IRELAND VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,191	6	1,298	+ 2,892
Malaria	2	3,382	75	0	+ 3,382
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,185	45	53	+ 3,132
Low Birth Weight	4	1,899	44	56	+ 1,843
Stroke	5	1,732	5	1,770	- 38
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,635	1	4,762	- 3,127
Birth Trauma	7	1,595	56	10	+ 1,585
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,181	33	153	+ 1,028
Meningitis	9	1,040	58	7	+ 1,033
Congenital Anomalies	10	863	32	153	+ 710
Liver Disease	11	818	19	279	+ 538
Other Injuries	12	760	30	171	+ 589
Tuberculosis	13	736	50	23	+ 713
Maternal Conditions	14	659	61	3	+ 656
Pertussis	15	568	67	0	+ 568
Kidney Disease	16	543	10	566	- 24
Diabetes Mellitus	17	523	16	414	+ 109
Measles	18	480	83	0	+ 480
Violence	19	446	47	38	+ 408
Lung Disease	20	432	4	1,915	- 1,484
Malnutrition	21	431	63	2	+ 429
Asthma	22	378	41	58	+ 320
Endocrine Disorders	23	359	24	249	+ 110
Drownings	24	314	43	57	+ 257
Hypertension	25	269	29	175	+ 95
Falls	26	258	25	247	+ 11
Suicide	27	244	14	470	- 226
Fires	28	223	48	30	+ 193
Breast Cancer	29	214	8	760	- 546
HIV/AIDS	30	208	57	9	+ 200
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	207	38	67	+ 141
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	170	2	3,209	- 3,039
Poisonings	33	153	53	14	+ 139
Inflammatory/Heart	34	153	26	240	- 87
Liver Cancer	35	148	18	318	- 170
Epilepsy	36	134	36	85	+ 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	104	7	1,095	- 992
Cervical Cancer	38	97	35	103	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	93	46	50	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	40	84	21	273	- 188
War	41	81	65	0	+ 81
Tetanus	42	74	81	0	+ 74
Lymphomas	43	70	13	513	- 443
Stomach Cancer	44	60	17	357	- 297
Skin Cancers	45	57	23	252	- 195
Hepatitis B	46	55	59	6	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	47	55	12	530	- 475
Leukemia	48	51	20	274	- 223
Oral Cancer	49	48	28	183	- 135
Schistosomiasis	50	47	72	0	+ 47
Leishmaniasis	51	47	76	0	+ 47
Skin Disease	52	42	42	58	- 15
Bladder Cancer	53	32	22	256	- 224
Pancreas Cancer	54	27	11	530	- 503
Oesophagus Cancer	55	26	15	419	- 392
Appendicitis	56	25	60	3	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	57	25	9	585	- 560
Drug Use	58	25	31	167	- 142
Ascariasis	59	25	77	0	+ 25
Alcohol	60	24	39	64	- 40
Encephalitis	61	22	66	0	+ 22
Syphilis	62	22	68	0	+ 22
Upper Respiratory	63	19	64	1	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	64	17	34	126	- 109
Diphtheria	65	12	82	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	66	9	52	19	- 10
Lung Cancers	67	8	3	1,916	- 1,908
Other Neoplasms	68	5	27	218	- 213
Multiple Sclerosis	69	4	37	83	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	4	40	59	- 55
Chlamydia	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	49	29	- 29
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Niger

Ireland

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.