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Nicaragua Population Pyramid
 


Nicaragua
NICARAGUA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
46.0
48.7
47.3
104
103
102
1970
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
1980
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
1990
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
2000
67.1
72.7
69.9
84
91
90
2010
69.6
74.1
71.8
88
101
96
 
 
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
69.6
74.1
88
101
Age 5
73.2
78.9
63
60
Age 10
73.4
79.0
61
59
Age 15
73.5
79.1
61
58
Age 20
73.7
79.3
63
57
Age 25
74.2
79.5
58
57
Age 30
74.8
79.7
56
57
Age 35
75.4
80.0
52
54
Age 40
76.0
80.3
50
53
Age 45
76.9
80.8
49
51
Age 50
78.0
81.4
47
49
Age 55
79.2
82.1
46
48
Age 60
80.8
83.4
38
41
Age 65
82.4
84.8
30
39
Age 70
84.2
86.5
26
31
Age 75
86.4
88.4
13
13
Age 80
89.0
90.8
5
6
Age 85
91.9
93.4
4
4
Age 90
95.0
96.1
4
4
Age 95
98.5
99.2
5
4
Age 100
102.4
102.8
6
5
 
 
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
3,073
13.93
2 Diabetes Mellitus
1,773
8.04
3 Stroke
1,695
7.68
4 Kidney Disease
1,448
6.56
5 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,347
6.11
6 Liver Disease
977
4.43
7 Low Birth Weight
829
3.76
8 Lung Disease
722
3.27
9 Hypertension
664
3.01
10 Road Traffic Accidents
648
2.94
11 Violence
628
2.85
12 Other Injuries
582
2.64
13 Congenital Anomalies
533
2.42
14 Suicide
508
2.30
15 Diarrhoeal diseases
480
2.18
16 Stomach Cancer
444
2.01
17 Cervical Cancer
414
1.88
18 Malnutrition
404
1.83
19 Alcohol
348
1.58
20 Liver Cancer
334
1.51
21 Birth Trauma
320
1.45
22 HIV/AIDS
289
1.31
23 Prostate Cancer
249
1.13
24 Lung Cancers
224
1.02
25 Tuberculosis
220
1.00
  Deaths %
26 Leukemia
211
0.96
27 Colon-Rectum Cancers
187
0.85
28 Drownings
181
0.82
29 Breast Cancer
173
0.78
30 Asthma
168
0.76
31 Meningitis
153
0.69
32 Lymphomas
146
0.66
33 Maternal Conditions
146
0.66
34 Endocrine Disorders
138
0.63
35 Pancreas Cancer
116
0.53
36 Poisonings
107
0.49
37 Peptic Ulcer Disease
101
0.46
38 Falls
95
0.43
39 Inflammatory/Heart
91
0.41
40 Epilepsy
90
0.41
41 Ovary Cancer
62
0.28
42 Dengue
57
0.26
43 Other Neoplasms
56
0.25
44 Chagas disease
54
0.24
45 Anaemia
45
0.20
46 Oral Cancer
45
0.20
47 Alzheimers/Dementia
38
0.17
48 Skin Disease
36
0.16
49 Prostatic Hypertrophy
34
0.15
50 Parkinson Disease
33
0.15
 
 
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
95.28
119
2 Diabetes Mellitus
55.10
49
3 Stroke
52.58
140
4 Kidney Disease
41.29
10
5 Liver Disease
27.27
23
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
26.05
116
7 Lung Disease
22.81
94
8 Hypertension
20.30
124
9 Road Traffic Accidents
13.65
110
10 Stomach Cancer
13.55
37
11 Violence
12.45
65
12 Other Injuries
12.18
93
13 Cervical Cancer
11.69
32
14 Low Birth Weight
10.81
89
15 Liver Cancer
10.03
46
16 Suicide
9.56
73
17 Breast Cancer
9.46
168
18 Alcohol
9.21
5
19 Diarrhoeal diseases
8.02
84
20 Prostate Cancer
7.98
65
21 Congenital Anomalies
7.13
63
22 Lung Cancers
6.91
130
23 Malnutrition
6.25
60
24 HIV/AIDS
6.11
82
25 Tuberculosis
5.93
102
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.61
119
27 Asthma
4.51
93
28 Leukemia
4.19
72
29 Birth Trauma
4.17
91
30 Lymphomas
3.82
137
31 Pancreas Cancer
3.67
88
32 Drownings
3.35
103
33 Endocrine Disorders
3.33
141
34 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.07
110
35 Poisonings
2.60
92
36 Maternal Conditions
2.51
70
37 Inflammatory/Heart
2.37
166
38 Falls
2.35
140
39 Meningitis
2.32
93
40 Epilepsy
1.84
91
41 Ovary Cancer
1.74
133
42 Chagas disease
1.66
8
43 Other Neoplasms
1.45
157
44 Oral Cancer
1.39
174
45 Alzheimers/Dementia
1.11
162
46 Prostatic Hypertrophy
1.10
36
47 Parkinson Disease
1.05
129
48 Oesophagus Cancer
1.03
162
49 Anaemia
1.03
117
50 Uterin Cancer
0.95
102
 
 
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Stomach Cancer
13.55
37
2 Cervical Cancer
11.69
32
3 Liver Cancer
10.03
46
4 Breast Cancer
9.46
168
5 Prostate Cancer
7.98
65
6 Lung Cancers
6.91
130
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.61
119
8 Leukemia
4.19
72
9 Lymphomas
3.82
137
  Rate World Rank
10 Pancreas Cancer
3.67
88
11 Ovary Cancer
1.74
133
12 Other Neoplasms
1.45
157
13 Oral Cancer
1.39
174
14 Oesophagus Cancer
1.03
162
15 Uterin Cancer
0.95
102
16 Skin Cancers
0.83
124
17 Bladder Cancer
0.72
169
 
 
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
3.6
120
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
N/A
N/A
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
15.3
44.1
76
23
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
210
85

 
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
5,891,199
105
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
Population 0-14
33.8 %
73
Population 15-64
62.9 %
115
Population 65 +
3.3 %
150
Birth Rate / 1000
23.25
71
Death Rate / 1000
4.30
179
Fertulity Rate
2.57
83
Infant Mortality
25.02
84
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.78
92
Net Migrattion
-1.11
104
Population Growth
1.78
63
Literacy Total
67.5
150
Literacy Male
67.2
155
Literacy Female
67.8
130
Unemployment
3.9
130
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
71.8
96
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
64.0
82
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$2,900
135
 
 
 

Latest WHO data (2010), Death Rates are age-standardized, total deaths are % of population

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