NICARAGUA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,819	1	5,843	+ 975
Stroke	2	3,493	3	2,225	+ 1,268
Lung Cancers	3	2,784	23	274	+ 2,510
Lung Disease	4	1,991	5	1,570	+ 422
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,421	4	2,068	- 647
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,374	33	149	+ 1,225
Kidney Disease	7	1,351	2	3,533	- 2,182
Hypertension	8	1,172	9	1,103	+ 69
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,020	7	1,152	- 132
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	842	18	315	+ 526
Stomach Cancer	11	820	14	478	+ 343
Pancreas Cancer	12	546	27	178	+ 369
Liver Disease	13	503	6	1,203	- 700
Breast Cancer	14	448	20	283	+ 165
Prostate Cancer	15	445	15	386	+ 59
Road Traffic Accidents	16	442	8	1,109	- 666
Congenital Anomalies	17	394	11	571	- 177
Leukemia	18	387	24	227	+ 160
Lymphomas	19	385	29	164	+ 221
Liver Cancer	20	361	12	509	- 148
Bladder Cancer	21	356	52	28	+ 328
Falls	22	347	22	276	+ 71
Violence	23	318	10	619	- 300
Low Birth Weight	24	276	13	490	- 214
Parkinson's Disease	25	273	42	67	+ 206
Endocrine Disorders	26	207	28	164	+ 44
Asthma	27	193	38	105	+ 88
Ovary Cancer	28	182	44	61	+ 120
Suicide	29	159	19	285	- 126
Other Injuries	30	133	17	358	- 224
Inflammatory/Heart	31	130	34	139	- 10
Skin Cancers	32	123	45	59	+ 64
Oesophagus Cancer	33	105	47	42	+ 63
Cervical Cancer	34	104	16	374	- 270
Oral Cancer	35	104	43	64	+ 39
Epilepsy	36	91	41	74	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	37	87	48	39	+ 48
Drug Use	38	77	46	50	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	63	40	85	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	59	36	122	- 64
Birth Trauma	41	57	25	198	- 141
Other Neoplasms	42	51	26	192	- 141
Malnutrition	43	47	30	163	- 116
Drownings	44	44	32	157	- 113
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	36	54	20	+ 16
Poisonings	46	29	55	18	+ 12
Fires	47	27	57	16	+ 11
Skin Disease	48	26	31	162	- 136
War	49	25	70	1	+ 25
Tuberculosis	50	24	37	115	- 91
Meningitis	51	22	51	29	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	19	50	31	- 12
HIV/AIDS	53	16	35	139	- 123
Encephalitis	54	15	58	10	+ 4
Alcohol	55	14	21	279	- 264
Multiple Sclerosis	56	13	61	7	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	57	9	39	88	- 79
Pertussis	58	8	67	3	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	7	49	32	- 24
Hepatitis B	60	6	62	5	+ 1
Syphilis	61	4	60	9	- 5
Schistosomiasis	62	3	84	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	63	2	68	1	+ 0
Tetanus	64	1	79	0	+ 1
Measles	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	72	1	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	71	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	80	0	66	3	- 3
Anemia	81	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Turkey

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.