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Micronesia
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Micronesia 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
Micronesia Population Pyramid
32,004
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Nicaragua Population Pyramid
1,294,994
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
57.3
58.4
57.8
66
72
67
 
46.0
48.7
47.3
104
103
102
1970
61.3
62.4
61.8
65
80
72
 
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
1980
64.6
65.7
65.1
65
86
82
 
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
1990
65.7
66.8
66.3
81
111
99
 
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
2000
66.0
68.1
67.0
97
117
110
 
67.3
73.3
70.3
90
89
91
2010
67.5
69.9
68.7
102
122
113
 
70.2
76.1
73.2
83
83
85
2019
60.3
66.0
63.0
167
155
162
 
72.1
77.9
75.0
78
77
76
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.3
66.0
167
155
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age
60.3
66.0
167
155
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age 5
62.4
67.8
175
175
73.4
79.1
77
71
Age 10
62.6
68.0
175
175
73.5
79.2
77
71
Age 15
62.7
68.1
176
175
73.7
79.3
76
71
Age 20
63.1
68.4
176
175
73.9
79.4
76
71
Age 25
63.8
68.7
176
175
74.2
79.5
76
71
Age 30
64.6
69.2
176
176
74.5
79.6
77
71
Age 35
65.5
69.7
175
179
74.8
79.8
79
72
Age 40
66.6
70.4
175
179
75.1
80.0
81
72
Age 45
68.0
71.3
175
179
75.5
80.2
84
72
Age 50
69.7
72.4
175
179
76.1
80.6
84
74
Age 55
71.6
73.8
176
179
76.9
81.2
85
75
Age 60
73.8
75.6
176
179
78.0
81.9
87
78
Age 65
76.4
77.6
176
179
79.5
82.8
90
79
Age 70
79.2
79.8
174
180
81.4
84.1
96
81
Age 75
82.2
82.4
173
181
83.7
85.7
100
81
Age 80
85.4
85.4
170
178
86.5
87.8
106
84
Age 85
88.9
88.9
168
174
89.7
90.4
107
80
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
280.36
11
124.46
73
2. Stroke
181.04
10
47.78
132
3. Diabetes Mellitus
172.00
3
44.63
48
4. Kidney Disease
77.01
1
73.96
2
5. Lung Disease
67.93
10
33.61
40
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
66.80
54
20.90
111
7. Hypertension
41.50
20
23.51
64
8. Breast Cancer
41.39
3
10.15
158
9. Lung Cancers
31.29
11
5.94
131
10. Suicide
28.99
5
4.66
146
11. Prostate Cancer
28.57
33
20.62
60
12. Liver Disease
27.88
61
24.52
77
13. Asthma
26.17
8
2.14
114
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
19.96
58
2.06
105
15. Cervical Cancer
19.81
39
13.48
64
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.00
70
3.05
173
17. Stomach Cancer
16.29
6
10.11
45
18. Drownings
15.31
2
2.57
86
19. Rheumatic Heart Disease
15.30
5
0.38
165
20. Other Injuries
13.69
31
6.63
106
21. Tuberculosis
12.92
60
2.20
107
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.22
47
6.63
125
23. Parkinson's Disease
10.56
2
1.49
168
24. Liver Cancer
10.45
28
10.93
25
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
9.84
13
1.82
121
26. Falls
9.05
31
5.61
94
27. Congenital Anomalies
8.12
27
6.84
56
28. Inflammatory/Heart
7.84
43
2.78
143
29. Low Birth Weight
7.34
62
4.70
91
30. Uterin Cancer
6.94
6
1.51
139
31. Endocrine Disorders
6.81
38
3.03
110
32. Leukemia
5.72
11
3.91
74
33. Ovary Cancer
5.60
46
2.18
169
34. Birth Trauma
5.44
