SOUTH AFRICA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	52,897	3	32,739	+ 20,159
Kidney Disease	2	31,981	9	15,302	+ 16,679
Stroke	3	20,138	4	30,693	- 10,556
Diabetes Mellitus	4	18,716	5	30,188	- 11,471
Lung Disease	5	14,208	13	11,895	+ 2,313
Liver Disease	6	10,892	14	9,013	+ 1,879
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	10,424	2	39,341	- 28,916
Road Traffic Accidents	8	10,036	11	13,014	- 2,978
Hypertension	9	9,986	12	12,789	- 2,803
Violence	10	5,599	7	21,000	- 15,401
Congenital Anomalies	11	5,167	25	4,351	+ 816
Liver Cancer	12	4,604	33	2,383	+ 2,221
Low Birth Weight	13	4,433	16	6,250	- 1,818
Stomach Cancer	14	4,323	39	1,535	+ 2,789
Prostate Cancer	15	3,494	24	4,374	- 880
Cervical Cancer	16	3,387	20	5,555	- 2,169
Other Injuries	17	3,237	17	6,014	- 2,777
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	2,855	28	3,587	- 732
Suicide	19	2,576	10	13,774	- 11,198
Breast Cancer	20	2,562	23	4,533	- 1,971
Alcohol	21	2,522	49	987	+ 1,536
Falls	22	2,499	42	1,399	+ 1,100
Lung Cancers	23	2,479	15	7,705	- 5,226
Leukemia	24	2,054	40	1,464	+ 591
Birth Trauma	25	1,792	30	3,004	- 1,212
Other Neoplasms	26	1,740	58	267	+ 1,474
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,609	35	2,007	- 398
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,481	19	5,890	- 4,409
Lymphomas	29	1,481	31	2,818	- 1,337
Malnutrition	30	1,476	34	2,381	- 904
Skin Disease	31	1,464	45	1,101	+ 363
Drownings	32	1,420	32	2,403	- 983
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,349	22	4,676	- 3,327
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,262	21	5,408	- 4,146
HIV/AIDS	35	1,260	1	71,996	- 70,735
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,108	8	15,843	- 14,735
Tuberculosis	37	1,038	6	21,965	- 20,927
Asthma	38	950	18	5,966	- 5,016
Maternal Conditions	39	797	38	1,700	- 903
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	774	36	1,894	- 1,120
Epilepsy	41	671	37	1,870	- 1,199
Parkinson's Disease	42	604	46	1,077	- 473
Oral Cancer	43	582	41	1,406	- 824
Ovary Cancer	44	554	51	951	- 396
Skin Cancers	45	533	48	993	- 460
Drug Use	46	456	53	770	- 314
Oesophagus Cancer	47	379	29	3,486	- 3,107
Uterin Cancer	48	352	54	512	- 160
Appendicitis	49	287	56	274	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	277	55	376	- 98
Meningitis	51	262	26	3,660	- 3,398
Bladder Cancer	52	253	52	829	- 576
Anemia	53	253	82	0	+ 253
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	181	47	1,015	- 834
Poisonings	55	159	50	975	- 816
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	153	86	0	+ 153
Fires	57	148	27	3,618	- 3,470
Encephalitis	58	93	59	234	- 141
Osteoarthritis	59	88	85	0	+ 88
Syphilis	60	85	44	1,130	- 1,045
Multiple Sclerosis	61	61	62	113	- 52
Hepatitis B	62	47	61	139	- 93
Oral conditions	63	42	84	0	+ 42
Dengue	64	40	73	0	+ 40
Chagas disease	65	36	78	0	+ 36
Schizophrenia	66	30	80	0	+ 30
Pertussis	67	27	43	1,142	- 1,115
Hepatitis C	68	11	70	8	+ 3
Ascariasis	69	8	71	3	+ 5
War	70	6	64	66	- 59
Leprosy	71	5	75	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	72	5	60	223	- 218
Iodine Deficiency	73	4	79	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	74	3	68	18	- 15
Otitis Media	75	2	67	19	- 18
Leishmaniasis	76	1	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	77	0	69	16	- 16
Measles	78	0	57	270	- 270
Tetanus	79	0	65	38	- 38
Hookworm Disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	63	83	- 83
Schistosomiasis	84	0	66	35	- 35
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Nicaragua

South Africa

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.