ECUADOR VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,024	1	9,805	+ 6,219
Kidney Disease	2	9,688	2	6,184	+ 3,504
Stroke	3	6,100	3	5,429	+ 671
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,670	5	4,321	+ 1,349
Lung Disease	5	4,304	8	2,576	+ 1,728
Liver Disease	6	3,300	7	3,330	- 31
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,158	4	5,083	- 1,925
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,040	6	3,490	- 450
Hypertension	9	3,025	10	2,507	+ 518
Violence	10	1,696	15	1,210	+ 486
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,565	13	1,335	+ 230
Liver Cancer	12	1,395	21	954	+ 441
Low Birth Weight	13	1,343	16	1,172	+ 171
Stomach Cancer	14	1,310	11	2,089	- 779
Prostate Cancer	15	1,058	12	1,362	- 303
Cervical Cancer	16	1,026	24	840	+ 186
Other Injuries	17	980	17	1,161	- 180
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	865	19	1,109	- 244
Suicide	19	780	14	1,326	- 546
Breast Cancer	20	776	25	825	- 49
Alcohol	21	764	39	280	+ 484
Falls	22	757	18	1,114	- 357
Lung Cancers	23	751	20	1,075	- 324
Leukemia	24	622	23	882	- 259
Birth Trauma	25	543	38	302	+ 240
Other Neoplasms	26	527	57	64	+ 463
Pancreas Cancer	27	487	30	562	- 74
Endocrine Disorders	28	449	31	507	- 58
Lymphomas	29	449	22	883	- 434
Malnutrition	30	447	28	578	- 131
Skin Disease	31	444	51	103	+ 341
Drownings	32	430	32	470	- 40
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	409	9	2,565	- 2,156
Inflammatory/Heart	34	382	36	308	+ 74
HIV/AIDS	35	382	27	609	- 228
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	336	34	410	- 75
Tuberculosis	37	315	29	574	- 259
Asthma	38	288	53	85	+ 202
Maternal Conditions	39	241	46	164	+ 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	234	33	417	- 182
Epilepsy	41	203	40	273	- 69
Parkinson's Disease	42	183	26	658	- 475
Oral Cancer	43	176	45	166	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	44	168	35	322	- 154
Skin Cancers	45	161	37	308	- 146
Drug Use	46	138	41	214	- 76
Oesophagus Cancer	47	115	42	180	- 65
Uterin Cancer	48	107	48	129	- 22
Appendicitis	49	87	50	110	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	84	49	124	- 40
Meningitis	51	79	52	90	- 10
Bladder Cancer	52	77	44	168	- 91
Anemia	53	77	82	0	+ 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	55	47	163	- 108
Poisonings	55	48	58	59	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	46	86	0	+ 46
Fires	57	45	43	175	- 130
Encephalitis	58	28	55	82	- 54
Osteoarthritis	59	27	85	0	+ 27
Syphilis	60	26	54	85	- 59
Multiple Sclerosis	61	19	60	18	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	14	64	3	+ 11
Oral conditions	63	13	84	0	+ 13
Dengue	64	12	61	10	+ 2
Chagas disease	65	11	59	21	- 10
Schizophrenia	66	9	83	0	+ 9
Pertussis	67	8	56	79	- 71
Hepatitis C	68	3	67	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	2	65	2	+ 0
War	70	2	66	2	+ 0
Leprosy	71	2	71	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	72	1	63	8	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	68	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	1	- 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	62	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Nicaragua

Ecuador

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.