SLOVAKIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SLOVAKIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,869	1	10,654	- 5,785
Kidney Disease	2	2,944	14	830	+ 2,113
Stroke	3	1,854	3	3,756	- 1,902
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,723	16	750	+ 973
Lung Disease	5	1,308	9	1,121	+ 186
Liver Disease	6	1,003	7	1,425	- 423
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	960	6	2,024	- 1,064
Road Traffic Accidents	8	924	27	331	+ 593
Hypertension	9	919	11	1,034	- 115
Violence	10	515	42	59	+ 456
Congenital Anomalies	11	476	36	167	+ 309
Liver Cancer	12	424	22	469	- 45
Low Birth Weight	13	408	39	97	+ 311
Stomach Cancer	14	398	15	827	- 429
Prostate Cancer	15	322	12	968	- 646
Cervical Cancer	16	312	32	273	+ 39
Other Injuries	17	298	20	554	- 256
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	263	5	2,528	- 2,265
Suicide	19	237	19	660	- 423
Breast Cancer	20	236	10	1,071	- 835
Alcohol	21	232	33	219	+ 13
Falls	22	230	8	1,277	- 1,047
Lung Cancers	23	228	4	2,562	- 2,334
Leukemia	24	189	23	448	- 259
Birth Trauma	25	165	52	15	+ 150
Other Neoplasms	26	160	40	93	+ 67
Pancreas Cancer	27	148	13	876	- 727
Endocrine Disorders	28	136	37	163	- 27
Lymphomas	29	136	17	736	- 599
Malnutrition	30	136	49	29	+ 107
Skin Disease	31	135	34	170	- 35
Drownings	32	131	38	144	- 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	124	2	4,482	- 4,358
Inflammatory/Heart	34	116	25	339	- 222
HIV/AIDS	35	116	65	2	+ 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	102	47	34	+ 68
Tuberculosis	37	96	50	26	+ 69
Asthma	38	87	44	47	+ 40
Maternal Conditions	39	73	63	3	+ 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	71	31	274	- 203
Epilepsy	41	62	35	168	- 106
Parkinson's Disease	42	56	29	310	- 254
Oral Cancer	43	54	18	716	- 662
Ovary Cancer	44	51	26	334	- 283
Skin Cancers	45	49	24	357	- 308
Drug Use	46	42	45	45	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	47	35	28	314	- 279
Uterin Cancer	48	32	30	280	- 247
Appendicitis	49	26	55	9	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	26	53	15	+ 11
Meningitis	51	24	51	25	- 1
Bladder Cancer	52	23	21	489	- 465
Anemia	53	23	59	5	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	17	41	70	- 53
Poisonings	55	15	48	30	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	14	57	7	+ 7
Fires	57	14	46	39	- 25
Encephalitis	58	9	67	1	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	59	8	69	0	+ 8
Syphilis	60	8	62	3	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	43	55	- 49
Hepatitis B	62	4	56	8	- 4
Oral conditions	63	4	66	1	+ 3
Dengue	64	4	81	0	+ 4
Chagas disease	65	3	76	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	66	3	60	4	- 1
Pertussis	67	2	61	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	54	12	- 11
Ascariasis	69	1	80	0	+ 1
War	70	1	68	1	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	58	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	64	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVAKIA

Nicaragua

Slovakia

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.