THAILAND VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	61,192	1	51,305	+ 9,887
Kidney Disease	2	36,996	4	26,822	+ 10,174
Stroke	3	23,296	2	50,273	- 26,977
Diabetes Mellitus	4	21,651	10	18,776	+ 2,875
Lung Disease	5	16,436	9	19,474	- 3,038
Liver Disease	6	12,600	11	17,596	- 4,996
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	12,059	3	31,289	- 19,230
Road Traffic Accidents	8	11,609	7	22,428	- 10,819
Hypertension	9	11,552	34	2,179	+ 9,373
Violence	10	6,477	31	2,965	+ 3,512
Congenital Anomalies	11	5,977	35	2,107	+ 3,869
Liver Cancer	12	5,326	5	23,883	- 18,556
Low Birth Weight	13	5,128	40	1,548	+ 3,580
Stomach Cancer	14	5,001	27	3,451	+ 1,551
Prostate Cancer	15	4,042	30	3,013	+ 1,029
Cervical Cancer	16	3,918	19	5,110	- 1,192
Other Injuries	17	3,744	21	4,869	- 1,125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	3,302	13	9,908	- 6,606
Suicide	19	2,980	16	6,147	- 3,166
Breast Cancer	20	2,964	17	6,053	- 3,089
Alcohol	21	2,918	49	548	+ 2,370
Falls	22	2,891	18	5,409	- 2,518
Lung Cancers	23	2,868	8	22,296	- 19,428
Leukemia	24	2,376	26	3,902	- 1,526
Birth Trauma	25	2,073	50	533	+ 1,539
Other Neoplasms	26	2,013	54	192	+ 1,821
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,862	33	2,383	- 521
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,713	37	1,888	- 175
Lymphomas	29	1,713	22	4,539	- 2,826
Malnutrition	30	1,708	42	962	+ 746
Skin Disease	31	1,694	28	3,375	- 1,681
Drownings	32	1,643	25	3,956	- 2,313
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,561	6	22,851	- 21,290
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,460	32	2,879	- 1,419
HIV/AIDS	35	1,458	12	13,922	- 12,465
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,282	15	6,863	- 5,581
Tuberculosis	37	1,201	14	9,551	- 8,350
Asthma	38	1,099	24	4,182	- 3,083
Maternal Conditions	39	922	52	227	+ 695
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	895	39	1,679	- 783
Epilepsy	41	776	47	689	+ 88
Parkinson's Disease	42	699	23	4,292	- 3,594
Oral Cancer	43	673	20	4,961	- 4,288
Ovary Cancer	44	641	36	2,003	- 1,362
Skin Cancers	45	617	41	1,133	- 516
Drug Use	46	527	45	794	- 267
Oesophagus Cancer	47	438	29	3,156	- 2,718
Uterin Cancer	48	408	44	864	- 457
Appendicitis	49	332	59	114	+ 218
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	321	53	194	+ 126
Meningitis	51	303	43	931	- 627
Bladder Cancer	52	293	38	1,798	- 1,505
Anemia	53	292	85	0	+ 292
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	209	51	436	- 227
Poisonings	55	184	57	132	+ 52
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	177	81	0	+ 177
Fires	57	171	48	617	- 446
Encephalitis	58	107	46	722	- 615
Osteoarthritis	59	102	82	0	+ 102
Syphilis	60	98	64	36	+ 62
Multiple Sclerosis	61	71	61	86	- 15
Hepatitis B	62	54	56	153	- 99
Oral conditions	63	48	80	0	+ 48
Dengue	64	46	55	172	- 126
Chagas disease	65	41	73	0	+ 41
Schizophrenia	66	35	84	0	+ 35
Pertussis	67	31	62	77	- 46
Hepatitis C	68	13	67	7	+ 5
Ascariasis	69	9	69	4	+ 5
War	70	7	60	87	- 80
Leprosy	71	6	79	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	72	5	65	18	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	73	4	76	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	74	3	70	3	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	2	68	7	- 5
Leishmaniasis	76	1	72	1	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	63	56	- 56
Tetanus	79	0	58	116	- 116
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	66	13	- 13
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Nicaragua

Thailand

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.