NICARAGUA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	7,782	35	139	+ 7,643
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,197	7	1,152	+ 3,045
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,306	1	5,843	- 2,537
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,350	8	1,109	+ 1,242
Stroke	5	1,996	3	2,225	- 229
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,789	36	122	+ 1,666
Low Birth Weight	7	1,572	13	490	+ 1,082
Birth Trauma	8	1,326	25	198	+ 1,128
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,302	4	2,068	- 766
Malnutrition	10	933	30	163	+ 770
Congenital Anomalies	11	863	11	571	+ 293
Kidney Disease	12	862	2	3,533	- 2,671
Suicide	13	805	19	285	+ 521
Cervical Cancer	14	788	16	374	+ 413
Malaria	15	780	83	0	+ 780
Tuberculosis	16	778	37	115	+ 664
Liver Disease	17	756	6	1,203	- 447
Violence	18	746	10	619	+ 127
Maternal Conditions	19	681	39	88	+ 593
Other Injuries	20	645	17	358	+ 287
Asthma	21	596	38	105	+ 491
Meningitis	22	516	51	29	+ 487
Lung Disease	23	453	5	1,570	- 1,117
Hypertension	24	446	9	1,103	- 657
Inflammatory/Heart	25	408	34	139	+ 268
Lymphomas	26	374	29	164	+ 210
Drownings	27	372	32	157	+ 215
Breast Cancer	28	327	20	283	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	29	312	47	42	+ 270
Fires	30	309	57	16	+ 292
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	299	33	149	+ 150
Prostate Cancer	32	244	15	386	- 142
Stomach Cancer	33	218	14	478	- 260
Endocrine Disorders	34	215	28	164	+ 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	213	40	85	+ 128
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	211	54	20	+ 191
Poisonings	37	201	55	18	+ 183
Liver Cancer	38	198	12	509	- 310
Epilepsy	39	198	41	74	+ 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	197	18	315	- 119
Falls	41	181	22	276	- 95
Pertussis	42	163	67	3	+ 160
Lung Cancers	43	111	23	274	- 163
Skin Cancers	44	103	45	59	+ 44
Leukemia	45	95	24	227	- 132
Parkinson's Disease	46	88	42	67	+ 21
Pancreas Cancer	47	84	27	178	- 93
Drug Use	48	83	46	50	+ 32
Oral Cancer	49	81	43	64	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	50	71	48	39	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	51	68	44	61	+ 6
Skin Disease	52	67	31	162	- 94
Schistosomiasis	53	67	84	0	+ 67
Bladder Cancer	54	49	52	28	+ 21
Syphilis	55	48	60	9	+ 39
Encephalitis	56	46	58	10	+ 35
Tetanus	57	40	79	0	+ 40
Appendicitis	58	26	49	32	- 6
Upper Respiratory	59	25	72	1	+ 25
Hepatitis B	60	22	62	5	+ 17
Alcohol	61	19	21	279	- 260
Other Neoplasms	62	14	26	192	- 178
Measles	63	12	78	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	50	31	- 20
War	65	10	70	1	+ 9
Hepatitis C	66	6	68	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	5	61	7	- 1
Otitis Media	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	69	1	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	77	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	64	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	65	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	1	- 1
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

Zimbabwe

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.