NEW ZEALAND VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,133	7	920	+ 3,213
Malaria	2	3,335	78	0	+ 3,335
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,141	37	81	+ 3,060
Low Birth Weight	4	1,873	38	78	+ 1,795
Stroke	5	1,708	3	2,378	- 670
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,612	1	5,095	- 3,483
Birth Trauma	7	1,573	54	15	+ 1,559
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,165	16	458	+ 707
Meningitis	9	1,026	59	9	+ 1,017
Congenital Anomalies	10	851	30	176	+ 676
Liver Disease	11	807	32	158	+ 649
Other Injuries	12	750	28	218	+ 531
Tuberculosis	13	726	52	17	+ 708
Maternal Conditions	14	650	63	5	+ 645
Pertussis	15	560	65	1	+ 559
Kidney Disease	16	535	17	432	+ 103
Diabetes Mellitus	17	515	8	769	- 253
Measles	18	473	82	0	+ 473
Violence	19	440	42	57	+ 382
Lung Disease	20	426	5	1,815	- 1,389
Malnutrition	21	425	55	14	+ 411
Asthma	22	373	36	91	+ 282
Endocrine Disorders	23	354	21	325	+ 29
Drownings	24	310	44	54	+ 255
Hypertension	25	266	20	327	- 61
Falls	26	254	11	627	- 372
Suicide	27	240	15	528	- 288
Fires	28	220	53	17	+ 203
Breast Cancer	29	211	10	737	- 526
HIV/AIDS	30	205	57	10	+ 195
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	205	39	70	+ 134
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	168	2	3,032	- 2,864
Poisonings	33	151	58	9	+ 142
Inflammatory/Heart	34	151	23	313	- 162
Liver Cancer	35	146	24	288	- 142
Epilepsy	36	133	43	55	+ 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	102	6	1,495	- 1,392
Cervical Cancer	38	95	41	61	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	91	35	113	- 21
Ovary Cancer	40	83	29	207	- 124
War	41	80	68	1	+ 80
Tetanus	42	73	69	0	+ 73
Lymphomas	43	69	13	608	- 540
Stomach Cancer	44	59	22	323	- 264
Skin Cancers	45	56	12	612	- 555
Hepatitis B	46	55	56	14	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	47	54	19	353	- 299
Leukemia	48	50	18	391	- 341
Oral Cancer	49	47	31	164	- 116
Schistosomiasis	50	46	77	0	+ 46
Leishmaniasis	51	46	80	0	+ 46
Skin Disease	52	42	34	118	- 76
Bladder Cancer	53	32	26	267	- 235
Pancreas Cancer	54	27	14	543	- 516
Oesophagus Cancer	55	26	25	279	- 253
Appendicitis	56	25	62	6	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	57	25	9	739	- 714
Drug Use	58	25	40	69	- 44
Ascariasis	59	24	76	0	+ 24
Alcohol	60	24	45	51	- 28
Encephalitis	61	22	66	1	+ 21
Syphilis	62	21	70	0	+ 21
Upper Respiratory	63	18	64	4	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	64	17	33	145	- 128
Diphtheria	65	12	83	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	66	9	48	30	- 21
Lung Cancers	67	8	4	1,873	- 1,865
Other Neoplasms	68	5	27	245	- 240
Multiple Sclerosis	69	4	47	43	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	3	46	47	- 44
Chlamydia	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	17	- 17
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Niger

New Zealand

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.