SWITZERLAND VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,754	1	10,713	- 2,959
Kidney Disease	2	4,688	13	1,261	+ 3,427
Stroke	3	2,952	3	3,918	- 965
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,744	17	1,022	+ 1,722
Lung Disease	5	2,083	5	2,902	- 819
Liver Disease	6	1,597	21	677	+ 919
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,528	8	1,949	- 421
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,471	34	193	+ 1,278
Hypertension	9	1,464	6	2,471	- 1,007
Violence	10	821	51	42	+ 778
Congenital Anomalies	11	757	31	305	+ 452
Liver Cancer	12	675	19	805	- 130
Low Birth Weight	13	650	43	105	+ 545
Stomach Cancer	14	634	24	614	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	15	512	10	1,579	- 1,067
Cervical Cancer	16	496	42	105	+ 391
Other Injuries	17	474	30	410	+ 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	418	7	1,995	- 1,576
Suicide	19	378	14	1,249	- 871
Breast Cancer	20	376	11	1,577	- 1,201
Alcohol	21	370	32	229	+ 141
Falls	22	366	9	1,919	- 1,553
Lung Cancers	23	363	4	3,520	- 3,156
Leukemia	24	301	22	671	- 370
Birth Trauma	25	263	52	32	+ 231
Other Neoplasms	26	255	20	681	- 426
Pancreas Cancer	27	236	12	1,486	- 1,250
Endocrine Disorders	28	217	25	593	- 376
Lymphomas	29	217	15	1,131	- 914
Malnutrition	30	216	47	84	+ 132
Skin Disease	31	215	40	129	+ 85
Drownings	32	208	50	49	+ 159
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	198	2	7,192	- 6,994
Inflammatory/Heart	34	185	16	1,027	- 842
HIV/AIDS	35	185	54	29	+ 156
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	162	35	186	- 23
Tuberculosis	37	152	56	21	+ 131
Asthma	38	139	46	95	+ 45
Maternal Conditions	39	117	64	4	+ 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	113	41	122	- 9
Epilepsy	41	98	39	159	- 60
Parkinson's Disease	42	89	18	857	- 769
Oral Cancer	43	85	26	500	- 415
Ovary Cancer	44	81	29	457	- 376
Skin Cancers	45	78	27	493	- 415
Drug Use	46	67	36	176	- 109
Oesophagus Cancer	47	56	28	491	- 435
Uterin Cancer	48	52	33	224	- 172
Appendicitis	49	42	59	15	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	41	49	68	- 27
Meningitis	51	38	57	20	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	52	37	23	669	- 632
Anemia	53	37	44	102	- 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	26	48	78	- 51
Poisonings	55	23	60	13	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	22	53	32	- 9
Fires	57	22	55	21	+ 0
Encephalitis	58	14	68	1	+ 13
Osteoarthritis	59	13	37	170	- 157
Syphilis	60	12	65	2	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	38	160	- 151
Hepatitis B	62	7	63	5	+ 2
Oral conditions	63	6	62	8	- 2
Dengue	64	6	81	0	+ 6
Chagas disease	65	5	76	0	+ 5
Schizophrenia	66	4	45	96	- 92
Pertussis	67	4	73	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	68	2	58	15	- 13
Ascariasis	69	1	82	0	+ 1
War	70	1	67	1	+ 0
Leprosy	71	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	61	11	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	66	1	- 1
Chlamydia	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	75	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Nicaragua

Switzerland

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.