PORTUGAL VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,933	1	12,878	- 3,945
Kidney Disease	2	5,401	9	2,803	+ 2,597
Stroke	3	3,401	2	12,339	- 8,939
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,161	8	3,601	- 441
Lung Disease	5	2,399	7	4,286	- 1,887
Liver Disease	6	1,839	22	1,126	+ 714
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,760	4	6,851	- 5,091
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,695	27	838	+ 857
Hypertension	9	1,686	14	1,880	- 193
Violence	10	946	48	96	+ 849
Congenital Anomalies	11	872	40	196	+ 676
Liver Cancer	12	778	18	1,270	- 493
Low Birth Weight	13	749	52	79	+ 670
Stomach Cancer	14	730	10	2,532	- 1,802
Prostate Cancer	15	590	11	2,124	- 1,534
Cervical Cancer	16	572	34	329	+ 243
Other Injuries	17	547	13	1,937	- 1,390
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	482	6	4,389	- 3,907
Suicide	19	435	19	1,172	- 737
Breast Cancer	20	433	12	1,997	- 1,564
Alcohol	21	426	45	111	+ 315
Falls	22	422	23	1,033	- 611
Lung Cancers	23	419	5	4,406	- 3,987
Leukemia	24	347	24	1,015	- 669
Birth Trauma	25	303	60	24	+ 279
Other Neoplasms	26	294	28	652	- 358
Pancreas Cancer	27	272	15	1,669	- 1,397
Endocrine Disorders	28	250	17	1,547	- 1,297
Lymphomas	29	250	16	1,608	- 1,357
Malnutrition	30	249	53	79	+ 171
Skin Disease	31	247	39	202	+ 45
Drownings	32	240	51	79	+ 161
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	228	3	7,191	- 6,963
Inflammatory/Heart	34	213	26	909	- 696
HIV/AIDS	35	213	35	320	- 107
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	187	36	231	- 44
Tuberculosis	37	175	38	213	- 38
Asthma	38	160	43	146	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	39	135	63	7	+ 127
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	131	37	229	- 98
Epilepsy	41	113	31	415	- 302
Parkinson's Disease	42	102	21	1,139	- 1,037
Oral Cancer	43	98	25	912	- 814
Ovary Cancer	44	94	33	397	- 304
Skin Cancers	45	90	30	523	- 433
Drug Use	46	77	44	128	- 51
Oesophagus Cancer	47	64	29	623	- 559
Uterin Cancer	48	60	32	406	- 346
Appendicitis	49	48	61	21	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	47	47	99	- 52
Meningitis	51	44	56	43	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	52	43	20	1,171	- 1,128
Anemia	53	43	42	151	- 108
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	30	41	169	- 138
Poisonings	55	27	57	29	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	26	50	82	- 57
Fires	57	25	46	108	- 83
Encephalitis	58	16	67	1	+ 14
Osteoarthritis	59	15	58	29	- 14
Syphilis	60	14	64	3	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	54	56	- 46
Hepatitis B	62	8	59	26	- 18
Oral conditions	63	7	65	3	+ 4
Dengue	64	7	84	0	+ 7
Chagas disease	65	6	79	0	+ 6
Schizophrenia	66	5	55	49	- 44
Pertussis	67	5	72	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	68	2	49	87	- 85
Ascariasis	69	1	83	0	+ 1
War	70	1	69	1	+ 0
Leprosy	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	62	15	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	75	0	66	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	76	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Nicaragua

Portugal

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.