SINGAPORE VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,827	2	5,189	- 362
Malaria	2	3,895	75	0	+ 3,895
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,668	39	28	+ 3,641
Low Birth Weight	4	2,188	41	25	+ 2,162
Stroke	5	1,995	3	1,559	+ 436
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,883	1	5,292	- 3,408
Birth Trauma	7	1,838	55	3	+ 1,835
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,361	26	121	+ 1,240
Meningitis	9	1,199	48	8	+ 1,190
Congenital Anomalies	10	994	31	80	+ 915
Liver Disease	11	942	20	209	+ 733
Other Injuries	12	875	32	79	+ 796
Tuberculosis	13	847	40	26	+ 822
Maternal Conditions	14	759	53	3	+ 756
Pertussis	15	654	62	0	+ 654
Kidney Disease	16	625	6	1,028	- 403
Diabetes Mellitus	17	602	28	108	+ 494
Measles	18	552	72	0	+ 552
Violence	19	513	46	15	+ 499
Lung Disease	20	497	14	383	+ 114
Malnutrition	21	497	63	0	+ 497
Asthma	22	435	35	37	+ 398
Endocrine Disorders	23	413	37	30	+ 383
Drownings	24	362	38	29	+ 333
Hypertension	25	310	8	732	- 422
Falls	26	297	18	218	+ 79
Suicide	27	281	9	650	- 370
Fires	28	256	49	7	+ 249
Breast Cancer	29	246	10	605	- 359
HIV/AIDS	30	240	45	18	+ 222
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	239	33	69	+ 170
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	196	36	32	+ 164
Poisonings	33	177	60	1	+ 175
Inflammatory/Heart	34	176	19	215	- 39
Liver Cancer	35	171	7	746	- 575
Epilepsy	36	155	42	25	+ 130
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	119	5	1,203	- 1,083
Cervical Cancer	38	111	30	85	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	107	43	22	+ 85
Ovary Cancer	40	97	21	204	- 107
War	41	94	59	2	+ 92
Tetanus	42	85	73	0	+ 85
Lymphomas	43	80	13	397	- 317
Stomach Cancer	44	69	12	405	- 336
Skin Cancers	45	66	34	56	+ 10
Hepatitis B	46	64	52	4	+ 60
Parkinson's Disease	47	63	29	90	- 27
Leukemia	48	59	17	249	- 190
Oral Cancer	49	55	15	317	- 262
Schistosomiasis	50	54	78	0	+ 54
Leishmaniasis	51	54	76	0	+ 54
Skin Disease	52	49	25	136	- 87
Bladder Cancer	53	37	27	120	- 83
Pancreas Cancer	54	32	11	537	- 505
Oesophagus Cancer	55	30	24	137	- 107
Appendicitis	56	29	50	6	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	57	29	16	303	- 273
Drug Use	58	29	44	19	+ 10
Ascariasis	59	29	67	0	+ 29
Alcohol	60	28	47	10	+ 17
Encephalitis	61	26	61	0	+ 26
Syphilis	62	25	65	0	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	63	21	54	3	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	64	20	23	147	- 127
Diphtheria	65	14	64	0	+ 14
Hepatitis C	66	10	56	3	+ 8
Lung Cancers	67	10	4	1,540	- 1,531
Other Neoplasms	68	5	22	195	- 190
Multiple Sclerosis	69	5	57	3	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	4	58	2	+ 2
Chlamydia	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	66	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Niger

Singapore

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.