SWAZILAND VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	996	5	755	+ 241
Kidney Disease	2	602	8	381	+ 221
Stroke	3	379	4	800	- 421
Diabetes Mellitus	4	352	3	892	- 540
Lung Disease	5	268	12	264	+ 3
Liver Disease	6	205	11	274	- 69
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	196	2	921	- 724
Road Traffic Accidents	8	189	7	384	- 195
Hypertension	9	188	10	292	- 104
Violence	10	105	16	212	- 107
Congenital Anomalies	11	97	19	160	- 63
Liver Cancer	12	87	37	29	+ 57
Low Birth Weight	13	83	14	233	- 150
Stomach Cancer	14	81	53	7	+ 75
Prostate Cancer	15	66	31	45	+ 21
Cervical Cancer	16	64	15	215	- 151
Other Injuries	17	61	17	190	- 129
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	54	43	19	+ 35
Suicide	19	49	9	338	- 289
Breast Cancer	20	48	35	37	+ 11
Alcohol	21	47	48	16	+ 31
Falls	22	47	32	41	+ 6
Lung Cancers	23	47	46	17	+ 30
Leukemia	24	39	47	16	+ 22
Birth Trauma	25	34	18	166	- 133
Other Neoplasms	26	33	61	4	+ 29
Pancreas Cancer	27	30	56	6	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	28	28	28	74	- 46
Lymphomas	29	28	36	31	- 3
Malnutrition	30	28	22	106	- 78
Skin Disease	31	28	40	25	+ 2
Drownings	32	27	25	87	- 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	25	27	77	- 51
Inflammatory/Heart	34	24	24	94	- 70
HIV/AIDS	35	24	1	2,314	- 2,290
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	21	6	517	- 496
Tuberculosis	37	20	13	256	- 236
Asthma	38	18	20	150	- 132
Maternal Conditions	39	15	21	116	- 101
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	15	29	51	- 36
Epilepsy	41	13	30	46	- 33
Parkinson's Disease	42	11	41	24	- 12
Oral Cancer	43	11	51	10	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	44	10	52	10	+ 1
Skin Cancers	45	10	42	20	- 10
Drug Use	46	9	38	27	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	47	7	44	18	- 11
Uterin Cancer	48	7	50	11	- 5
Appendicitis	49	5	54	7	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	5	58	5	+ 0
Meningitis	51	5	23	97	- 92
Bladder Cancer	52	5	55	6	- 1
Anemia	53	5	84	0	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	3	39	26	- 23
Poisonings	55	3	34	37	- 34
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	3	80	0	+ 3
Fires	57	3	26	84	- 81
Encephalitis	58	2	59	5	- 3
Osteoarthritis	59	2	81	0	+ 2
Syphilis	60	2	45	17	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	63	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	62	1	57	6	- 5
Oral conditions	63	1	82	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	72	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	66	1	83	0	+ 1
Pertussis	67	1	33	39	- 38
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	- 0
War	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	60	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	64	1	- 1
Tetanus	79	0	62	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	49	13	- 13
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Nicaragua

Swaziland

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.