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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua
NICARAGUA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
46.0
48.7
47.3
104
103
102
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
67.1
72.7
69.9
84
91
90
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
69.6
74.1
71.8
88
101
96
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Nicaragua
NICARAGUA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
69.6
74.1
88
101
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
74.2
79.9
63
60
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
74.4
80.0
61
59
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
74.5
80.1
61
58
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
74.7
80.3
63
57
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
75.2
80.5
58
57
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
75.8
80.7
56
57
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
76.4
81.0
52
54
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
77.0
81.3
50
53
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
77.9
81.8
49
51
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
79.0
82.4
47
49
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
80.2
83.1
46
48
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
81.8
84.4
38
41
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
83.4
85.8
30
39
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
85.2
87.5
26
31
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
87.4
89.4
13
13
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
90.0
91.8
5
6
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
92.9
94.4
4
4
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
96.0
97.1
4
4
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
99.5
100.2
5
4
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.4
103.8
6
5
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua
NICARAGUA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
95.28
119
  
68.80
155
2 Diabetes Mellitus
55.10
49
  
5.04
185
3 Stroke
52.58
140
  
36.89
160
4 Kidney Disease
41.29
10
  
3.23
185
5 Liver Disease
27.27
23
  
9.48
96
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
26.05
116
  
23.69
125
7 Lung Disease
22.81
94
  
21.47
98
8 Hypertension
20.30
124
  
3.67
183
9 Road Traffic Accidents
13.65
110
  
4.77
180
10 Stomach Cancer
13.55
37
  
4.81
130
11 Violence
12.45
65
  
1.14
160
12 Other Injuries
12.18
93
  
5.54
170
13 Cervical Cancer
11.69
32
  
1.38
161
14 Low Birth Weight
10.81
89
  
3.39
144
15 Liver Cancer
10.03
46
  
3.07
164
16 Suicide
9.56
73
  
6.90
101
17 Breast Cancer
9.46
168
  
23.62
20
18 Alcohol
9.21
5
  
1.10
76
19 Diarrhoeal diseases
8.02
84
  
1.95
119
20 Prostate Cancer
7.98
65
  
8.21
58
21 Congenital Anomalies
7.13
63
  
3.68
164
22 Lung Cancers
6.91
130
  
30.98
18
23 Malnutrition
6.25
60
  
0.07
172
24 HIV/AIDS
6.11
82
  
0.40
137
25 Tuberculosis
5.93
102
  
0.41
170
26 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.61
119
  
15.49
33
27 Asthma
4.51
93
  
1.09
153
28 Leukemia
4.19
72
  
4.39
63
29 Birth Trauma
4.17
91
  
0.64
166
30 Lymphomas
3.82
137
  
7.35
36
31 Pancreas Cancer
3.67
88
  
6.81
39
32 Drownings
3.35
103
  
0.35
187
33 Endocrine Disorders
3.33
141
  
3.13
147
34 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.07
110
  
2.54
123
35 Poisonings
2.60
92
  
2.81
89
36 Maternal Conditions
2.51
70
  
0.15
151
37 Inflammatory/Heart
2.37
166
  
2.97
152
38 Falls
2.35
140
  
3.51
109
39 Meningitis
2.32
93
  
0.41
149
40 Epilepsy
1.84
91
  
1.57
104
41 Ovary Cancer
1.74
133
  
3.96
20
42 Chagas disease
1.66
8
  
0.00
192
43 Other Neoplasms
1.45
157
  
2.95
92
44 Oral Cancer
1.39
174
  
2.39
113
45 Alzheimers/Dementia
1.11
162
  
17.08
14
46 Prostatic Hypertrophy
1.10
36
  
0.12
153
47 Parkinson Disease
1.05
129
  
3.48
8
48 Oesophagus Cancer
1.03
162
  
7.62
30
49 Anaemia
1.03
117
  
0.15
171
50 Uterin Cancer
0.95
102
  
1.53
64
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Nicaragua
NICARAGUA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
3,073
13.93
  
