ESTONIA VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	956	6	349	+ 607
Malaria	2	771	73	0	+ 771
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	726	53	8	+ 718
Low Birth Weight	4	433	55	7	+ 426
Stroke	5	395	3	1,116	- 721
Coronary Heart Disease	6	373	1	3,009	- 2,636
Birth Trauma	7	364	57	5	+ 359
Road Traffic Accidents	8	269	35	59	+ 210
Meningitis	9	237	54	7	+ 230
Congenital Anomalies	10	197	43	25	+ 172
Liver Disease	11	187	7	328	- 142
Other Injuries	12	173	20	141	+ 32
Tuberculosis	13	168	47	16	+ 151
Maternal Conditions	14	150	61	1	+ 149
Pertussis	15	129	83	0	+ 129
Kidney Disease	16	124	17	176	- 53
Diabetes Mellitus	17	119	19	146	- 27
Measles	18	109	84	0	+ 109
Violence	19	102	42	28	+ 73
Lung Disease	20	98	13	229	- 130
Malnutrition	21	98	79	0	+ 98
Asthma	22	86	44	24	+ 62
Endocrine Disorders	23	82	33	66	+ 16
Drownings	24	72	40	30	+ 42
Hypertension	25	61	2	2,700	- 2,639
Falls	26	59	24	119	- 60
Suicide	27	56	16	197	- 142
Fires	28	51	38	41	+ 10
Breast Cancer	29	49	11	260	- 211
HIV/AIDS	30	47	39	40	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	47	36	55	- 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	39	12	229	- 191
Poisonings	33	35	52	8	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	34	35	14	217	- 182
Liver Cancer	35	34	26	107	- 73
Epilepsy	36	31	37	45	- 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	24	5	527	- 503
Cervical Cancer	38	22	32	68	- 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	21	45	22	- 0
Ovary Cancer	40	19	28	87	- 68
War	41	19	64	0	+ 18
Tetanus	42	17	81	0	+ 17
Lymphomas	43	16	15	213	- 197
Stomach Cancer	44	14	9	290	- 276
Skin Cancers	45	13	30	79	- 66
Hepatitis B	46	13	65	0	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	47	12	29	82	- 69
Leukemia	48	12	22	126	- 114
Oral Cancer	49	11	25	110	- 99
Schistosomiasis	50	11	72	0	+ 11
Leishmaniasis	51	11	69	0	+ 11
Skin Disease	52	10	41	29	- 19
Bladder Cancer	53	7	21	126	- 118
Pancreas Cancer	54	6	10	268	- 262
Oesophagus Cancer	55	6	27	99	- 93
Appendicitis	56	6	59	2	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	57	6	8	298	- 293
Drug Use	58	6	31	75	- 69
Ascariasis	59	6	74	0	+ 6
Alcohol	60	5	18	148	- 143
Encephalitis	61	5	63	0	+ 5
Syphilis	62	5	62	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	63	4	66	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	64	4	34	60	- 56
Diphtheria	65	3	82	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	2	58	4	- 2
Lung Cancers	67	2	4	657	- 655
Other Neoplasms	68	1	23	123	- 122
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	48	16	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	1	46	17	- 16
Chlamydia	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	9	- 9
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.