SOMALIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,392	7	7,233	+ 4,160
Kidney Disease	2	6,888	21	2,051	+ 4,837
Stroke	3	4,337	6	8,595	- 4,258
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,031	16	2,888	+ 1,143
Lung Disease	5	3,060	19	2,442	+ 618
Liver Disease	6	2,346	13	3,917	- 1,571
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,245	1	21,712	- 19,467
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,161	11	4,231	- 2,070
Hypertension	9	2,151	18	2,643	- 493
Violence	10	1,206	29	828	+ 378
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,113	15	3,410	- 2,297
Liver Cancer	12	992	53	256	+ 736
Low Birth Weight	13	955	8	6,250	- 5,296
Stomach Cancer	14	931	49	310	+ 621
Prostate Cancer	15	753	52	285	+ 467
Cervical Cancer	16	729	28	883	- 153
Other Injuries	17	697	14	3,602	- 2,905
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	615	38	546	+ 69
Suicide	19	555	27	1,219	- 664
Breast Cancer	20	552	26	1,232	- 680
Alcohol	21	543	59	151	+ 392
Falls	22	538	37	548	- 9
Lung Cancers	23	534	54	233	+ 301
Leukemia	24	442	35	562	- 119
Birth Trauma	25	386	5	9,573	- 9,187
Other Neoplasms	26	375	70	12	+ 362
Pancreas Cancer	27	347	62	108	+ 239
Endocrine Disorders	28	319	44	406	- 87
Lymphomas	29	319	34	605	- 286
Malnutrition	30	318	10	4,825	- 4,507
Skin Disease	31	315	58	151	+ 164
Drownings	32	306	25	1,272	- 966
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	291	32	647	- 357
Inflammatory/Heart	34	272	39	521	- 249
HIV/AIDS	35	271	33	610	- 338
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	239	2	15,363	- 15,124
Tuberculosis	37	224	4	10,261	- 10,038
Asthma	38	205	23	1,878	- 1,674
Maternal Conditions	39	172	12	4,127	- 3,955
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	167	36	559	- 392
Epilepsy	41	145	43	419	- 274
Parkinson's Disease	42	130	56	184	- 54
Oral Cancer	43	125	46	328	- 203
Ovary Cancer	44	119	50	295	- 176
Skin Cancers	45	115	57	164	- 49
Drug Use	46	98	65	54	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	47	82	40	516	- 435
Uterin Cancer	48	76	64	78	- 2
Appendicitis	49	62	55	188	- 126
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	60	66	35	+ 25
Meningitis	51	56	9	5,381	- 5,325
Bladder Cancer	52	55	61	149	- 95
Anemia	53	54	83	0	+ 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	39	41	446	- 407
Poisonings	55	34	31	758	- 724
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	33	84	0	+ 33
Fires	57	32	30	810	- 779
Encephalitis	58	20	63	91	- 71
Osteoarthritis	59	19	85	0	+ 19
Syphilis	60	18	45	378	- 359
Multiple Sclerosis	61	13	71	8	+ 5
Hepatitis B	62	10	48	315	- 305
Oral conditions	63	9	86	0	+ 9
Dengue	64	9	73	1	+ 8
Chagas disease	65	8	79	0	+ 8
Schizophrenia	66	6	81	0	+ 6
Pertussis	67	6	20	2,054	- 2,048
Hepatitis C	68	2	67	34	- 32
Ascariasis	69	2	69	30	- 28
War	70	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Leprosy	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	47	326	- 325
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	72	5	- 4
Otitis Media	75	0	68	32	- 31
Leishmaniasis	76	0	51	290	- 290
Diphtheria	77	0	60	150	- 150
Measles	78	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Tetanus	79	0	17	2,648	- 2,648
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Schistosomiasis	84	0	42	435	- 435
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Nicaragua

Somalia

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.