ZAMBIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,203	10	4,432	+ 13,771
Kidney Disease	2	11,005	18	1,760	+ 9,245
Stroke	3	6,930	3	7,948	- 1,018
Diabetes Mellitus	4	6,441	14	2,395	+ 4,045
Lung Disease	5	4,889	21	1,273	+ 3,617
Liver Disease	6	3,748	9	4,501	- 753
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,587	2	9,517	- 5,930
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,453	11	3,654	- 201
Hypertension	9	3,436	13	2,616	+ 820
Violence	10	1,927	23	1,153	+ 773
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,778	12	3,146	- 1,368
Liver Cancer	12	1,584	46	177	+ 1,408
Low Birth Weight	13	1,525	8	4,857	- 3,332
Stomach Cancer	14	1,488	42	206	+ 1,281
Prostate Cancer	15	1,202	30	561	+ 641
Cervical Cancer	16	1,165	17	1,799	- 633
Other Injuries	17	1,114	19	1,729	- 615
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	982	43	203	+ 780
Suicide	19	887	20	1,303	- 416
Breast Cancer	20	882	35	366	+ 516
Alcohol	21	868	49	140	+ 728
Falls	22	860	28	596	+ 264
Lung Cancers	23	853	41	226	+ 627
Leukemia	24	707	39	261	+ 446
Birth Trauma	25	617	7	5,062	- 4,445
Other Neoplasms	26	599	65	20	+ 579
Pancreas Cancer	27	554	62	42	+ 511
Endocrine Disorders	28	510	37	354	+ 156
Lymphomas	29	510	31	548	- 38
Malnutrition	30	508	15	2,303	- 1,795
Skin Disease	31	504	52	126	+ 378
Drownings	32	489	27	689	- 200
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	464	29	590	- 125
Inflammatory/Heart	34	434	33	501	- 67
HIV/AIDS	35	434	1	17,234	- 16,801
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	381	5	6,275	- 5,894
Tuberculosis	37	357	6	5,941	- 5,584
Asthma	38	327	26	741	- 414
Maternal Conditions	39	274	22	1,188	- 914
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	266	40	246	+ 21
Epilepsy	41	231	38	332	- 101
Parkinson's Disease	42	208	47	164	+ 44
Oral Cancer	43	200	48	155	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	44	191	57	82	+ 108
Skin Cancers	45	183	54	108	+ 75
Drug Use	46	157	53	122	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	47	130	36	359	- 228
Uterin Cancer	48	121	64	30	+ 91
Appendicitis	49	99	56	84	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	95	63	30	+ 65
Meningitis	51	90	16	1,976	- 1,886
Bladder Cancer	52	87	50	132	- 44
Anemia	53	87	83	0	+ 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	62	45	190	- 128
Poisonings	55	55	34	456	- 401
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	53	84	0	+ 53
Fires	57	51	32	546	- 495
Encephalitis	58	32	59	70	- 38
Osteoarthritis	59	30	85	0	+ 30
Syphilis	60	29	24	885	- 856
Multiple Sclerosis	61	21	67	13	+ 8
Hepatitis B	62	16	55	104	- 88
Oral conditions	63	14	86	0	+ 14
Dengue	64	14	74	1	+ 13
Chagas disease	65	12	79	0	+ 12
Schizophrenia	66	10	81	0	+ 10
Pertussis	67	9	25	743	- 733
Hepatitis C	68	4	66	18	- 14
Ascariasis	69	3	68	9	- 6
War	70	2	69	6	- 4
Leprosy	71	2	77	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	72	2	60	68	- 66
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	71	3	- 2
Otitis Media	75	1	70	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	76	0	58	72	- 72
Diphtheria	77	0	73	3	- 3
Measles	78	0	61	48	- 48
Tetanus	79	0	44	190	- 190
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	83	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	128	- 128
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Nicaragua

Zambia

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.