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Central African Republic
COUNTRY #1
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC VS NICARAGUA

Compare Central African Republic and Nicaragua health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Nicaragua
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Central African Republic Population Pyramid
8,400,954
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Nicaragua Population Pyramid
8,531,045
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
36.2
41.2
38.7
159
146
156
  
46.0
48.7
47.3
104
103
102
1970
40.2
45.2
42.6
160
148
154
  
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
1980
45.1
50.4
47.7
157
147
153
  
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
1990
47.3
52.5
49.8
165
159
163
  
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
2000
44.9
47.1
46.0
177
178
178
  
67.3
73.3
70.3
90
89
91
2010
47.9
50.5
49.2
181
181
181
  
70.2
76.1
73.2
83
83
85
2019
50.2
56.3
53.1
182
182
182
  
72.1
77.9
75.0
78
77
76
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
50.2
56.3
182
182
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age
50.2
56.3
182
182
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age 5
56.9
62.8
181
182
73.4
79.1
77
71
Age 10
57.3
63.3
181
182
73.5
79.2
77
71
Age 15
57.6
63.5
181
182
73.7
79.3
76
71
Age 20
58.4
64.0
181
182
73.9
79.4
76
71
Age 25
59.2
64.6
181
182
74.2
79.5
76
71
Age 30
60.1
65.4
181
182
74.5
79.6
77
71
Age 35
61.0
66.4
181
182
74.8
79.8
79
72
Age 40
62.3
67.7
182
182
75.1
80.0
81
72
Age 45
64.0
69.2
182
182
75.5
80.2
84
72
Age 50
66.1
70.9
182
182
76.1
80.6
84
74
Age 55
68.6
72.8
182
182
76.9
81.2
85
75
Age 60
71.3
74.9
182
182
78.0
81.9
87
78
Age 65
74.4
77.1
183
182
79.5
82.8
90
79
Age 70
77.7
79.6
183
182
81.4
84.1
96
81
Age 75
81.2
82.5
182
179
83.7
85.7
100
81
Age 80
84.9
85.7
179
170
86.5
87.8
106
84
Age 85
88.8
89.3
169
169
89.7
90.4
107
80
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Diarrhoeal diseases
186.48
1
2.06
105
2. Stroke
181.27
9
47.78
132
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
163.64
2
20.90
111
4. Coronary Heart Disease
161.58
39
124.46
73
5. Tuberculosis
148.01
1
2.20
107
6. HIV/AIDS
118.59
10
2.39
101
7. Hypertension
73.55
2
23.51
64
8. Diabetes Mellitus
59.37
26
44.63
48
9. Lung Disease
56.65
12
33.61
40
10. Liver Disease
52.83
8
24.52
77
11. Malaria
48.35
11
0.00
144
12. Road Traffic Accidents
46.52
13
18.75
81
13. Asthma
38.64
4
2.14
114
14. Kidney Disease
35.36
36
73.96
2
15. Maternal Conditions
31.52
2
1.27
79
16. Prostate Cancer
26.97
36
20.62
60
17. Breast Cancer
26.45
19
10.15
158
18. Violence
25.46
15
9.50
55
19. Malnutrition
24.59
6
2.89
72
20. Suicide
22.96
10
4.66
146
21. Other Injuries
21.36
7
6.63
106
22. Meningitis
21.14
5
0.47
119
23. Measles
19.96
6
0.00
152
24. Cervical Cancer
18.81
41
13.48
64
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.60
91
3.05
173
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
15.30
5
1.82
121
27. Low Birth Weight
14.93
4
4.70
91
28. Birth Trauma
14.54
5
1.90
93
29. Endocrine Disorders
14.01
11
3.03
110
30. Inflammatory/Heart
12.87
16
2.78
143
31. Falls
9.19
26
5.61
94
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8.80
11
0.38
165
33. Congenital Anomalies
7.72
39
