ZIMBABWE VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,009	3	8,493	+ 6,517
Kidney Disease	2	9,075	12	2,214	+ 6,861
Stroke	3	5,714	5	5,126	+ 588
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,311	9	3,344	+ 1,967
Lung Disease	5	4,031	23	1,163	+ 2,868
Liver Disease	6	3,091	17	1,941	+ 1,149
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,958	2	10,779	- 7,822
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,848	4	6,037	- 3,190
Hypertension	9	2,834	24	1,146	+ 1,688
Violence	10	1,589	18	1,916	- 327
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,466	11	2,217	- 751
Liver Cancer	12	1,306	38	510	+ 797
Low Birth Weight	13	1,258	7	4,038	- 2,780
Stomach Cancer	14	1,227	33	559	+ 668
Prostate Cancer	15	991	32	628	+ 364
Cervical Cancer	16	961	14	2,023	- 1,062
Other Injuries	17	918	20	1,656	- 737
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	810	40	505	+ 305
Suicide	19	731	13	2,069	- 1,337
Breast Cancer	20	727	28	839	- 112
Alcohol	21	716	61	48	+ 668
Falls	22	709	41	465	+ 244
Lung Cancers	23	703	43	286	+ 418
Leukemia	24	583	45	244	+ 339
Birth Trauma	25	508	8	3,405	- 2,897
Other Neoplasms	26	494	62	37	+ 457
Pancreas Cancer	27	457	47	217	+ 240
Endocrine Disorders	28	420	34	553	- 133
Lymphomas	29	420	26	960	- 540
Malnutrition	30	419	10	2,396	- 1,977
Skin Disease	31	416	52	173	+ 243
Drownings	32	403	27	956	- 553
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	383	31	768	- 385
Inflammatory/Heart	34	358	25	1,047	- 689
HIV/AIDS	35	358	1	19,988	- 19,631
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	314	6	4,595	- 4,280
Tuberculosis	37	295	16	1,999	- 1,704
Asthma	38	270	21	1,531	- 1,261
Maternal Conditions	39	226	19	1,749	- 1,523
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	220	35	548	- 328
Epilepsy	41	190	39	508	- 317
Parkinson's Disease	42	171	46	226	- 54
Oral Cancer	43	165	49	208	- 43
Ovary Cancer	44	157	51	173	- 16
Skin Cancers	45	151	44	264	- 113
Drug Use	46	129	48	213	- 83
Oesophagus Cancer	47	107	29	801	- 694
Uterin Cancer	48	100	50	182	- 82
Appendicitis	49	81	58	66	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	79	64	26	+ 52
Meningitis	51	74	22	1,325	- 1,251
Bladder Cancer	52	72	54	125	- 53
Anemia	53	72	84	0	+ 72
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	51	36	542	- 491
Poisonings	55	45	37	515	- 470
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	43	80	0	+ 43
Fires	57	42	30	793	- 751
Encephalitis	58	26	56	117	- 91
Osteoarthritis	59	25	81	0	+ 25
Syphilis	60	24	55	124	- 100
Multiple Sclerosis	61	17	67	14	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	13	60	57	- 44
Oral conditions	63	12	82	0	+ 12
Dengue	64	11	73	0	+ 11
Chagas disease	65	10	76	0	+ 10
Schizophrenia	66	9	86	0	+ 9
Pertussis	67	8	42	419	- 411
Hepatitis C	68	3	66	14	- 11
Ascariasis	69	2	70	2	- 0
War	70	2	65	26	- 24
Leprosy	71	2	78	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	72	1	59	65	- 64
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	69	3	- 2
Otitis Media	75	0	68	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	63	30	- 30
Tetanus	79	0	57	102	- 102
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	83	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Schistosomiasis	84	0	53	172	- 172
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Nicaragua

Zimbabwe

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.