NICARAGUA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	10,040	3	2,225	+ 7,816
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,804	1	5,843	- 39
Lung Disease	3	2,265	5	1,570	+ 695
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,138	4	2,068	+ 70
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,861	8	1,109	+ 752
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,850	33	149	+ 1,701
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,757	7	1,152	+ 606
Kidney Disease	8	1,594	2	3,533	- 1,939
Liver Cancer	9	1,578	12	509	+ 1,069
Liver Disease	10	1,509	6	1,203	+ 306
Lung Cancers	11	1,344	23	274	+ 1,071
Hypertension	12	1,255	9	1,103	+ 152
Falls	13	974	22	276	+ 698
Stomach Cancer	14	955	14	478	+ 478
Tuberculosis	15	596	37	115	+ 482
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	521	18	315	+ 206
Asthma	17	515	38	105	+ 410
Suicide	18	458	19	285	+ 173
Low Birth Weight	19	450	13	490	- 39
Oral Cancer	20	447	43	64	+ 383
Congenital Anomalies	21	446	11	571	- 125
Breast Cancer	22	391	20	283	+ 108
Other Injuries	23	350	17	358	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	24	338	34	139	+ 199
Parkinson's Disease	25	337	42	67	+ 270
Drownings	26	322	32	157	+ 165
HIV/AIDS	27	315	35	139	+ 176
Leukemia	28	309	24	227	+ 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	277	36	122	+ 155
Lymphomas	30	187	29	164	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	31	151	16	374	- 223
Birth Trauma	32	148	25	198	- 50
Oesophagus Cancer	33	143	47	42	+ 101
Endocrine Disorders	34	131	28	164	- 32
Prostate Cancer	35	121	15	386	- 265
Violence	36	113	10	619	- 506
Measles	37	112	78	0	+ 112
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	108	54	20	+ 88
Encephalitis	39	98	58	10	+ 88
Skin Disease	40	96	31	162	- 66
Drug Use	41	86	46	50	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	42	73	48	39	+ 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	60	40	85	- 25
Pancreas Cancer	44	59	27	178	- 119
Bladder Cancer	45	57	52	28	+ 29
Alcohol	46	55	21	279	- 224
Ovary Cancer	47	55	44	61	- 7
Poisonings	48	53	55	18	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	49	49	39	88	- 39
Pertussis	50	45	67	3	+ 42
Meningitis	51	39	51	29	+ 10
Fires	52	38	57	16	+ 21
Epilepsy	53	37	41	74	- 37
Skin Cancers	54	29	45	59	- 29
Hepatitis B	55	24	62	5	+ 19
Syphilis	56	21	60	9	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	57	21	26	192	- 172
Tetanus	58	18	79	0	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	14	50	31	- 17
Appendicitis	60	13	49	32	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	61	7	+ 2
Dengue	62	8	64	4	+ 4
Malnutrition	63	8	30	163	- 156
Hepatitis C	64	5	68	1	+ 4
War	65	2	70	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	72	1	+ 2
Malaria	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	69	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	65	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	28	- 28
Schizophrenia	82	0	66	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	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

Viet Nam

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.