NICARAGUA VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,369	1	5,843	+ 525
Stroke	2	3,742	3	2,225	+ 1,517
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,762	36	122	+ 2,639
Low Birth Weight	4	2,470	13	490	+ 1,981
Lung Disease	5	2,301	5	1,570	+ 731
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,209	7	1,152	+ 1,057
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,689	4	2,068	- 378
Birth Trauma	8	1,576	25	198	+ 1,378
Kidney Disease	9	1,503	2	3,533	- 2,030
Liver Disease	10	1,451	6	1,203	+ 248
Tuberculosis	11	1,114	37	115	+ 999
Road Traffic Accidents	12	745	8	1,109	- 363
Other Injuries	13	715	17	358	+ 357
Congenital Anomalies	14	696	11	571	+ 126
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	688	54	20	+ 668
Hypertension	16	606	9	1,103	- 497
Asthma	17	549	38	105	+ 444
Suicide	18	511	19	285	+ 227
Meningitis	19	477	51	29	+ 448
Breast Cancer	20	476	20	283	+ 193
Oral Cancer	21	455	43	64	+ 390
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	403	33	149	+ 254
Violence	23	342	10	619	- 277
Maternal Conditions	24	328	39	88	+ 240
Endocrine Disorders	25	303	28	164	+ 139
Lung Cancers	26	256	23	274	- 18
Malnutrition	27	234	30	163	+ 71
Falls	28	229	22	276	- 47
Oesophagus Cancer	29	208	47	42	+ 166
Tetanus	30	200	79	0	+ 200
Lymphomas	31	186	29	164	+ 22
HIV/AIDS	32	180	35	139	+ 41
Encephalitis	33	176	58	10	+ 166
Pertussis	34	168	67	3	+ 165
Parkinson's Disease	35	163	42	67	+ 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	144	40	85	+ 59
Drownings	37	142	32	157	- 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	140	18	315	- 176
Leukemia	39	139	24	227	- 88
Epilepsy	40	129	41	74	+ 55
Liver Cancer	41	117	12	509	- 392
Fires	42	114	57	16	+ 98
Stomach Cancer	43	107	14	478	- 371
Cervical Cancer	44	106	16	374	- 268
Prostate Cancer	45	94	15	386	- 292
Ovary Cancer	46	93	44	61	+ 32
Poisonings	47	89	55	18	+ 71
Bladder Cancer	48	72	52	28	+ 44
Measles	49	68	78	0	+ 68
Alcohol	50	67	21	279	- 212
Appendicitis	51	65	49	32	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	52	61	34	139	- 78
Hepatitis B	53	60	62	5	+ 55
Skin Cancers	54	41	45	59	- 18
Dengue	55	38	64	4	+ 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	37	50	31	+ 6
Syphilis	57	34	60	9	+ 25
Hepatitis C	58	32	68	1	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	59	32	48	39	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	60	28	27	178	- 149
Drug Use	61	22	46	50	- 28
War	62	16	70	1	+ 15
Malaria	63	16	83	0	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	64	11	26	192	- 181
Multiple Sclerosis	65	11	61	7	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	8	72	1	+ 7
Skin Disease	67	3	31	162	- 158
Ascariasis	68	2	69	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	65	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	71	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	80	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
Schizophrenia	83	0	66	3	- 3
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Pakistan

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.