TUNISIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,545	1	20,658	- 10,113
Kidney Disease	2	6,375	4	2,574	+ 3,801
Stroke	3	4,014	2	8,509	- 4,495
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,731	9	1,773	+ 1,958
Lung Disease	5	2,832	10	1,754	+ 1,079
Liver Disease	6	2,171	11	1,313	+ 858
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,078	7	1,912	+ 166
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,001	6	1,928	+ 72
Hypertension	9	1,991	3	2,824	- 833
Violence	10	1,116	24	410	+ 707
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,030	12	980	+ 50
Liver Cancer	12	918	29	360	+ 558
Low Birth Weight	13	884	14	924	- 40
Stomach Cancer	14	862	19	583	+ 279
Prostate Cancer	15	697	23	417	+ 280
Cervical Cancer	16	675	38	201	+ 474
Other Injuries	17	645	27	372	+ 273
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	569	13	971	- 402
Suicide	19	514	26	383	+ 131
Breast Cancer	20	511	15	781	- 270
Alcohol	21	503	55	31	+ 472
Falls	22	498	21	445	+ 54
Lung Cancers	23	494	8	1,849	- 1,355
Leukemia	24	409	25	385	+ 24
Birth Trauma	25	357	22	436	- 79
Other Neoplasms	26	347	59	24	+ 323
Pancreas Cancer	27	321	28	361	- 40
Endocrine Disorders	28	295	31	285	+ 10
Lymphomas	29	295	18	616	- 321
Malnutrition	30	294	60	24	+ 271
Skin Disease	31	292	51	41	+ 251
Drownings	32	283	43	122	+ 161
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	269	5	2,507	- 2,238
Inflammatory/Heart	34	252	30	298	- 46
HIV/AIDS	35	251	32	261	- 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	221	40	184	+ 37
Tuberculosis	37	207	41	136	+ 71
Asthma	38	189	16	665	- 476
Maternal Conditions	39	159	47	83	+ 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	154	33	237	- 83
Epilepsy	41	134	45	101	+ 33
Parkinson's Disease	42	120	20	469	- 349
Oral Cancer	43	116	35	232	- 116
Ovary Cancer	44	111	39	192	- 82
Skin Cancers	45	106	36	214	- 108
Drug Use	46	91	34	235	- 145
Oesophagus Cancer	47	75	44	109	- 33
Uterin Cancer	48	70	50	46	+ 24
Appendicitis	49	57	58	25	+ 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	55	62	9	+ 46
Meningitis	51	52	46	86	- 34
Bladder Cancer	52	50	17	654	- 603
Anemia	53	50	85	0	+ 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	36	42	123	- 87
Poisonings	55	32	48	81	- 49
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	30	80	0	+ 30
Fires	57	30	37	202	- 173
Encephalitis	58	18	53	38	- 19
Osteoarthritis	59	18	81	0	+ 18
Syphilis	60	17	61	18	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	12	54	33	- 21
Hepatitis B	62	9	49	70	- 60
Oral conditions	63	8	82	0	+ 8
Dengue	64	8	76	0	+ 8
Chagas disease	65	7	72	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	66	6	84	0	+ 6
Pertussis	67	5	52	40	- 35
Hepatitis C	68	2	65	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	2	67	1	+ 1
War	70	1	57	25	- 24
Leprosy	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	66	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	64	3	- 3
Diphtheria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	56	26	- 26
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	63	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Nicaragua

Tunisia

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.