SOLOMON ISL. VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	636	1	975	- 339
Kidney Disease	2	385	15	64	+ 321
Stroke	3	242	2	670	- 428
Diabetes Mellitus	4	225	4	322	- 97
Lung Disease	5	171	6	209	- 38
Liver Disease	6	131	10	89	+ 42
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	125	3	371	- 245
Road Traffic Accidents	8	121	8	111	+ 10
Hypertension	9	120	13	76	+ 44
Violence	10	67	30	26	+ 41
Congenital Anomalies	11	62	16	63	- 1
Liver Cancer	12	55	18	60	- 4
Low Birth Weight	13	53	14	65	- 11
Stomach Cancer	14	52	44	12	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	15	42	41	13	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	16	41	25	41	- 1
Other Injuries	17	39	17	60	- 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	34	31	23	+ 11
Suicide	19	31	9	98	- 67
Breast Cancer	20	31	26	34	- 3
Alcohol	21	30	48	9	+ 22
Falls	22	30	20	55	- 25
Lung Cancers	23	30	27	33	- 4
Leukemia	24	25	35	20	+ 4
Birth Trauma	25	22	21	51	- 30
Other Neoplasms	26	21	56	1	+ 20
Pancreas Cancer	27	19	51	4	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	28	18	39	15	+ 3
Lymphomas	29	18	42	13	+ 5
Malnutrition	30	18	36	19	- 1
Skin Disease	31	18	46	10	+ 7
Drownings	32	17	11	80	- 63
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	16	28	32	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	34	15	37	17	- 2
HIV/AIDS	35	15	80	0	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	13	5	218	- 205
Tuberculosis	37	12	23	45	- 32
Asthma	38	11	12	78	- 67
Maternal Conditions	39	10	22	46	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	9	32	22	- 13
Epilepsy	41	8	45	11	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	42	7	34	21	- 14
Oral Cancer	43	7	49	8	- 1
Ovary Cancer	44	7	33	21	- 15
Skin Cancers	45	6	69	0	+ 6
Drug Use	46	5	58	1	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	47	5	57	1	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	48	4	47	9	- 4
Appendicitis	49	3	55	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	3	60	0	+ 3
Meningitis	51	3	43	13	- 9
Bladder Cancer	52	3	52	4	- 1
Anemia	53	3	72	0	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	2	19	59	- 57
Poisonings	55	2	38	15	- 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	2	85	0	+ 2
Fires	57	2	40	14	- 13
Encephalitis	58	1	54	2	- 0
Osteoarthritis	59	1	84	0	+ 1
Syphilis	60	1	29	28	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	61	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	62	1	53	3	- 3
Oral conditions	63	1	86	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	0	24	41	- 41
Chagas disease	65	0	78	0	+ 0
Schizophrenia	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	50	7	- 7
Hepatitis C	68	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	63	0	- 0
War	70	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	64	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	75	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	59	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	7	146	- 146
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Nicaragua

Solomon Isl.

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.