AUSTRIA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	7,852	13	1,563	+ 6,288
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	5,482	40	152	+ 5,330
Tuberculosis	3	4,823	50	41	+ 4,783
Malaria	4	3,824	75	0	+ 3,824
Birth Trauma	5	3,795	54	34	+ 3,761
Low Birth Weight	6	3,635	51	40	+ 3,595
Coronary Heart Disease	7	2,325	1	17,638	- 15,313
Stroke	8	2,187	2	5,208	- 3,021
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,882	34	327	+ 1,556
HIV/AIDS	10	1,671	49	41	+ 1,630
Meningitis	11	1,654	58	22	+ 1,632
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,579	31	436	+ 1,144
Liver Disease	13	1,452	16	1,366	+ 86
Measles	14	1,115	73	0	+ 1,115
Maternal Conditions	15	892	64	4	+ 888
Pertussis	16	882	70	0	+ 882
Other Injuries	17	860	12	1,700	- 841
Diabetes Mellitus	18	852	9	2,093	- 1,241
Violence	19	697	47	47	+ 651
Kidney Disease	20	689	8	2,247	- 1,558
Endocrine Disorders	21	598	20	1,077	- 479
Lung Disease	22	476	5	4,107	- 3,631
Breast Cancer	23	450	11	1,857	- 1,406
Hypertension	24	405	6	3,601	- 3,196
Cervical Cancer	25	401	37	205	+ 195
Tetanus	26	316	72	0	+ 316
Asthma	27	310	45	81	+ 229
Falls	28	285	21	982	- 697
Fires	29	270	52	36	+ 234
Suicide	30	266	17	1,307	- 1,041
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	257	4	4,174	- 3,917
Drownings	32	249	48	42	+ 207
Poisonings	33	249	60	15	+ 234
Drug Use	34	238	39	161	+ 76
Prostate Cancer	35	224	15	1,501	- 1,277
Malnutrition	36	223	46	71	+ 153
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	221	42	142	+ 80
Syphilis	38	206	66	1	+ 205
Liver Cancer	39	200	22	922	- 721
Lymphomas	40	197	18	1,167	- 970
Epilepsy	41	189	36	222	- 33
Inflammatory/Heart	42	183	14	1,515	- 1,333
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	157	7	2,324	- 2,167
Diphtheria	44	144	71	0	+ 144
War	45	123	67	1	+ 122
Parkinson's Disease	46	94	19	1,102	- 1,009
Leukemia	47	85	23	878	- 793
Oral Cancer	48	85	27	614	- 529
Ovary Cancer	49	81	30	513	- 433
Stomach Cancer	50	81	24	817	- 736
Pancreas Cancer	51	75	10	1,901	- 1,826
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	74	33	379	- 305
Skin Cancers	53	73	28	585	- 511
Schistosomiasis	54	57	74	0	+ 57
Hepatitis B	55	56	62	8	+ 48
Skin Disease	56	56	43	99	- 44
Lung Cancers	57	49	3	4,217	- 4,168
Alcohol	58	39	29	538	- 499
Encephalitis	59	35	68	1	+ 35
Appendicitis	60	29	59	15	+ 14
Ascariasis	61	26	79	0	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	62	26	35	275	- 250
Bladder Cancer	63	25	26	617	- 592
Oesophagus Cancer	64	21	32	406	- 385
Hepatitis C	65	12	41	147	- 136
Other Neoplasms	66	11	25	814	- 803
Upper Respiratory	67	10	55	26	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	68	7	38	170	- 163
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	6	53	35	- 29
Leishmaniasis	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	63	4	- 4
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	85	0	57	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

Nigeria

Austria

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.