6.84
56
34. Schistosomiasis
7.44
1
0.00
146
35. War
6.90
7
0.01
150
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.15
133
6.63
125
37. Liver Cancer
5.31
94
10.93
25
38. Ovary Cancer
5.08
64
2.18
169
39. Fires
4.94
11
0.30
163
40. Lymphomas
4.93
81
3.32
140
41. Poisonings
4.53
4
0.30
125
42. Parkinson's Disease
4.47
71
1.49
168
43. Drownings
4.30
39
2.57
86
44. Tetanus
4.09
3
0.00
175
45. Oral Cancer
4.02
58
1.33
167
46. Stomach Cancer
3.43
140
10.11
45
47. Epilepsy
3.37
19
1.29
115
48. Pertussis
3.36
23
0.04
115
49. Leukemia
3.09
117
3.91
74
50. Alcohol
2.64
45
5.38
16
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,231
9.88
1,152
4.03
2. Tuberculosis
4,704
8.88
115
0.40
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,684
8.84
122
0.43
4. HIV/AIDS
3,753
7.09
139
0.49
5. Stroke
3,284
6.20
2,225
7.78
6. Malaria
3,279
6.19
0
0.00
7. Coronary Heart Disease
2,900
5.48
5,843
20.44
8. Low Birth Weight
2,228
4.21
490
1.71
9. Birth Trauma
2,192
4.14
198
0.69
10. Road Traffic Accidents
1,790
3.38
1,109
3.88
11. Measles
1,625
3.07
0
0.00
12. Hypertension
1,252
2.36
1,103
3.86
13. Maternal Conditions
1,174
2.22
88
0.31
14. Liver Disease
1,153
2.18
1,203
4.21
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,141
2.15
2,068
7.23
16. Meningitis
1,015
1.92
29
0.10
17. Violence
1,009
1.91
619
2.17
18. Lung Disease
956
1.80
1,570
5.49
19. Congenital Anomalies
776
1.47
571
2.00
20. Asthma
761
1.44
105
0.37
21. Kidney Disease
710
1.34
3,533
12.36
22. Malnutrition
691
1.30
163
0.57
23. Other Injuries
621
1.17
358
1.25
24. Suicide
585
1.10
285
1.00
25. Endocrine Disorders
423
0.80
164
0.57
26. Breast Cancer
344
0.65
283
0.99
27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
317
0.60
85
0.30
28. War
314
0.59
1
0.00
29. Tetanus
280
0.53
0
0.00
30. Inflammatory/Heart
270
0.51
139
0.49
31. Pertussis
265
0.50
3
0.01
32. Cervical Cancer
230
0.43
374
1.31
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
204
0.39
149
0.52
34. Drownings
202
0.38
157
0.55
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
194
0.37
20
0.07
36. Falls
181
0.34
276
0.97
37. Schistosomiasis
169
0.32
0
0.00
38. Prostate Cancer
156
0.29
386
1.35
39. Fires
142
0.27
16
0.06
40. Poisonings
134
0.25
18
0.06
41. Syphilis
120
0.23
9
0.03
42. Lymphomas
119
0.22
164
0.57
43. Epilepsy
119
0.22
74
0.26
44. Liver Cancer
117
0.22
509
1.78
45. Colon-Rectum Cancers
116
0.22
315
1.10
46. Oral Cancer
91
0.17
64
0.22
47. Leukemia
88
0.17
227
0.79
48. Parkinson's Disease
67
0.13
67
0.23
49. Stomach Cancer
65
0.12
478
1.67
50. Ovary Cancer
64
0.12
61
0.21
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
26.97
36
20.62
60
2. Breast Cancer
26.45
19
10.15
158
3. Cervical Cancer
18.81
41
13.48
64
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.15
133
6.63
125
5. Liver Cancer
5.31
94
10.93
25
6. Ovary Cancer
5.08
64
2.18
169
7. Lymphomas
4.93
81
3.32
140
8. Oral Cancer
4.02
58
1.33
167
9. Stomach Cancer
3.43
140
10.11
45
10. Leukemia
3.09
117
3.91
74
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.54
89
0.90
161
12. Lung Cancers
2.48
167
5.94
131
13. Skin Cancers
2.26
66
1.27
128
14. Pancreas Cancer
1.95
145
3.88
86
15. Uterin Cancer
1.81
118
1.51
139
16. Bladder Cancer
1.26
143
0.61
176
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.