NIGERIA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	370,018	7	61,374	+ 308,645
Liver Disease	2	127,947	13	38,326	+ 89,622
Stroke	3	93,294	8	57,744	+ 35,551
Liver Cancer	4	52,165	39	5,289	+ 46,876
Hypertension	5	44,891	24	10,692	+ 34,200
Kidney Disease	6	44,876	20	18,189	+ 26,687
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	44,040	1	207,281	- 163,241
Diabetes Mellitus	8	40,713	18	22,497	+ 18,216
Lung Disease	9	28,502	22	12,569	+ 15,933
Congenital Anomalies	10	25,884	9	49,696	- 23,812
Low Birth Weight	11	24,242	6	95,959	- 71,717
Road Traffic Accidents	12	21,580	12	41,693	- 20,113
Breast Cancer	13	19,536	23	11,884	+ 7,652
Lymphomas	14	16,043	40	5,202	+ 10,842
Asthma	15	15,118	27	8,192	+ 6,926
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	14,843	31	6,786	+ 8,058
Birth Trauma	17	13,001	5	100,186	- 87,185
Lung Cancers	18	12,082	57	1,295	+ 10,787
Bladder Cancer	19	10,923	63	670	+ 10,253
Violence	20	8,863	19	18,407	- 9,544
Other Injuries	21	8,127	17	22,696	- 14,569
Leukemia	22	8,008	47	2,257	+ 5,751
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	7,857	2	144,724	- 136,867
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	6,561	43	4,152	+ 2,409
Suicide	25	6,431	30	7,019	- 587
Pancreas Cancer	26	6,185	51	1,975	+ 4,210
Inflammatory/Heart	27	5,297	42	4,826	+ 471
Parkinson's Disease	28	5,089	46	2,473	+ 2,615
Endocrine Disorders	29	5,048	21	15,799	- 10,751
Falls	30	4,296	28	7,528	- 3,232
Ovary Cancer	31	4,136	49	2,133	+ 2,004
Stomach Cancer	32	3,925	50	2,129	+ 1,796
Fires	33	3,337	29	7,132	- 3,794
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	2,849	37	5,846	- 2,997
Prostate Cancer	35	2,729	35	5,914	- 3,186
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	2,656	52	1,946	+ 710
Drownings	37	2,388	32	6,584	- 4,196
Encephalitis	38	2,225	59	937	+ 1,289
Skin Cancers	39	2,156	53	1,933	+ 223
Hepatitis B	40	2,104	55	1,488	+ 615
Oesophagus Cancer	41	2,023	64	560	+ 1,463
Pertussis	42	1,929	16	23,282	- 21,353
Meningitis	43	1,760	11	43,651	- 41,891
Maternal Conditions	44	1,692	15	23,540	- 21,848
Oral Cancer	45	1,688	48	2,238	- 551
Malnutrition	46	1,614	36	5,896	- 4,282
War	47	1,519	45	3,245	- 1,726
Cervical Cancer	48	1,330	25	10,574	- 9,244
Tetanus	49	1,150	26	8,355	- 7,205
Epilepsy	50	959	41	5,001	- 4,042
Tuberculosis	51	919	3	127,335	- 126,417
Uterin Cancer	52	898	62	679	+ 219
HIV/AIDS	53	845	10	44,124	- 43,279
Schistosomiasis	54	469	54	1,508	- 1,039
Skin Disease	55	467	56	1,468	- 1,002
Multiple Sclerosis	56	453	68	179	+ 273
Poisonings	57	415	33	6,570	- 6,155
Syphilis	58	339	38	5,449	- 5,110
Appendicitis	59	303	60	760	- 457
Alcohol	60	301	58	1,031	- 731
Other Neoplasms	61	248	66	290	- 42
Drug Use	62	247	34	6,273	- 6,026
Hepatitis C	63	206	65	304	- 98
Measles	64	92	14	29,439	- 29,347
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	55	69	165	- 110
Leishmaniasis	66	29	70	23	+ 6
Ascariasis	67	12	61	685	- 673
Upper Respiratory	68	11	67	259	- 248
Dengue	69	11	73	2	+ 9
Diphtheria	70	7	44	3,800	- 3,793
Chlamydia	71	2	71	14	- 11
Otitis Media	72	1	72	3	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	100,963	- 100,963
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGERIA

Egypt

Nigeria

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.