SINGAPORE VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,276	1	5,292	- 16
Kidney Disease	2	3,190	6	1,028	+ 2,161
Stroke	3	2,009	3	1,559	+ 450
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,867	28	108	+ 1,759
Lung Disease	5	1,417	14	383	+ 1,034
Liver Disease	6	1,086	20	209	+ 877
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,040	2	5,189	- 4,149
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,001	26	121	+ 880
Hypertension	9	996	8	732	+ 264
Violence	10	558	46	15	+ 544
Congenital Anomalies	11	515	31	80	+ 436
Liver Cancer	12	459	7	746	- 286
Low Birth Weight	13	442	41	25	+ 417
Stomach Cancer	14	431	12	405	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	15	349	16	303	+ 46
Cervical Cancer	16	338	30	85	+ 253
Other Injuries	17	323	32	79	+ 244
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	285	5	1,203	- 918
Suicide	19	257	9	650	- 393
Breast Cancer	20	256	10	605	- 350
Alcohol	21	252	47	10	+ 241
Falls	22	249	18	218	+ 32
Lung Cancers	23	247	4	1,540	- 1,293
Leukemia	24	205	17	249	- 44
Birth Trauma	25	179	55	3	+ 176
Other Neoplasms	26	174	22	195	- 22
Pancreas Cancer	27	161	11	537	- 376
Endocrine Disorders	28	148	37	30	+ 117
Lymphomas	29	148	13	397	- 249
Malnutrition	30	147	63	0	+ 147
Skin Disease	31	146	25	136	+ 10
Drownings	32	142	38	29	+ 113
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	135	36	32	+ 102
Inflammatory/Heart	34	126	19	215	- 89
HIV/AIDS	35	126	45	18	+ 108
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	110	39	28	+ 83
Tuberculosis	37	104	40	26	+ 78
Asthma	38	95	35	37	+ 58
Maternal Conditions	39	79	53	3	+ 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	77	33	69	+ 8
Epilepsy	41	67	42	25	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	42	60	29	90	- 29
Oral Cancer	43	58	15	317	- 259
Ovary Cancer	44	55	21	204	- 148
Skin Cancers	45	53	34	56	- 3
Drug Use	46	45	44	19	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	47	38	24	137	- 99
Uterin Cancer	48	35	23	147	- 112
Appendicitis	49	29	50	6	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	28	58	2	+ 25
Meningitis	51	26	48	8	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	52	25	27	120	- 95
Anemia	53	25	85	0	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	18	43	22	- 4
Poisonings	55	16	60	1	+ 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	15	51	6	+ 10
Fires	57	15	49	7	+ 8
Encephalitis	58	9	61	0	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	59	9	82	0	+ 9
Syphilis	60	8	65	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	57	3	+ 4
Hepatitis B	62	5	52	4	+ 1
Oral conditions	63	4	81	0	+ 4
Dengue	64	4	66	0	+ 4
Chagas disease	65	4	74	0	+ 4
Schizophrenia	66	3	84	0	+ 3
Pertussis	67	3	62	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	68	1	56	3	- 2
Ascariasis	69	1	67	0	+ 1
War	70	1	59	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	0	54	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	64	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Nicaragua

Singapore

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.