SPAIN VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	41,378	1	51,684	- 10,306
Kidney Disease	2	25,017	8	9,725	+ 15,292
Stroke	3	15,752	3	29,004	- 13,251
Diabetes Mellitus	4	14,641	10	7,773	+ 6,867
Lung Disease	5	11,114	5	18,926	- 7,812
Liver Disease	6	8,520	23	4,231	+ 4,289
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	8,154	7	13,717	- 5,562
Road Traffic Accidents	8	7,850	31	1,829	+ 6,021
Hypertension	9	7,812	9	9,115	- 1,303
Violence	10	4,380	51	262	+ 4,118
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,041	38	863	+ 3,178
Liver Cancer	12	3,602	18	5,098	- 1,497
Low Birth Weight	13	3,467	52	253	+ 3,215
Stomach Cancer	14	3,382	14	5,796	- 2,414
Prostate Cancer	15	2,733	13	6,420	- 3,686
Cervical Cancer	16	2,649	39	855	+ 1,794
Other Injuries	17	2,532	15	5,536	- 3,004
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	2,233	6	16,957	- 14,724
Suicide	19	2,015	25	3,609	- 1,594
Breast Cancer	20	2,004	11	7,067	- 5,063
Alcohol	21	1,973	46	333	+ 1,640
Falls	22	1,955	26	3,246	- 1,291
Lung Cancers	23	1,939	4	22,131	- 20,191
Leukemia	24	1,607	24	3,772	- 2,165
Birth Trauma	25	1,402	60	113	+ 1,289
Other Neoplasms	26	1,361	22	4,748	- 3,387
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,259	12	6,752	- 5,493
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,159	21	4,863	- 3,705
Lymphomas	29	1,159	16	5,335	- 4,176
Malnutrition	30	1,155	47	302	+ 852
Skin Disease	31	1,146	30	1,840	- 695
Drownings	32	1,111	45	446	+ 665
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,055	2	42,339	- 41,283
Inflammatory/Heart	34	987	19	4,984	- 3,997
HIV/AIDS	35	986	43	538	+ 448
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	867	36	1,064	- 197
Tuberculosis	37	812	50	270	+ 542
Asthma	38	743	35	1,133	- 390
Maternal Conditions	39	623	64	14	+ 610
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	605	44	475	+ 130
Epilepsy	41	525	40	824	- 299
Parkinson's Disease	42	472	20	4,943	- 4,470
Oral Cancer	43	455	27	2,583	- 2,128
Ovary Cancer	44	434	28	2,026	- 1,592
Skin Cancers	45	417	32	1,803	- 1,386
Drug Use	46	356	41	776	- 420
Oesophagus Cancer	47	296	29	2,011	- 1,715
Uterin Cancer	48	276	34	1,612	- 1,336
Appendicitis	49	225	61	79	+ 145
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	217	48	294	- 77
Meningitis	51	205	59	129	+ 76
Bladder Cancer	52	198	17	5,222	- 5,024
Anemia	53	198	37	914	- 717
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	141	33	1,612	- 1,471
Poisonings	55	125	57	170	- 46
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	120	54	204	- 85
Fires	57	116	55	185	- 69
Encephalitis	58	72	70	4	+ 69
Osteoarthritis	59	69	53	212	- 143
Syphilis	60	66	67	9	+ 57
Multiple Sclerosis	61	48	49	287	- 239
Hepatitis B	62	37	58	162	- 126
Oral conditions	63	33	63	44	- 11
Dengue	64	31	77	0	+ 31
Chagas disease	65	28	71	3	+ 25
Schizophrenia	66	24	56	181	- 157
Pertussis	67	21	73	2	+ 20
Hepatitis C	68	9	42	652	- 644
Ascariasis	69	6	78	0	+ 6
War	70	5	68	6	- 1
Leprosy	71	4	75	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	72	4	62	47	- 43
Iodine Deficiency	73	3	69	4	- 1
Chlamydia	74	2	82	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	75	1	66	9	- 8
Leishmaniasis	76	1	65	11	- 10
Diphtheria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	81	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	72	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	83	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 SPAIN

Nicaragua

Spain

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.