SOUTH KOREA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,580	1	28,043	+ 17,537
Kidney Disease	2	27,557	9	10,107	+ 17,450
Stroke	3	17,352	3	25,596	- 8,244
Diabetes Mellitus	4	16,127	13	6,812	+ 9,315
Lung Disease	5	12,243	11	8,526	+ 3,716
Liver Disease	6	9,385	14	6,348	+ 3,037
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	8,982	2	26,650	- 17,667
Road Traffic Accidents	8	8,647	15	4,399	+ 4,249
Hypertension	9	8,605	17	3,711	+ 4,894
Violence	10	4,825	44	386	+ 4,438
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,452	41	518	+ 3,934
Liver Cancer	12	3,967	7	11,589	- 7,622
Low Birth Weight	13	3,819	45	370	+ 3,449
Stomach Cancer	14	3,725	10	8,625	- 4,900
Prostate Cancer	15	3,011	22	2,316	+ 695
Cervical Cancer	16	2,918	34	1,065	+ 1,853
Other Injuries	17	2,789	18	3,634	- 845
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	2,460	8	10,180	- 7,720
Suicide	19	2,220	5	14,636	- 12,416
Breast Cancer	20	2,208	21	2,880	- 673
Alcohol	21	2,173	33	1,081	+ 1,093
Falls	22	2,154	20	2,934	- 781
Lung Cancers	23	2,136	4	20,293	- 18,157
Leukemia	24	1,770	23	2,140	- 370
Birth Trauma	25	1,544	54	88	+ 1,456
Other Neoplasms	26	1,500	26	1,807	- 307
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,387	12	6,994	- 5,607
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,276	25	1,891	- 614
Lymphomas	29	1,276	19	3,477	- 2,201
Malnutrition	30	1,272	53	88	+ 1,184
Skin Disease	31	1,262	36	704	+ 558
Drownings	32	1,224	42	501	+ 723
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,162	6	12,145	- 10,983
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,087	31	1,325	- 238
HIV/AIDS	35	1,086	55	84	+ 1,002
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	955	35	929	+ 26
Tuberculosis	37	895	24	1,950	- 1,055
Asthma	38	819	32	1,150	- 332
Maternal Conditions	39	687	61	34	+ 653
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	667	38	540	+ 127
Epilepsy	41	578	40	524	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	42	520	16	3,951	- 3,431
Oral Cancer	43	501	29	1,457	- 956
Ovary Cancer	44	478	30	1,330	- 852
Skin Cancers	45	459	37	585	- 125
Drug Use	46	393	50	154	+ 238
Oesophagus Cancer	47	326	28	1,733	- 1,406
Uterin Cancer	48	304	43	420	- 116
Appendicitis	49	247	57	54	+ 193
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	239	51	150	+ 89
Meningitis	51	226	58	51	+ 175
Bladder Cancer	52	218	27	1,768	- 1,550
Anemia	53	218	46	329	- 111
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	156	48	224	- 69
Poisonings	55	137	52	115	+ 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	132	59	49	+ 82
Fires	57	128	47	263	- 136
Encephalitis	58	80	65	19	+ 61
Osteoarthritis	59	76	60	41	+ 35
Syphilis	60	73	62	27	+ 47
Multiple Sclerosis	61	53	66	11	+ 42
Hepatitis B	62	40	39	526	- 486
Oral conditions	63	36	64	21	+ 15
Dengue	64	34	77	0	+ 34
Chagas disease	65	31	80	0	+ 31
Schizophrenia	66	26	56	77	- 51
Pertussis	67	23	67	6	+ 17
Hepatitis C	68	10	49	168	- 158
Ascariasis	69	7	74	0	+ 7
War	70	5	68	5	+ 0
Leprosy	71	5	82	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	72	4	63	26	- 22
Iodine Deficiency	73	3	81	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	74	3	84	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	75	1	70	5	- 3
Leishmaniasis	76	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	83	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	69	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	71	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	84	0	72	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Nicaragua

South Korea

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.