DENMARK VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,783	6	2,244	+ 2,539
Malaria	2	3,860	79	0	+ 3,860
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,635	38	145	+ 3,490
Low Birth Weight	4	2,168	41	116	+ 2,051
Stroke	5	1,977	5	3,662	- 1,686
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,866	1	5,341	- 3,475
Birth Trauma	7	1,821	56	21	+ 1,800
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,348	33	213	+ 1,135
Meningitis	9	1,188	52	25	+ 1,163
Congenital Anomalies	10	985	36	153	+ 832
Liver Disease	11	933	14	692	+ 241
Other Injuries	12	867	30	347	+ 520
Tuberculosis	13	840	57	16	+ 824
Maternal Conditions	14	752	64	2	+ 750
Pertussis	15	648	72	0	+ 648
Kidney Disease	16	620	12	911	- 291
Diabetes Mellitus	17	596	10	1,284	- 687
Measles	18	547	71	0	+ 547
Violence	19	509	47	63	+ 446
Lung Disease	20	493	3	4,387	- 3,894
Malnutrition	21	492	59	14	+ 478
Asthma	22	431	44	82	+ 349
Endocrine Disorders	23	410	19	575	- 165
Drownings	24	358	50	37	+ 321
Hypertension	25	307	15	642	- 335
Falls	26	294	22	541	- 247
Suicide	27	278	16	617	- 339
Fires	28	254	49	53	+ 201
Breast Cancer	29	244	9	1,299	- 1,055
HIV/AIDS	30	238	55	23	+ 215
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	237	32	216	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	195	2	5,218	- 5,023
Poisonings	33	175	62	6	+ 169
Inflammatory/Heart	34	174	31	284	- 110
Liver Cancer	35	169	25	464	- 295
Epilepsy	36	153	40	125	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	118	7	2,147	- 2,028
Cervical Cancer	38	110	37	153	- 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	106	42	96	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	40	96	29	367	- 271
War	41	93	66	1	+ 92
Tetanus	42	84	68	0	+ 84
Lymphomas	43	79	13	730	- 650
Stomach Cancer	44	68	23	484	- 416
Skin Cancers	45	65	26	388	- 323
Hepatitis B	46	63	61	6	+ 57
Parkinson's Disease	47	62	17	600	- 538
Leukemia	48	58	20	558	- 500
Oral Cancer	49	55	28	371	- 316
Schistosomiasis	50	54	75	0	+ 54
Leishmaniasis	51	54	78	0	+ 54
Skin Disease	52	48	45	79	- 31
Bladder Cancer	53	37	21	545	- 509
Pancreas Cancer	54	31	11	1,096	- 1,065
Oesophagus Cancer	55	30	24	477	- 447
Appendicitis	56	29	54	23	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	57	29	8	1,480	- 1,451
Drug Use	58	29	34	197	- 168
Ascariasis	59	28	81	0	+ 28
Alcohol	60	27	18	598	- 571
Encephalitis	61	25	67	1	+ 25
Syphilis	62	25	70	0	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	63	21	58	15	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	64	20	35	156	- 136
Diphtheria	65	14	73	0	+ 14
Hepatitis C	66	10	60	9	+ 2
Lung Cancers	67	10	4	3,721	- 3,712
Other Neoplasms	68	5	27	378	- 373
Multiple Sclerosis	69	5	39	132	- 127
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	4	43	84	- 80
Chlamydia	71	1	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	48	57	- 57
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	46	73	- 73
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.