ALBANIA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,720	6	634	+ 2,087
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,899	52	9	+ 1,890
Tuberculosis	3	1,671	54	8	+ 1,663
Malaria	4	1,325	70	0	+ 1,325
Birth Trauma	5	1,315	41	32	+ 1,283
Low Birth Weight	6	1,259	25	106	+ 1,153
Coronary Heart Disease	7	805	1	8,797	- 7,992
Stroke	8	758	2	8,790	- 8,032
Congenital Anomalies	9	652	28	102	+ 550
HIV/AIDS	10	579	42	26	+ 553
Meningitis	11	573	49	14	+ 559
Road Traffic Accidents	12	547	14	337	+ 210
Liver Disease	13	503	12	376	+ 127
Measles	14	386	65	0	+ 386
Maternal Conditions	15	309	59	2	+ 307
Pertussis	16	306	60	1	+ 304
Other Injuries	17	298	26	105	+ 192
Diabetes Mellitus	18	295	19	208	+ 87
Violence	19	242	27	103	+ 139
Kidney Disease	20	239	11	399	- 160
Endocrine Disorders	21	207	29	91	+ 117
Lung Disease	22	165	5	876	- 711
Breast Cancer	23	156	17	229	- 73
Hypertension	24	140	10	425	- 285
Cervical Cancer	25	139	36	48	+ 91
Tetanus	26	110	57	3	+ 107
Asthma	27	108	21	193	- 85
Falls	28	99	23	125	- 26
Fires	29	94	45	20	+ 74
Suicide	30	92	24	125	- 33
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	89	3	1,827	- 1,738
Drownings	32	86	43	25	+ 61
Poisonings	33	86	53	9	+ 77
Drug Use	34	82	44	25	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	35	78	16	311	- 233
Malnutrition	36	77	58	3	+ 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	77	33	57	+ 20
Syphilis	38	72	62	1	+ 71
Liver Cancer	39	69	9	434	- 364
Lymphomas	40	68	31	69	- 1
Epilepsy	41	66	37	44	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	42	63	8	465	- 401
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	54	20	197	- 143
Diphtheria	44	50	69	0	+ 50
War	45	43	64	0	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	46	32	13	369	- 336
Leukemia	47	30	22	131	- 102
Oral Cancer	48	29	30	90	- 60
Ovary Cancer	49	28	39	39	- 11
Stomach Cancer	50	28	7	493	- 465
Pancreas Cancer	51	26	18	225	- 199
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	26	35	50	- 25
Skin Cancers	53	25	32	64	- 38
Schistosomiasis	54	20	72	0	+ 20
Hepatitis B	55	20	63	0	+ 19
Skin Disease	56	19	55	6	+ 13
Lung Cancers	57	17	4	1,026	- 1,009
Alcohol	58	14	48	18	- 5
Encephalitis	59	12	46	20	- 7
Appendicitis	60	10	56	5	+ 5
Ascariasis	61	9	75	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	62	9	38	42	- 33
Bladder Cancer	63	9	15	330	- 321
Oesophagus Cancer	64	7	34	52	- 44
Hepatitis C	65	4	66	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	66	4	47	19	- 16
Upper Respiratory	67	3	50	12	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	40	39	- 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	2	51	11	- 9
Leishmaniasis	70	0	61	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Nigeria

Albania

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.