NICARAGUA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,251	1	5,843	+ 3,408
Stroke	2	4,866	3	2,225	+ 2,641
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,282	8	1,109	+ 3,174
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,705	4	2,068	- 362
Liver Disease	5	1,655	6	1,203	+ 451
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,392	7	1,152	+ 240
Kidney Disease	7	1,309	2	3,533	- 2,224
HIV/AIDS	8	1,192	35	139	+ 1,053
Violence	9	1,183	10	619	+ 565
Hypertension	10	1,169	9	1,103	+ 66
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,116	33	149	+ 967
Prostate Cancer	12	1,021	15	386	+ 635
Low Birth Weight	13	946	13	490	+ 456
Breast Cancer	14	901	20	283	+ 618
Lung Disease	15	840	5	1,570	- 730
Lung Cancers	16	768	23	274	+ 494
Congenital Anomalies	17	641	11	571	+ 70
Birth Trauma	18	565	25	198	+ 367
Other Injuries	19	549	17	358	+ 192
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	525	18	315	+ 210
Liver Cancer	21	410	12	509	- 99
Endocrine Disorders	22	372	28	164	+ 208
Cervical Cancer	23	346	16	374	- 28
Stomach Cancer	24	338	14	478	- 140
Suicide	25	327	19	285	+ 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	311	36	122	+ 189
Pancreas Cancer	27	281	27	178	+ 104
Parkinson's Disease	28	276	42	67	+ 209
Asthma	29	272	38	105	+ 167
Falls	30	269	22	276	- 8
Oral Cancer	31	268	43	64	+ 204
Leukemia	32	252	24	227	+ 25
Lymphomas	33	231	29	164	+ 67
Malnutrition	34	229	30	163	+ 66
Inflammatory/Heart	35	192	34	139	+ 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	182	40	85	+ 97
Drownings	37	153	32	157	- 4
Tuberculosis	38	149	37	115	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	39	125	39	88	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	40	124	47	42	+ 82
Skin Cancers	41	106	45	59	+ 47
Epilepsy	42	98	41	74	+ 24
Drug Use	43	96	46	50	+ 46
Fires	44	86	57	16	+ 70
Meningitis	45	83	51	29	+ 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	76	54	20	+ 56
Pertussis	47	74	67	3	+ 71
Alcohol	48	74	21	279	- 204
Bladder Cancer	49	57	52	28	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	50	55	44	61	- 6
Syphilis	51	43	60	9	+ 34
Appendicitis	52	41	49	32	+ 9
Skin Disease	53	31	31	162	- 131
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	30	50	31	- 1
Poisonings	55	29	55	18	+ 11
Encephalitis	56	27	58	10	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	57	27	48	39	- 12
Other Neoplasms	58	22	26	192	- 170
Schistosomiasis	59	14	84	0	+ 14
Hepatitis C	60	11	68	1	+ 9
Tetanus	61	11	79	0	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	61	7	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	7	62	5	+ 2
Dengue	64	3	64	4	- 1
Malaria	65	2	83	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	66	1	74	0	+ 1
War	67	1	70	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	72	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	1	- 1
Chagas disease	73	0	65	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	66	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Dominican Rep.

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.