SWEDEN VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,268	1	15,136	- 5,868
Kidney Disease	2	5,603	12	1,629	+ 3,974
Stroke	3	3,528	3	6,035	- 2,507
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,279	11	1,834	+ 1,445
Lung Disease	5	2,489	4	4,344	- 1,855
Liver Disease	6	1,908	23	723	+ 1,185
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,826	7	2,659	- 832
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,758	34	315	+ 1,443
Hypertension	9	1,750	10	1,838	- 89
Violence	10	981	47	113	+ 868
Congenital Anomalies	11	905	35	308	+ 597
Liver Cancer	12	807	22	752	+ 55
Low Birth Weight	13	777	51	50	+ 726
Stomach Cancer	14	757	26	612	+ 145
Prostate Cancer	15	612	8	2,622	- 2,010
Cervical Cancer	16	593	38	228	+ 366
Other Injuries	17	567	15	1,374	- 806
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	500	6	3,049	- 2,549
Suicide	19	451	14	1,479	- 1,028
Breast Cancer	20	449	13	1,582	- 1,133
Alcohol	21	442	32	359	+ 83
Falls	22	438	17	1,109	- 671
Lung Cancers	23	434	5	3,722	- 3,288
Leukemia	24	360	20	825	- 466
Birth Trauma	25	314	55	34	+ 280
Other Neoplasms	26	305	18	1,036	- 731
Pancreas Cancer	27	282	9	1,849	- 1,567
Endocrine Disorders	28	259	24	702	- 442
Lymphomas	29	259	16	1,357	- 1,097
Malnutrition	30	259	45	117	+ 142
Skin Disease	31	257	39	220	+ 37
Drownings	32	249	46	114	+ 134
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	236	2	10,917	- 10,681
Inflammatory/Heart	34	221	28	547	- 326
HIV/AIDS	35	221	61	13	+ 208
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	194	36	289	- 95
Tuberculosis	37	182	56	24	+ 158
Asthma	38	166	42	158	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	39	140	64	5	+ 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	136	37	277	- 142
Epilepsy	41	118	44	121	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	42	106	19	943	- 837
Oral Cancer	43	102	31	379	- 277
Ovary Cancer	44	97	27	553	- 456
Skin Cancers	45	93	25	650	- 557
Drug Use	46	80	30	423	- 344
Oesophagus Cancer	47	66	29	538	- 472
Uterin Cancer	48	62	33	345	- 283
Appendicitis	49	50	59	18	+ 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	49	43	129	- 80
Meningitis	51	46	54	35	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	52	44	21	760	- 716
Anemia	53	44	40	175	- 130
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	32	48	110	- 79
Poisonings	55	28	60	18	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	27	52	46	- 19
Fires	57	26	49	65	- 39
Encephalitis	58	16	71	0	+ 16
Osteoarthritis	59	16	57	24	- 8
Syphilis	60	15	72	0	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	61	11	41	170	- 160
Hepatitis B	62	8	62	9	- 1
Oral conditions	63	7	63	8	- 1
Dengue	64	7	80	0	+ 7
Chagas disease	65	6	77	0	+ 6
Schizophrenia	66	5	50	63	- 58
Pertussis	67	5	67	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	68	2	53	44	- 42
Ascariasis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
War	70	1	65	2	- 1
Leprosy	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	58	20	- 19
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	75	0	66	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	83	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Nicaragua

Sweden

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.