NICARAGUA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,265	1	5,843	+ 422
Stroke	2	2,819	3	2,225	+ 594
War	3	2,683	70	1	+ 2,682
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,488	7	1,152	+ 1,337
Low Birth Weight	5	1,830	13	490	+ 1,341
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,778	8	1,109	+ 670
Birth Trauma	7	1,234	25	198	+ 1,036
Hypertension	8	1,100	9	1,103	- 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	908	36	122	+ 786
Congenital Anomalies	10	891	11	571	+ 321
Lung Disease	11	664	5	1,570	- 906
Measles	12	627	78	0	+ 627
Liver Disease	13	601	6	1,203	- 603
Violence	14	590	10	619	- 29
Kidney Disease	15	556	2	3,533	- 2,976
Other Injuries	16	462	17	358	+ 105
Asthma	17	438	38	105	+ 333
Tuberculosis	18	395	37	115	+ 280
Diabetes Mellitus	19	373	4	2,068	- 1,695
Malaria	20	357	83	0	+ 357
Suicide	21	353	19	285	+ 68
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	292	33	149	+ 143
Pertussis	23	257	67	3	+ 254
Falls	24	243	22	276	- 33
Drownings	25	237	32	157	+ 80
Breast Cancer	26	236	20	283	- 48
Malnutrition	27	220	30	163	+ 57
Meningitis	28	212	51	29	+ 183
Fires	29	206	57	16	+ 190
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	190	18	315	- 126
Stomach Cancer	31	187	14	478	- 290
Maternal Conditions	32	185	39	88	+ 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	173	40	85	+ 88
Leukemia	34	161	24	227	- 66
Oesophagus Cancer	35	159	47	42	+ 117
Endocrine Disorders	36	153	28	164	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	147	54	20	+ 127
Drug Use	38	127	46	50	+ 77
Liver Cancer	39	127	12	509	- 382
Inflammatory/Heart	40	121	34	139	- 18
Lung Cancers	41	118	23	274	- 156
Oral Cancer	42	114	43	64	+ 49
Epilepsy	43	112	41	74	+ 38
Poisonings	44	110	55	18	+ 93
Lymphomas	45	90	29	164	- 74
HIV/AIDS	46	82	35	139	- 57
Tetanus	47	82	79	0	+ 82
Encephalitis	48	77	58	10	+ 66
Parkinson's Disease	49	75	42	67	+ 8
Hepatitis B	50	62	62	5	+ 57
Pancreas Cancer	51	59	27	178	- 119
Ovary Cancer	52	39	44	61	- 22
Syphilis	53	36	60	9	+ 27
Appendicitis	54	34	49	32	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	55	33	52	28	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	56	26	84	0	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	57	25	16	374	- 349
Skin Cancers	58	21	45	59	- 38
Alcohol	59	16	21	279	- 262
Dengue	60	15	64	4	+ 10
Skin Disease	61	9	31	162	- 153
Multiple Sclerosis	62	9	61	7	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	63	8	15	386	- 378
Other Neoplasms	64	4	26	192	- 188
Ascariasis	65	4	69	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	3	50	31	- 28
Diphtheria	67	3	77	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	68	2	68	1	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	69	1	48	39	- 38
Upper Respiratory	70	1	72	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	1	- 1
Chagas disease	75	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
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

Yemen

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.