TANZANIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	59,041	9	13,215	+ 45,826
Kidney Disease	2	35,695	19	4,547	+ 31,148
Stroke	3	22,476	7	16,894	+ 5,583
Diabetes Mellitus	4	20,890	15	6,247	+ 14,643
Lung Disease	5	15,858	22	3,051	+ 12,807
Liver Disease	6	12,157	13	6,586	+ 5,571
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	11,635	2	26,028	- 14,393
Road Traffic Accidents	8	11,201	5	18,054	- 6,853
Hypertension	9	11,146	17	5,209	+ 5,937
Violence	10	6,249	18	4,713	+ 1,537
Congenital Anomalies	11	5,767	11	9,791	- 4,024
Liver Cancer	12	5,139	36	1,413	+ 3,725
Low Birth Weight	13	4,947	10	12,173	- 7,225
Stomach Cancer	14	4,825	39	1,190	+ 3,635
Prostate Cancer	15	3,900	28	1,819	+ 2,081
Cervical Cancer	16	3,780	14	6,424	- 2,644
Other Injuries	17	3,612	20	4,270	- 657
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	3,186	33	1,567	+ 1,619
Suicide	19	2,876	24	2,474	+ 401
Breast Cancer	20	2,860	37	1,285	+ 1,575
Alcohol	21	2,815	56	270	+ 2,545
Falls	22	2,790	34	1,533	+ 1,256
Lung Cancers	23	2,767	61	159	+ 2,608
Leukemia	24	2,293	47	416	+ 1,877
Birth Trauma	25	2,000	8	15,086	- 13,086
Other Neoplasms	26	1,942	64	58	+ 1,885
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,796	62	158	+ 1,638
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,653	29	1,778	- 125
Lymphomas	29	1,653	41	805	+ 848
Malnutrition	30	1,648	16	5,574	- 3,927
Skin Disease	31	1,635	52	359	+ 1,275
Drownings	32	1,585	32	1,642	- 57
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,506	27	2,048	- 542
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,409	38	1,227	+ 181
HIV/AIDS	35	1,407	1	27,402	- 25,995
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,237	6	17,587	- 16,350
Tuberculosis	37	1,159	4	20,269	- 19,110
Asthma	38	1,060	30	1,700	- 640
Maternal Conditions	39	890	12	6,835	- 5,945
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	864	46	462	+ 402
Epilepsy	41	749	43	707	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	42	674	45	513	+ 161
Oral Cancer	43	649	31	1,646	- 996
Ovary Cancer	44	619	53	337	+ 282
Skin Cancers	45	595	42	744	- 149
Drug Use	46	508	48	404	+ 104
Oesophagus Cancer	47	423	25	2,247	- 1,824
Uterin Cancer	48	393	57	218	+ 175
Appendicitis	49	320	58	218	+ 103
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	309	63	81	+ 228
Meningitis	51	293	21	3,188	- 2,896
Bladder Cancer	52	283	44	667	- 384
Anemia	53	282	82	0	+ 282
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	202	50	401	- 199
Poisonings	55	178	40	1,170	- 992
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	171	86	0	+ 171
Fires	57	165	35	1,424	- 1,259
Encephalitis	58	103	59	199	- 95
Osteoarthritis	59	99	85	0	+ 99
Syphilis	60	95	26	2,115	- 2,020
Multiple Sclerosis	61	68	68	27	+ 42
Hepatitis B	62	52	60	168	- 116
Oral conditions	63	46	84	0	+ 46
Dengue	64	44	73	2	+ 43
Chagas disease	65	40	78	0	+ 40
Schizophrenia	66	34	80	0	+ 34
Pertussis	67	30	23	2,774	- 2,744
Hepatitis C	68	12	66	40	- 27
Ascariasis	69	8	65	56	- 47
War	70	7	67	30	- 23
Leprosy	71	6	76	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	72	5	54	299	- 294
Iodine Deficiency	73	4	79	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	74	3	71	9	- 6
Otitis Media	75	2	69	17	- 15
Leishmaniasis	76	1	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	77	0	70	11	- 10
Measles	78	0	55	295	- 295
Tetanus	79	0	49	402	- 402
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	83	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	371	- 371
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Nicaragua

Tanzania

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.