NICARAGUA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,132	1	5,843	+ 1,289
Stroke	2	3,068	3	2,225	+ 844
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,250	8	1,109	+ 1,142
Kidney Disease	4	1,654	2	3,533	- 1,879
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,120	7	1,152	- 31
Falls	6	976	22	276	+ 700
Liver Disease	7	901	6	1,203	- 302
Other Injuries	8	732	17	358	+ 374
Diabetes Mellitus	9	711	4	2,068	- 1,357
Lung Disease	10	519	5	1,570	- 1,050
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	446	33	149	+ 297
Congenital Anomalies	12	422	11	571	- 149
Suicide	13	374	19	285	+ 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	298	18	315	- 18
Endocrine Disorders	15	264	28	164	+ 101
Inflammatory/Heart	16	245	34	139	+ 106
Asthma	17	213	38	105	+ 108
Low Birth Weight	18	181	13	490	- 309
Leukemia	19	169	24	227	- 58
Breast Cancer	20	166	20	283	- 117
Liver Cancer	21	154	12	509	- 354
Hypertension	22	152	9	1,103	- 951
Fires	23	151	57	16	+ 134
Drownings	24	150	32	157	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	25	142	42	67	+ 75
Lung Cancers	26	142	23	274	- 132
Tuberculosis	27	137	37	115	+ 23
Lymphomas	28	131	29	164	- 33
Epilepsy	29	127	41	74	+ 53
Violence	30	118	10	619	- 501
Pancreas Cancer	31	96	27	178	- 82
Skin Disease	32	94	31	162	- 67
Drug Use	33	90	46	50	+ 39
Oral Cancer	34	85	43	64	+ 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	83	36	122	- 39
Stomach Cancer	36	71	14	478	- 407
Birth Trauma	37	63	25	198	- 135
Uterin Cancer	38	59	48	39	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	51	54	20	+ 31
Poisonings	40	51	55	18	+ 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	50	40	85	- 35
Ovary Cancer	42	45	44	61	- 16
Encephalitis	43	43	58	10	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	44	42	47	42	+ 0
Meningitis	45	41	51	29	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	46	39	52	28	+ 11
HIV/AIDS	47	35	35	139	- 104
Maternal Conditions	48	31	39	88	- 57
Cervical Cancer	49	29	16	374	- 345
Prostate Cancer	50	27	15	386	- 359
Alcohol	51	23	21	279	- 255
Malnutrition	52	15	30	163	- 149
Hepatitis B	53	10	62	5	+ 5
Pertussis	54	10	67	3	+ 7
Skin Cancers	55	10	45	59	- 49
Multiple Sclerosis	56	9	61	7	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	57	7	26	192	- 185
Appendicitis	58	6	49	32	- 25
Syphilis	59	6	60	9	- 3
Schistosomiasis	60	5	84	0	+ 5
Tetanus	61	3	79	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	50	31	- 29
Dengue	63	2	64	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	1	68	1	+ 0
War	65	1	70	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	69	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	72	1	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	65	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	66	3	- 3
Anemia	85	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

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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.