NICARAGUA VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PHILIPPINES		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,336	1	5,843	+ 1,493
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,296	7	1,152	+ 4,144
Stroke	3	4,187	3	2,225	+ 1,962
Kidney Disease	4	2,223	2	3,533	- 1,310
Hypertension	5	1,948	9	1,103	+ 844
Lung Disease	6	1,838	5	1,570	+ 268
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,821	4	2,068	- 246
Tuberculosis	8	1,528	37	115	+ 1,413
Violence	9	837	10	619	+ 219
Road Traffic Accidents	10	735	8	1,109	- 374
Asthma	11	644	38	105	+ 539
Endocrine Disorders	12	591	28	164	+ 427
Lung Cancers	13	581	23	274	+ 307
Low Birth Weight	14	572	13	490	+ 83
Breast Cancer	15	553	20	283	+ 270
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	455	18	315	+ 140
Congenital Anomalies	17	454	11	571	- 116
Birth Trauma	18	449	25	198	+ 251
Liver Cancer	19	433	12	509	- 76
Liver Disease	20	399	6	1,203	- 804
Peptic Ulcer Disease	21	388	40	85	+ 302
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	349	36	122	+ 227
Other Neoplasms	23	291	26	192	+ 98
Malnutrition	24	243	30	163	+ 80
Skin Disease	25	239	31	162	+ 77
Prostate Cancer	26	234	15	386	- 152
Drownings	27	219	32	157	+ 62
Falls	28	218	22	276	- 58
Leukemia	29	203	24	227	- 24
Inflammatory/Heart	30	200	34	139	+ 61
Other Injuries	31	200	17	358	- 158
Anemia	32	194	53	28	+ 166
Cervical Cancer	33	174	16	374	- 200
Oral Cancer	34	165	43	64	+ 100
Suicide	35	131	19	285	- 153
Lymphomas	36	129	29	164	- 35
Pancreas Cancer	37	120	27	178	- 58
Maternal Conditions	38	115	39	88	+ 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	113	33	149	- 36
Ovary Cancer	40	113	44	61	+ 51
Stomach Cancer	41	105	14	478	- 372
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	102	54	20	+ 82
Pertussis	43	99	67	3	+ 96
Syphilis	44	65	60	9	+ 56
Epilepsy	45	63	41	74	- 11
Dengue	46	60	64	4	+ 55
Meningitis	47	59	51	29	+ 30
Measles	48	50	78	0	+ 50
War	49	46	70	1	+ 45
Uterin Cancer	50	43	48	39	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	42	56	17	+ 26
Drug Use	52	39	46	50	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	53	38	47	42	- 4
Fires	54	34	57	16	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	55	34	42	67	- 33
Hepatitis B	56	33	62	5	+ 28
Osteoarthritis	57	32	59	10	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	58	32	52	28	+ 4
Tetanus	59	29	79	0	+ 29
Alcohol	60	23	21	279	- 256
Skin Cancers	61	21	45	59	- 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	18	50	31	- 12
Appendicitis	63	16	49	32	- 16
Schistosomiasis	64	13	84	0	+ 13
Poisonings	65	13	55	18	- 5
HIV/AIDS	66	12	35	139	- 128
Encephalitis	67	10	58	10	+ 0
Schizophrenia	68	7	66	3	+ 4
Malaria	69	5	83	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	70	2	72	1	+ 2
Leprosy	71	2	71	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	72	2	61	7	- 5
Oral conditions	73	2	63	5	- 3
Otitis Media	74	1	75	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	75	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	69	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	65	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	81	0	68	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Philippines

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.