	25	1,285	+ 63
Lung Cancers	23	1,337	10	3,169	- 1,832
Leukemia	24	1,108	22	1,850	- 742
Birth Trauma	25	966	37	537	+ 429
Other Neoplasms	26	939	58	54	+ 884
Pancreas Cancer	27	868	23	1,607	- 739
Endocrine Disorders	28	799	40	474	+ 325
Lymphomas	29	799	18	2,254	- 1,455
Malnutrition	30	796	29	1,006	- 210
Skin Disease	31	790	54	156	+ 634
Drownings	32	766	36	584	+ 182
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	728	6	5,811	- 5,084
Inflammatory/Heart	34	681	39	494	+ 187
HIV/AIDS	35	680	31	849	- 169
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	598	27	1,108	- 511
Tuberculosis	37	560	17	2,377	- 1,817
Asthma	38	512	50	208	+ 304
Maternal Conditions	39	430	43	345	+ 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	417	35	609	- 191
Epilepsy	41	362	47	262	+ 100
Parkinson's Disease	42	326	26	1,270	- 944
Oral Cancer	43	314	38	519	- 205
Ovary Cancer	44	299	33	713	- 414
Skin Cancers	45	288	32	786	- 498
Drug Use	46	246	34	635	- 390
Oesophagus Cancer	47	204	42	394	- 190
Uterin Cancer	48	190	45	304	- 114
Appendicitis	49	155	53	170	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	150	57	107	+ 42
Meningitis	51	141	56	118	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	52	137	41	463	- 326
Anemia	53	136	82	0	+ 136
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	97	51	198	- 101
Poisonings	55	86	55	126	- 40
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	82	84	0	+ 82
Fires	57	80	49	239	- 159
Encephalitis	58	50	46	281	- 231
Osteoarthritis	59	48	85	0	+ 48
Syphilis	60	46	52	182	- 137
Multiple Sclerosis	61	33	62	35	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	25	64	10	+ 16
Oral conditions	63	22	86	0	+ 22
Dengue	64	21	66	4	+ 18
Chagas disease	65	19	59	49	- 29
Schizophrenia	66	16	83	0	+ 16
Pertussis	67	15	48	260	- 246
Hepatitis C	68	6	65	4	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	4	69	2	+ 2
War	70	3	67	3	- 0
Leprosy	71	3	72	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	72	2	63	11	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	79	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	2	68	3	- 1
Otitis Media	75	1	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	60	48	- 48
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	61	35	- 35
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PERU

Nicaragua

Peru

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.