NICARAGUA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,846	7	1,152	+ 4,694
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	4,082	36	122	+ 3,959
Tuberculosis	3	3,591	37	115	+ 3,477
Malaria	4	2,847	83	0	+ 2,847
Birth Trauma	5	2,826	25	198	+ 2,628
Low Birth Weight	6	2,706	13	490	+ 2,217
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,731	1	5,843	- 4,113
Stroke	8	1,629	3	2,225	- 596
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,402	11	571	+ 831
HIV/AIDS	10	1,244	35	139	+ 1,105
Meningitis	11	1,231	51	29	+ 1,202
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,176	8	1,109	+ 67
Liver Disease	13	1,081	6	1,203	- 122
Measles	14	830	78	0	+ 830
Maternal Conditions	15	664	39	88	+ 576
Pertussis	16	657	67	3	+ 654
Other Injuries	17	640	17	358	+ 283
Diabetes Mellitus	18	634	4	2,068	- 1,433
Violence	19	519	10	619	- 99
Kidney Disease	20	513	2	3,533	- 3,020
Endocrine Disorders	21	446	28	164	+ 282
Lung Disease	22	354	5	1,570	- 1,215
Breast Cancer	23	335	20	283	+ 52
Hypertension	24	302	9	1,103	- 802
Cervical Cancer	25	298	16	374	- 76
Tetanus	26	236	79	0	+ 236
Asthma	27	231	38	105	+ 126
Falls	28	212	22	276	- 64
Fires	29	201	57	16	+ 185
Suicide	30	198	19	285	- 87
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	191	33	149	+ 42
Drownings	32	186	32	157	+ 29
Poisonings	33	185	55	18	+ 168
Drug Use	34	177	46	50	+ 127
Prostate Cancer	35	167	15	386	- 219
Malnutrition	36	166	30	163	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	165	40	85	+ 79
Syphilis	38	154	60	9	+ 144
Liver Cancer	39	149	12	509	- 359
Lymphomas	40	147	29	164	- 17
Epilepsy	41	141	41	74	+ 67
Inflammatory/Heart	42	136	34	139	- 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	117	18	315	- 198
Diphtheria	44	107	77	0	+ 107
War	45	92	70	1	+ 91
Parkinson's Disease	46	70	42	67	+ 3
Leukemia	47	64	24	227	- 163
Oral Cancer	48	63	43	64	- 1
Ovary Cancer	49	60	44	61	- 1
Stomach Cancer	50	60	14	478	- 418
Pancreas Cancer	51	56	27	178	- 122
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	55	54	20	+ 35
Skin Cancers	53	55	45	59	- 4
Schistosomiasis	54	43	84	0	+ 43
Hepatitis B	55	42	62	5	+ 37
Skin Disease	56	41	31	162	- 120
Lung Cancers	57	37	23	274	- 237
Alcohol	58	29	21	279	- 250
Encephalitis	59	26	58	10	+ 16
Appendicitis	60	21	49	32	- 10
Ascariasis	61	19	69	1	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	62	19	48	39	- 20
Bladder Cancer	63	19	52	28	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	64	16	47	42	- 26
Hepatitis C	65	9	68	1	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	66	8	26	192	- 184
Upper Respiratory	67	7	72	1	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	68	5	61	7	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	5	50	31	- 26
Leishmaniasis	70	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	65	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	66	3	- 3
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Nigeria

Nicaragua

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.