NICARAGUA VS UKRAINE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UKRAINE		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	52,183	1	5,843	+ 46,339
Stroke	2	14,956	3	2,225	+ 12,732
Liver Disease	3	2,845	6	1,203	+ 1,642
Lung Cancers	4	2,813	23	274	+ 2,539
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,658	33	149	+ 2,509
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,528	18	315	+ 2,213
Inflammatory/Heart	7	2,283	34	139	+ 2,143
Lung Disease	8	1,801	5	1,570	+ 232
Suicide	9	1,782	19	285	+ 1,497
Stomach Cancer	10	1,518	14	478	+ 1,040
Breast Cancer	11	1,518	20	283	+ 1,235
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	1,276	7	1,152	+ 125
HIV/AIDS	13	1,100	35	139	+ 961
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,088	27	178	+ 910
Alcohol	15	1,062	21	279	+ 783
Prostate Cancer	16	899	15	386	+ 513
Oral Cancer	17	846	43	64	+ 782
Road Traffic Accidents	18	840	8	1,109	- 268
Other Injuries	19	793	17	358	+ 435
Tuberculosis	20	598	37	115	+ 483
Parkinson's Disease	21	581	42	67	+ 514
Falls	22	538	22	276	+ 262
Violence	23	518	10	619	- 101
Lymphomas	24	493	29	164	+ 330
Ovary Cancer	25	491	44	61	+ 430
Leukemia	26	474	24	227	+ 247
Bladder Cancer	27	456	52	28	+ 428
Cervical Cancer	28	456	16	374	+ 82
Uterin Cancer	29	444	48	39	+ 405
Drownings	30	433	32	157	+ 276
Diabetes Mellitus	31	423	4	2,068	- 1,645
Liver Cancer	32	414	12	509	- 95
Kidney Disease	33	407	2	3,533	- 3,126
Skin Cancers	34	376	45	59	+ 317
Oesophagus Cancer	35	372	47	42	+ 330
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	310	40	85	+ 225
Fires	37	309	57	16	+ 293
Congenital Anomalies	38	260	11	571	- 311
Drug Use	39	214	46	50	+ 163
Poisonings	40	209	55	18	+ 192
Hypertension	41	182	9	1,103	- 921
Low Birth Weight	42	159	13	490	- 330
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	153	54	20	+ 133
Epilepsy	44	78	41	74	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	45	78	28	164	- 86
Encephalitis	46	74	58	10	+ 64
Multiple Sclerosis	47	64	61	7	+ 58
Skin Disease	48	59	31	162	- 103
War	49	51	70	1	+ 50
Meningitis	50	48	51	29	+ 19
Birth Trauma	51	45	25	198	- 153
Asthma	52	43	38	105	- 62
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	35	36	122	- 87
Other Neoplasms	54	26	26	192	- 167
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	19	50	31	- 11
Appendicitis	56	15	49	32	- 17
Maternal Conditions	57	10	39	88	- 78
Malnutrition	58	10	30	163	- 153
Hepatitis B	59	8	62	5	+ 3
Measles	60	8	78	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	61	6	72	1	+ 5
Hepatitis C	62	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	1	60	9	- 9
Tetanus	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Pertussis	66	0	67	3	- 3
Diphtheria	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	71	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	70	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	64	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	65	4	- 4
Malaria	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	63	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	82	0	59	10	- 10
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	66	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Ukraine

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.