RWANDA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,923	4	3,605	+ 8,317
Kidney Disease	2	7,208	15	1,206	+ 6,003
Stroke	3	4,539	2	5,060	- 521
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,218	11	1,858	+ 2,360
Lung Disease	5	3,202	13	1,555	+ 1,648
Liver Disease	6	2,455	8	2,548	- 93
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,350	1	5,280	- 2,930
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,262	3	3,718	- 1,456
Hypertension	9	2,251	14	1,357	+ 893
Violence	10	1,262	29	548	+ 714
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,164	12	1,777	- 613
Liver Cancer	12	1,038	23	706	+ 331
Low Birth Weight	13	999	9	2,193	- 1,194
Stomach Cancer	14	974	20	780	+ 194
Prostate Cancer	15	788	32	396	+ 392
Cervical Cancer	16	763	18	941	- 177
Other Injuries	17	730	17	944	- 215
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	643	28	591	+ 52
Suicide	19	581	24	704	- 123
Breast Cancer	20	577	27	600	- 22
Alcohol	21	569	49	125	+ 443
Falls	22	563	31	412	+ 151
Lung Cancers	23	559	39	234	+ 325
Leukemia	24	463	35	317	+ 146
Birth Trauma	25	404	10	1,888	- 1,484
Other Neoplasms	26	392	64	16	+ 376
Pancreas Cancer	27	363	43	214	+ 149
Endocrine Disorders	28	334	41	219	+ 114
Lymphomas	29	334	30	450	- 116
Malnutrition	30	333	16	1,168	- 835
Skin Disease	31	330	52	103	+ 227
Drownings	32	320	36	285	+ 35
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	304	25	657	- 353
Inflammatory/Heart	34	284	34	347	- 62
HIV/AIDS	35	284	7	2,826	- 2,541
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	250	6	3,121	- 2,872
Tuberculosis	37	234	26	625	- 391
Asthma	38	214	22	717	- 503
Maternal Conditions	39	180	21	722	- 543
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	174	33	362	- 188
Epilepsy	41	151	45	191	- 40
Parkinson's Disease	42	136	47	146	- 10
Oral Cancer	43	131	37	272	- 141
Ovary Cancer	44	125	53	92	+ 33
Skin Cancers	45	120	50	113	+ 7
Drug Use	46	103	60	45	+ 58
Oesophagus Cancer	47	85	44	213	- 128
Uterin Cancer	48	79	56	58	+ 21
Appendicitis	49	65	54	70	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	62	63	23	+ 39
Meningitis	51	59	19	847	- 788
Bladder Cancer	52	57	62	35	+ 22
Anemia	53	57	86	0	+ 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	41	48	136	- 95
Poisonings	55	36	40	220	- 184
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	34	80	0	+ 34
Fires	57	33	38	270	- 236
Encephalitis	58	21	61	39	- 18
Osteoarthritis	59	20	81	0	+ 20
Syphilis	60	19	46	173	- 153
Multiple Sclerosis	61	14	66	7	+ 7
Hepatitis B	62	11	55	68	- 58
Oral conditions	63	9	82	0	+ 9
Dengue	64	9	72	0	+ 9
Chagas disease	65	8	79	0	+ 8
Schizophrenia	66	7	83	0	+ 7
Pertussis	67	6	42	218	- 212
Hepatitis C	68	2	65	12	- 10
Ascariasis	69	2	67	5	- 3
War	70	1	69	3	- 1
Leprosy	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	57	58	- 57
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	70	2	- 2
Otitis Media	75	0	68	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	59	51	- 51
Tetanus	79	0	58	53	- 53
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	111	- 111
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Nicaragua

Rwanda

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.