61
1.90
93
35. Malnutrition
5.33
51
2.89
72
36. Pancreas Cancer
5.12
63
3.88
86
37. Violence
4.89
89
9.50
55
38. Lymphomas
4.53
97
3.32
140
39. Oral Cancer
4.31
54
1.33
167
40. Skin Disease
3.95
21
3.39
24
41. Maternal Conditions
3.35
55
1.27
79
42. Oesophagus Cancer
2.99
74
0.90
161
43. Meningitis
2.69
54
0.47
119
44. Pertussis
2.57
31
0.04
115
45. Epilepsy
2.55
43
1.29
115
46. Alcohol
2.45
49
5.38
16
47. Bladder Cancer
2.41
72
0.61
176
48. Fires
2.04
72
0.30
163
49. Syphilis
1.75
15
0.10
93
50. Skin Cancers
1.43
122
1.27
128
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
193
19.88
5,843
20.44
2. Diabetes Mellitus
123
12.67
2,068
7.23
3. Stroke
119
12.26
2,225
7.78
4. Kidney Disease
56
5.77
3,533
12.36
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
52
5.36
1,152
4.03
6. Lung Disease
41
4.22
1,570
5.49
7. Suicide
32
3.30
285
1.00
8. Hypertension
27
2.78
1,103
3.86
9. Liver Disease
24
2.47
1,203
4.21
10. Lung Cancers
23
2.37
274
0.96
11. Breast Cancer
17
1.75
283
0.99
12. Drownings
17
1.75
157
0.55
13. Asthma
16
1.65
105
0.37
14. Low Birth Weight
15
1.54
490
1.71
15. Rheumatic Heart Disease
14
1.44
20
0.07
16. Tuberculosis
13
1.34
115
0.40
17. Congenital Anomalies
13
1.34
571
2.00
18. Other Injuries
13
1.34
358
1.25
19. Diarrhoeal diseases
13
1.34
122
0.43
20. Stomach Cancer
12
1.24
478
1.67
21. Birth Trauma
11
1.13
198
0.69
22. Cervical Cancer
8
0.82
374
1.31
23. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8
0.82
315
1.10
24. Liver Cancer
8
0.82
509
1.78
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
7
0.72
149
0.52
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.72
85
0.30
27. Falls
6
0.62
276
0.97
28. Prostate Cancer
6
0.62
386
1.35
29. Inflammatory/Heart
6
0.62
139
0.49
30. Endocrine Disorders
5
0.51
164
0.57
31. Violence
5
0.51
619
2.17
32. Parkinson's Disease
5
0.51
67
0.23
33. Leukemia
5
0.51
227
0.79
34. Lymphomas
4
0.41
164
0.57
35. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.41
178
0.62
36. Maternal Conditions
4
0.41
88
0.31
37. Pertussis
4
0.41
3
0.01
38. Epilepsy
3
0.31
74
0.26
39. Malnutrition
3
0.31
163
0.57
40. Uterin Cancer
3
0.31
39
0.14
41. Skin Disease
3
0.31
162
0.57
42. Meningitis
3
0.31
29
0.10
43. Syphilis
3
0.31
9
0.03
44. Oral Cancer
3
0.31
64
0.22
45. Fires
2
0.21
16
0.06
46. Alcohol
2
0.21
279
0.98
47. Oesophagus Cancer
2
0.21
42
0.15
48. Ovary Cancer
2
0.21
61
0.21
49. Bladder Cancer
2
0.21
28
0.10
50. Drug Use
1
0.10
50
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
41.39
3
10.15
158
2. Lung Cancers
31.29
11
5.94
131
3. Prostate Cancer
28.57
33
20.62
60
4. Cervical Cancer
19.81
39
13.48
64
5. Stomach Cancer
16.29
6
10.11
45
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.22
47
6.63
125
7. Liver Cancer
10.45
28
10.93
25
8. Uterin Cancer
6.94
6
1.51
139
9. Leukemia
5.72
11
3.91
74
10. Ovary Cancer
5.60
46
2.18
169
11. Pancreas Cancer
5.12
63
3.88
86
12. Lymphomas
4.53
97
3.32
140
13. Oral Cancer
4.31
54
1.33
167
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.99
74
0.90
161
15. Bladder Cancer
2.41
72
0.61
176
16. Skin Cancers
1.43
122
1.27
128
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.