TRINIDAD/TOB. VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,233	1	1,476	- 243
Kidney Disease	2	746	5	439	+ 306
Stroke	3	469	3	822	- 353
Diabetes Mellitus	4	436	2	1,275	- 839
Lung Disease	5	331	16	129	+ 202
Liver Disease	6	254	14	136	+ 118
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	243	10	205	+ 38
Road Traffic Accidents	8	234	15	130	+ 104
Hypertension	9	233	11	201	+ 32
Violence	10	131	4	549	- 419
Congenital Anomalies	11	120	22	93	+ 27
Liver Cancer	12	107	28	66	+ 41
Low Birth Weight	13	103	23	83	+ 20
Stomach Cancer	14	101	26	69	+ 32
Prostate Cancer	15	81	6	330	- 248
Cervical Cancer	16	79	21	97	- 18
Other Injuries	17	75	30	61	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	67	13	196	- 129
Suicide	19	60	17	121	- 61
Breast Cancer	20	60	7	258	- 199
Alcohol	21	59	42	23	+ 36
Falls	22	58	33	43	+ 15
Lung Cancers	23	58	8	217	- 159
Leukemia	24	48	29	62	- 14
Birth Trauma	25	42	40	25	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	26	41	51	10	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	27	38	19	114	- 76
Endocrine Disorders	28	35	18	119	- 85
Lymphomas	29	35	20	111	- 77
Malnutrition	30	34	47	17	+ 18
Skin Disease	31	34	36	39	- 5
Drownings	32	33	39	31	+ 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	31	9	215	- 183
Inflammatory/Heart	34	29	25	72	- 43
HIV/AIDS	35	29	12	196	- 167
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	26	45	18	+ 8
Tuberculosis	37	24	43	22	+ 3
Asthma	38	22	35	40	- 18
Maternal Conditions	39	19	50	10	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	18	31	52	- 34
Epilepsy	41	16	37	32	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	42	14	32	51	- 37
Oral Cancer	43	14	38	31	- 17
Ovary Cancer	44	13	24	80	- 67
Skin Cancers	45	12	57	4	+ 8
Drug Use	46	11	44	19	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	47	9	41	24	- 16
Uterin Cancer	48	8	27	68	- 60
Appendicitis	49	7	56	4	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	6	53	8	- 2
Meningitis	51	6	52	9	- 3
Bladder Cancer	52	6	34	41	- 35
Anemia	53	6	85	0	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	4	49	11	- 7
Poisonings	55	4	59	1	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	4	82	0	+ 4
Fires	57	3	48	16	- 13
Encephalitis	58	2	54	6	- 4
Osteoarthritis	59	2	81	0	+ 2
Syphilis	60	2	61	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	58	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	1	60	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	63	1	80	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	55	5	- 4
Chagas disease	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	66	1	86	0	+ 1
Pertussis	67	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
War	70	0	46	17	- 17
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	64	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	65	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Nicaragua

Trinidad/Tob.

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.