NICARAGUA VS UZBEKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UZBEKISTAN		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,748	1	5,843	+ 6,904
Stroke	2	3,937	3	2,225	+ 1,712
Liver Disease	3	1,749	6	1,203	+ 546
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,135	4	2,068	- 933
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	836	7	1,152	- 315
Road Traffic Accidents	6	704	8	1,109	- 404
Kidney Disease	7	573	2	3,533	- 2,960
Hypertension	8	510	9	1,103	- 593
Suicide	9	485	19	285	+ 200
Low Birth Weight	10	434	13	490	- 55
Congenital Anomalies	11	424	11	571	- 147
Stomach Cancer	12	390	14	478	- 88
Lung Cancers	13	369	23	274	+ 95
Lung Disease	14	363	5	1,570	- 1,207
Breast Cancer	15	333	20	283	+ 50
Birth Trauma	16	322	25	198	+ 125
Tuberculosis	17	282	37	115	+ 168
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	266	33	149	+ 117
Other Injuries	19	260	17	358	- 97
Liver Cancer	20	218	12	509	- 290
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	215	54	20	+ 195
Drownings	22	210	32	157	+ 53
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	186	18	315	- 129
Asthma	24	168	38	105	+ 64
Cervical Cancer	25	154	16	374	- 221
Epilepsy	26	150	41	74	+ 76
Falls	27	138	22	276	- 139
HIV/AIDS	28	131	35	139	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	29	122	27	178	- 55
Oral Cancer	30	122	43	64	+ 58
Oesophagus Cancer	31	116	47	42	+ 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	112	40	85	+ 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	110	36	122	- 13
Lymphomas	34	107	29	164	- 56
Leukemia	35	104	24	227	- 123
Parkinson's Disease	36	103	42	67	+ 36
Fires	37	99	57	16	+ 83
Violence	38	89	10	619	- 530
Inflammatory/Heart	39	77	34	139	- 62
Encephalitis	40	76	58	10	+ 66
Prostate Cancer	41	62	15	386	- 324
Endocrine Disorders	42	61	28	164	- 103
Ovary Cancer	43	58	44	61	- 3
Poisonings	44	51	55	18	+ 33
Upper Respiratory	45	50	72	1	+ 50
Drug Use	46	49	46	50	- 1
Uterin Cancer	47	42	48	39	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	48	39	39	88	- 49
Bladder Cancer	49	37	52	28	+ 9
Skin Cancers	50	30	45	59	- 29
Meningitis	51	24	51	29	- 5
Alcohol	52	20	21	279	- 259
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	17	50	31	- 13
Hepatitis B	54	17	62	5	+ 11
Skin Disease	55	7	31	162	- 155
Appendicitis	56	6	49	32	- 26
Other Neoplasms	57	5	26	192	- 187
Multiple Sclerosis	58	4	61	7	- 2
Tetanus	59	3	79	0	+ 3
Malnutrition	60	2	30	163	- 161
Leishmaniasis	61	1	76	0	+ 1
War	62	1	70	1	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	67	3	- 3
Diphtheria	64	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	74	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	68	1	- 1
Syphilis	67	0	60	9	- 9
Ascariasis	68	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	64	4	- 4
Otitis Media	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	66	3	- 3
Anemia	82	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Uzbekistan

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.