SRI LANKA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,238	1	26,304	- 7,066
Kidney Disease	2	11,631	5	6,858	+ 4,773
Stroke	3	7,324	6	6,805	+ 519
Diabetes Mellitus	4	6,807	2	12,460	- 5,653
Lung Disease	5	5,167	3	9,456	- 4,289
Liver Disease	6	3,961	17	1,303	+ 2,658
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,791	8	5,117	- 1,325
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,650	9	4,200	- 550
Hypertension	9	3,632	20	1,055	+ 2,577
Violence	10	2,036	31	499	+ 1,537
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,879	22	989	+ 890
Liver Cancer	12	1,675	19	1,090	+ 584
Low Birth Weight	13	1,612	29	536	+ 1,076
Stomach Cancer	14	1,572	16	1,321	+ 251
Prostate Cancer	15	1,271	30	507	+ 764
Cervical Cancer	16	1,232	26	762	+ 469
Other Injuries	17	1,177	14	1,529	- 352
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,038	24	911	+ 127
Suicide	19	937	10	2,977	- 2,040
Breast Cancer	20	932	15	1,383	- 451
Alcohol	21	917	51	82	+ 835
Falls	22	909	23	964	- 55
Lung Cancers	23	902	12	1,775	- 873
Leukemia	24	747	18	1,155	- 408
Birth Trauma	25	652	44	193	+ 459
Other Neoplasms	26	633	50	86	+ 547
Pancreas Cancer	27	585	43	214	+ 372
Endocrine Disorders	28	539	32	462	+ 76
Lymphomas	29	539	21	1,027	- 489
Malnutrition	30	537	54	43	+ 493
Skin Disease	31	533	36	293	+ 240
Drownings	32	517	27	731	- 214
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	491	4	6,939	- 6,448
Inflammatory/Heart	34	459	35	425	+ 34
HIV/AIDS	35	458	55	39	+ 419
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	403	28	605	- 202
Tuberculosis	37	378	25	769	- 392
Asthma	38	345	7	6,471	- 6,126
Maternal Conditions	39	290	48	96	+ 194
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	281	56	38	+ 243
Epilepsy	41	244	39	269	- 25
Parkinson's Disease	42	220	45	168	+ 52
Oral Cancer	43	212	11	2,893	- 2,682
Ovary Cancer	44	202	37	281	- 79
Skin Cancers	45	194	52	58	+ 136
Drug Use	46	166	40	257	- 91
Oesophagus Cancer	47	138	13	1,544	- 1,406
Uterin Cancer	48	128	42	218	- 90
Appendicitis	49	104	64	5	+ 99
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	101	60	11	+ 90
Meningitis	51	95	46	146	- 51
Bladder Cancer	52	92	34	432	- 340
Anemia	53	92	33	445	- 353
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	66	53	49	+ 16
Poisonings	55	58	49	93	- 35
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	56	70	2	+ 54
Fires	57	54	41	239	- 185
Encephalitis	58	34	61	10	+ 23
Osteoarthritis	59	32	67	3	+ 29
Syphilis	60	31	58	15	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	61	22	69	2	+ 20
Hepatitis B	62	17	62	6	+ 11
Oral conditions	63	15	68	3	+ 12
Dengue	64	14	47	131	- 117
Chagas disease	65	13	83	0	+ 13
Schizophrenia	66	11	65	5	+ 6
Pertussis	67	10	59	15	- 5
Hepatitis C	68	4	75	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	69	3	72	0	+ 2
War	70	2	38	280	- 277
Leprosy	71	2	63	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	72	2	66	5	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	75	1	76	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	57	27	- 27
Hookworm Disease	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Nicaragua

Sri Lanka

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.