NICARAGUA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,588	7	1,152	+ 1,436
Stroke	2	2,480	3	2,225	+ 256
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,822	8	1,109	+ 714
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,767	1	5,843	- 4,076
Malaria	5	1,616	83	0	+ 1,616
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,530	36	122	+ 1,407
HIV/AIDS	7	1,385	35	139	+ 1,246
Liver Disease	8	1,249	6	1,203	+ 46
Low Birth Weight	9	1,075	13	490	+ 585
Birth Trauma	10	925	25	198	+ 728
Diabetes Mellitus	11	911	4	2,068	- 1,157
Congenital Anomalies	12	871	11	571	+ 300
Lung Disease	13	762	5	1,570	- 808
Hypertension	14	665	9	1,103	- 438
Kidney Disease	15	591	2	3,533	- 2,942
Malnutrition	16	572	30	163	+ 409
Other Injuries	17	463	17	358	+ 105
Cervical Cancer	18	461	16	374	+ 87
Meningitis	19	415	51	29	+ 386
Stomach Cancer	20	382	14	478	- 95
Maternal Conditions	21	354	39	88	+ 266
Asthma	22	352	38	105	+ 247
Liver Cancer	23	346	12	509	- 162
Suicide	24	345	19	285	+ 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	322	33	149	+ 173
Tuberculosis	26	306	37	115	+ 192
Breast Cancer	27	294	20	283	+ 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	290	18	315	- 26
Violence	29	269	10	619	- 350
Lymphomas	30	220	29	164	+ 57
Falls	31	202	22	276	- 74
Prostate Cancer	32	194	15	386	- 192
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	178	40	85	+ 92
Inflammatory/Heart	34	170	34	139	+ 31
Leukemia	35	155	24	227	- 72
Drownings	36	140	32	157	- 17
Oral Cancer	37	133	43	64	+ 69
Fires	38	132	57	16	+ 116
Lung Cancers	39	115	23	274	- 159
Poisonings	40	108	55	18	+ 90
Endocrine Disorders	41	108	28	164	- 56
Pertussis	42	107	67	3	+ 104
Pancreas Cancer	43	105	27	178	- 73
Oesophagus Cancer	44	104	47	42	+ 63
Epilepsy	45	94	41	74	+ 20
Syphilis	46	85	60	9	+ 75
Parkinson's Disease	47	72	42	67	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	67	54	20	+ 47
Alcohol	49	61	21	279	- 217
Skin Cancers	50	55	45	59	- 4
Schistosomiasis	51	54	84	0	+ 54
Skin Disease	52	50	31	162	- 111
Ovary Cancer	53	45	44	61	- 16
Appendicitis	54	34	49	32	+ 3
Hepatitis B	55	33	62	5	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	56	29	48	39	- 10
Upper Respiratory	57	29	72	1	+ 28
Tetanus	58	26	79	0	+ 26
Measles	59	25	78	0	+ 25
Drug Use	60	22	46	50	- 28
Encephalitis	61	19	58	10	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	62	17	52	28	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	11	50	31	- 19
Other Neoplasms	64	8	26	192	- 184
Hepatitis C	65	6	68	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	4	61	7	- 3
Ascariasis	67	2	69	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	2	75	0	+ 2
War	69	1	70	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	64	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	65	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
Schizophrenia	83	0	66	3	- 3
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	28	- 28
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Rwanda

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.