92,299
19.77
2 Diabetes Mellitus
1,773
8.04
  
6,682
1.43
3 Stroke
1,695
7.68
  
55,919
11.98
4 Kidney Disease
1,448
6.56
  
4,804
1.03
5 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,347
6.11
  
37,348
8.00
6 Liver Disease
977
4.43
  
7,767
1.66
7 Low Birth Weight
829
3.76
  
1,386
0.30
8 Lung Disease
722
3.27
  
29,069
6.23
9 Hypertension
664
3.01
  
5,191
1.11
10 Road Traffic Accidents
648
2.94
  
3,073
0.66
11 Violence
628
2.85
  
703
0.15
12 Other Injuries
582
2.64
  
6,029
1.29
13 Congenital Anomalies
533
2.42
  
1,950
0.42
14 Suicide
508
2.30
  
4,660
1.00
15 Diarrhoeal diseases
480
2.18
  
3,081
0.66
16 Stomach Cancer
444
2.01
  
6,006
1.29
17 Cervical Cancer
414
1.88
  
1,322
0.28
18 Malnutrition
404
1.83
  
85
0.02
19 Alcohol
348
1.58
  
862
0.18
20 Liver Cancer
334
1.51
  
3,470
0.74
21 Birth Trauma
320
1.45
  
262
0.06
22 HIV/AIDS
289
1.31
  
266
0.06
23 Prostate Cancer
249
1.13
  
11,508
2.46
24 Lung Cancers
224
1.02
  
35,845
7.68
25 Tuberculosis
220
1.00
  
443
0.09
26 Leukemia
211
0.96
  
5,077
1.09
27 Colon-Rectum Cancers
187
0.85
  
18,951
4.06
28 Drownings
181
0.82
  
233
0.05
29 Breast Cancer
173
0.78
  
14,343
3.07
30 Asthma
168
0.76
  
1,260
0.27
31 Meningitis
153
0.69
  
278
0.06
32 Lymphomas
146
0.66
  
8,744
1.87
33 Maternal Conditions
146
0.66
  
81
0.02
34 Endocrine Disorders
138
0.63
  
3,056
0.65
35 Pancreas Cancer
116
0.53
  
7,954
1.70
36 Poisonings
107
0.49
  
1,805
0.39
37 Peptic Ulcer Disease
101
0.46
  
3,294
0.71
38 Falls
95
0.43
  
4,450
0.95
39 Inflammatory/Heart
91
0.41
  
3,014
0.65
40 Epilepsy
90
0.41
  
1,201
0.26
41 Ovary Cancer
62
0.28
  
4,366
0.94
42 Dengue
57
0.26
  
0
0.00
43 Other Neoplasms
56
0.25
  
3,829
0.82
44 Chagas disease
54
0.24
  
0
0.00
45 Anaemia
45
0.20
  
260
0.06
46 Oral Cancer
45
0.20
  
2,428
0.52
47 Alzheimers/Dementia
38
0.17
  
29,116
6.24
48 Skin Disease
36
0.16
  
2,188
0.47
49 Prostatic Hypertrophy
34
0.15
  
193
0.04
50 Parkinson Disease
33
0.15
  
5,348
1.15
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua
NICARAGUA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stomach Cancer
13.55
37
  
4.81
130
2 Cervical Cancer
11.69
32
  
1.38
161
3 Liver Cancer
10.03
46
  
3.07
164
4 Breast Cancer
9.46
168
  
23.62
20
5 Prostate Cancer
7.98
65
  
8.21
58
6 Lung Cancers
6.91
130
  
30.98
18
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.61
119
  
15.49
33
8 Leukemia
4.19
72
  
4.39
63
9 Lymphomas
3.82
137
  
7.35
36
10 Pancreas Cancer
3.67
88
  
6.81
39
11 Ovary Cancer
1.74
133
  
3.96
20
12 Other Neoplasms
1.45
157
  
2.95
92
13 Oral Cancer
1.39
174
  
2.39
113
14 Oesophagus Cancer
1.03
162
  
7.62
30
15 Uterin Cancer
0.95
102
  
1.53
64
16 Skin Cancers
0.83
124
  
2.74
32
17 Bladder Cancer
0.72
169
  
4.27
28
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Nicaragua
NICARAGUA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
5,891,199
105
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
33.8 %
73
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
62.9 %
115
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
3.3 %
150
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
23.25
71
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
4.30
179
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.57
83
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
25.02
84
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.78
92
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-1.11
104
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
1.78
63
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
67.5
150
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
67.2
155
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
67.8
130
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
3.9
130
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
71.8
96
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
64.0
82
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$2,900
135
  
$36,600
23
 

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