NICARAGUA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	7,483	3	2,225	+ 5,259
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,910	1	5,843	+ 66
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,549	4	2,068	+ 3,481
Kidney Disease	4	3,167	2	3,533	- 366
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,610	7	1,152	+ 1,458
Prostate Cancer	6	2,236	15	386	+ 1,850
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,167	8	1,109	+ 1,059
Lung Disease	8	2,099	5	1,570	+ 530
Hypertension	9	2,085	9	1,103	+ 981
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,891	33	149	+ 1,742
Violence	11	1,470	10	619	+ 852
Liver Disease	12	1,384	6	1,203	+ 181
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,251	34	139	+ 1,112
Breast Cancer	14	1,011	20	283	+ 728
Stomach Cancer	15	871	14	478	+ 393
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	839	18	315	+ 523
Endocrine Disorders	17	802	28	164	+ 638
Lung Cancers	18	743	23	274	+ 469
Low Birth Weight	19	683	13	490	+ 193
Skin Disease	20	642	31	162	+ 480
Other Injuries	21	586	17	358	+ 229
Suicide	22	572	19	285	+ 287
Parkinson's Disease	23	551	42	67	+ 484
Lymphomas	24	520	29	164	+ 356
Cervical Cancer	25	471	16	374	+ 97
Falls	26	418	22	276	+ 142
Asthma	27	381	38	105	+ 276
Drownings	28	370	32	157	+ 214
Alcohol	29	367	21	279	+ 89
Congenital Anomalies	30	322	11	571	- 249
Pancreas Cancer	31	320	27	178	+ 142
Epilepsy	32	283	41	74	+ 209
Malnutrition	33	262	30	163	+ 98
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	213	40	85	+ 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	182	36	122	+ 60
Leukemia	36	176	24	227	- 51
Liver Cancer	37	161	12	509	- 348
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	156	54	20	+ 136
Fires	39	132	57	16	+ 115
Oesophagus Cancer	40	125	47	42	+ 83
Ovary Cancer	41	124	44	61	+ 63
Birth Trauma	42	123	25	198	- 75
Oral Cancer	43	122	43	64	+ 58
Tuberculosis	44	116	37	115	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	45	81	48	39	+ 42
Drug Use	46	76	46	50	+ 26
Maternal Conditions	47	73	39	88	- 15
Other Neoplasms	48	72	26	192	- 120
Meningitis	49	58	51	29	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	52	50	31	+ 21
Appendicitis	51	45	49	32	+ 13
Encephalitis	52	44	58	10	+ 34
Dengue	53	23	64	4	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	54	18	61	7	+ 11
Poisonings	55	10	55	18	- 7
Tetanus	56	8	79	0	+ 8
Syphilis	57	7	60	9	- 2
War	58	7	70	1	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	59	5	72	1	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	2	62	5	- 3
Schistosomiasis	61	2	84	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	62	2	74	0	+ 1
Pertussis	63	1	67	3	- 2
Ascariasis	64	0	69	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	45	59	- 59
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	53	28	- 28
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	52	28	- 28
Schizophrenia	73	0	66	3	- 3
Oral conditions	74	0	63	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	75	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	56	17	- 17
Measles	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	71	1	- 1
HIV/AIDS	84	0	35	139	- 139
Trichuriasis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Saint Lucia

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.