GEORGIA VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,924	9	886	+ 3,039
Malaria	2	3,167	71	0	+ 3,167
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,982	50	19	+ 2,964
Low Birth Weight	4	1,779	37	114	+ 1,664
Stroke	5	1,622	2	11,969	- 10,347
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,531	1	16,014	- 14,483
Birth Trauma	7	1,494	46	39	+ 1,455
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,106	13	496	+ 610
Meningitis	9	974	47	25	+ 950
Congenital Anomalies	10	808	28	174	+ 634
Liver Disease	11	766	4	1,871	- 1,105
Other Injuries	12	712	20	346	+ 365
Tuberculosis	13	689	32	153	+ 536
Maternal Conditions	14	617	53	13	+ 604
Pertussis	15	532	67	0	+ 532
Kidney Disease	16	508	10	826	- 317
Diabetes Mellitus	17	489	6	1,621	- 1,132
Measles	18	449	68	0	+ 449
Violence	19	417	40	90	+ 327
Lung Disease	20	404	7	1,158	- 754
Malnutrition	21	404	59	5	+ 399
Asthma	22	354	35	136	+ 218
Endocrine Disorders	23	336	38	109	+ 227
Drownings	24	294	39	95	+ 199
Hypertension	25	252	3	4,387	- 4,135
Falls	26	241	16	420	- 179
Suicide	27	228	18	367	- 139
Fires	28	208	34	140	+ 69
Breast Cancer	29	200	11	613	- 413
HIV/AIDS	30	195	42	89	+ 106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	194	24	226	- 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	160	5	1,826	- 1,667
Poisonings	33	144	49	23	+ 120
Inflammatory/Heart	34	143	21	346	- 203
Liver Cancer	35	139	17	385	- 246
Epilepsy	36	126	44	51	+ 75
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	97	14	444	- 346
Cervical Cancer	38	91	27	187	- 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	87	15	426	- 340
Ovary Cancer	40	79	29	174	- 95
War	41	76	61	0	+ 76
Tetanus	42	69	62	0	+ 69
Lymphomas	43	65	25	208	- 143
Stomach Cancer	44	56	12	533	- 477
Skin Cancers	45	53	33	149	- 96
Hepatitis B	46	52	58	7	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	47	51	19	354	- 303
Leukemia	48	48	30	171	- 124
Oral Cancer	49	45	31	167	- 122
Schistosomiasis	50	44	73	0	+ 44
Leishmaniasis	51	44	56	8	+ 36
Skin Disease	52	40	51	17	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	53	30	26	205	- 175
Pancreas Cancer	54	26	23	227	- 202
Oesophagus Cancer	55	24	43	75	- 51
Appendicitis	56	24	55	10	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	57	24	22	290	- 267
Drug Use	58	24	41	90	- 66
Ascariasis	59	23	69	0	+ 23
Alcohol	60	22	45	49	- 27
Encephalitis	61	21	48	24	- 3
Syphilis	62	20	63	0	+ 20
Upper Respiratory	63	17	60	1	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	64	16	36	115	- 99
Diphtheria	65	11	70	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	66	8	64	0	+ 8
Lung Cancers	67	8	8	1,152	- 1,144
Other Neoplasms	68	4	52	15	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	69	4	54	12	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	3	57	8	- 4
Chlamydia	71	1	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

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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.