UGANDA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,131	9	8,784	+ 34,347
Kidney Disease	2	26,076	19	3,168	+ 22,908
Stroke	3	16,420	6	11,181	+ 5,239
Diabetes Mellitus	4	15,261	14	4,794	+ 10,466
Lung Disease	5	11,585	22	3,051	+ 8,534
Liver Disease	6	8,881	13	5,122	+ 3,759
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	8,500	2	18,865	- 10,365
Road Traffic Accidents	8	8,183	4	13,012	- 4,830
Hypertension	9	8,142	21	3,120	+ 5,022
Violence	10	4,565	12	6,175	- 1,610
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,213	11	6,641	- 2,428
Liver Cancer	12	3,754	29	1,522	+ 2,232
Low Birth Weight	13	3,614	8	9,673	- 6,059
Stomach Cancer	14	3,525	45	515	+ 3,010
Prostate Cancer	15	2,849	34	950	+ 1,899
Cervical Cancer	16	2,761	15	4,378	- 1,616
Other Injuries	17	2,639	20	3,130	- 491
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	2,328	35	919	+ 1,409
Suicide	19	2,101	24	2,033	+ 68
Breast Cancer	20	2,089	32	1,128	+ 961
Alcohol	21	2,057	54	256	+ 1,801
Falls	22	2,038	33	1,127	+ 911
Lung Cancers	23	2,021	46	441	+ 1,581
Leukemia	24	1,675	42	599	+ 1,076
Birth Trauma	25	1,461	7	10,405	- 8,944
Other Neoplasms	26	1,419	66	37	+ 1,382
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,312	47	358	+ 954
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,208	38	761	+ 447
Lymphomas	29	1,208	26	1,762	- 554
Malnutrition	30	1,204	18	3,317	- 2,113
Skin Disease	31	1,194	55	242	+ 952
Drownings	32	1,158	31	1,238	- 80
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,100	30	1,286	- 186
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,029	37	859	+ 170
HIV/AIDS	35	1,028	1	21,188	- 20,160
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	903	5	12,103	- 11,200
Tuberculosis	37	847	10	7,255	- 6,408
Asthma	38	775	27	1,745	- 971
Maternal Conditions	39	650	17	3,641	- 2,992
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	631	41	687	- 56
Epilepsy	41	547	43	599	- 51
Parkinson's Disease	42	492	48	351	+ 141
Oral Cancer	43	474	40	731	- 257
Ovary Cancer	44	452	44	519	- 67
Skin Cancers	45	435	49	349	+ 86
Drug Use	46	371	57	233	+ 139
Oesophagus Cancer	47	309	28	1,674	- 1,366
Uterin Cancer	48	287	56	234	+ 54
Appendicitis	49	234	58	211	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	226	64	55	+ 171
Meningitis	51	214	16	3,718	- 3,504
Bladder Cancer	52	207	59	181	+ 26
Anemia	53	206	84	0	+ 206
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	147	50	348	- 201
Poisonings	55	130	39	745	- 615
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	125	81	0	+ 125
Fires	57	121	36	872	- 751
Encephalitis	58	76	62	122	- 47
Osteoarthritis	59	72	80	0	+ 72
Syphilis	60	69	23	2,235	- 2,166
Multiple Sclerosis	61	50	69	16	+ 34
Hepatitis B	62	38	61	123	- 85
Oral conditions	63	34	82	0	+ 34
Dengue	64	32	74	1	+ 31
Chagas disease	65	29	79	0	+ 29
Schizophrenia	66	25	86	0	+ 25
Pertussis	67	22	25	1,909	- 1,887
Hepatitis C	68	9	67	30	- 21
Ascariasis	69	6	70	16	- 10
War	70	5	63	88	- 83
Leprosy	71	4	77	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	72	4	60	144	- 140
Iodine Deficiency	73	3	78	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	74	2	73	6	- 4
Otitis Media	75	1	71	11	- 10
Leishmaniasis	76	1	68	28	- 27
Diphtheria	77	0	72	11	- 11
Measles	78	0	51	343	- 343
Tetanus	79	0	53	271	- 271
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	65	50	- 50
Malaria	83	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Schistosomiasis	84	0	52	286	- 286
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Nicaragua

Uganda

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.