VIET NAM VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		VIET NAM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	92,557	2	91,939	+ 618
Kidney Disease	2	55,959	8	25,251	+ 30,707
Stroke	3	35,236	1	159,032	- 123,797
Diabetes Mellitus	4	32,749	4	33,860	- 1,112
Lung Disease	5	24,860	3	35,875	- 11,014
Liver Disease	6	19,058	10	23,900	- 4,842
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	18,240	7	27,836	- 9,596
Road Traffic Accidents	8	17,560	5	29,475	- 11,916
Hypertension	9	17,473	12	19,880	- 2,406
Violence	10	9,797	36	1,785	+ 8,012
Congenital Anomalies	11	9,040	21	7,064	+ 1,976
Liver Cancer	12	8,056	9	24,995	- 16,938
Low Birth Weight	13	7,756	19	7,132	+ 624
Stomach Cancer	14	7,565	14	15,134	- 7,569
Prostate Cancer	15	6,114	35	1,911	+ 4,202
Cervical Cancer	16	5,926	31	2,391	+ 3,535
Other Injuries	17	5,663	23	5,539	+ 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	4,995	16	8,258	- 3,263
Suicide	19	4,508	18	7,249	- 2,741
Breast Cancer	20	4,483	22	6,187	- 1,704
Alcohol	21	4,414	46	867	+ 3,547
Falls	22	4,373	13	15,427	- 11,053
Lung Cancers	23	4,338	11	21,294	- 16,956
Leukemia	24	3,594	28	4,899	- 1,305
Birth Trauma	25	3,135	32	2,340	+ 795
Other Neoplasms	26	3,045	57	325	+ 2,720
Pancreas Cancer	27	2,816	44	929	+ 1,886
Endocrine Disorders	28	2,592	34	2,082	+ 509
Lymphomas	29	2,591	30	2,964	- 373
Malnutrition	30	2,583	63	120	+ 2,463
Skin Disease	31	2,562	40	1,515	+ 1,047
Drownings	32	2,485	26	5,097	- 2,612
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	2,360	6	29,307	- 26,946
Inflammatory/Heart	34	2,208	24	5,357	- 3,148
HIV/AIDS	35	2,205	27	4,993	- 2,787
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,938	29	4,390	- 2,451
Tuberculosis	37	1,817	15	9,446	- 7,629
Asthma	38	1,662	17	8,150	- 6,488
Maternal Conditions	39	1,395	49	773	+ 622
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	1,354	43	957	+ 397
Epilepsy	41	1,174	53	583	+ 592
Parkinson's Disease	42	1,057	25	5,338	- 4,281
Oral Cancer	43	1,018	20	7,088	- 6,070
Ovary Cancer	44	970	47	864	+ 107
Skin Cancers	45	933	54	467	+ 466
Drug Use	46	797	41	1,366	- 569
Oesophagus Cancer	47	663	33	2,265	- 1,602
Uterin Cancer	48	617	42	1,159	- 542
Appendicitis	49	502	60	201	+ 301
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	485	59	224	+ 262
Meningitis	51	459	51	624	- 166
Bladder Cancer	52	443	45	896	- 453
Anemia	53	442	81	0	+ 442
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	316	38	1,708	- 1,392
Poisonings	55	279	48	832	- 553
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	268	84	0	+ 268
Fires	57	259	52	595	- 335
Encephalitis	58	162	39	1,558	- 1,396
Osteoarthritis	59	155	85	0	+ 155
Syphilis	60	148	56	328	- 180
Multiple Sclerosis	61	107	61	135	- 28
Hepatitis B	62	82	55	379	- 297
Oral conditions	63	73	86	0	+ 73
Dengue	64	70	62	127	- 57
Chagas disease	65	63	76	0	+ 63
Schizophrenia	66	53	82	0	+ 53
Pertussis	67	47	50	705	- 657
Hepatitis C	68	19	64	78	- 59
Ascariasis	69	13	68	9	+ 4
War	70	11	65	34	- 23
Leprosy	71	9	72	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	72	8	66	34	- 26
Iodine Deficiency	73	7	75	0	+ 7
Chlamydia	74	5	70	1	+ 4
Otitis Media	75	3	71	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	76	1	78	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	77	1	69	3	- 3
Measles	78	0	37	1,780	- 1,780
Tetanus	79	0	58	286	- 286
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	67	14	- 14
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VIET NAM

Nicaragua

Viet Nam

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.