CONGO VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,339	3	2,576	+ 2,763
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	3,728	8	1,304	+ 2,423
Tuberculosis	3	3,280	2	2,781	+ 499
Malaria	4	2,600	6	1,977	+ 623
Birth Trauma	5	2,580	11	997	+ 1,583
Low Birth Weight	6	2,472	9	1,283	+ 1,188
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,581	4	2,494	- 914
Stroke	8	1,487	5	2,267	- 779
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,280	14	729	+ 551
HIV/AIDS	10	1,136	1	4,509	- 3,373
Meningitis	11	1,124	22	299	+ 825
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,074	7	1,598	- 524
Liver Disease	13	987	13	931	+ 57
Measles	14	758	31	159	+ 599
Maternal Conditions	15	606	16	578	+ 29
Pertussis	16	600	21	329	+ 271
Other Injuries	17	585	20	333	+ 251
Diabetes Mellitus	18	579	10	1,050	- 470
Violence	19	474	18	539	- 65
Kidney Disease	20	468	15	613	- 144
Endocrine Disorders	21	407	27	208	+ 199
Lung Disease	22	324	17	541	- 217
Breast Cancer	23	306	32	159	+ 147
Hypertension	24	275	12	933	- 657
Cervical Cancer	25	272	29	196	+ 76
Tetanus	26	215	55	23	+ 192
Asthma	27	211	23	291	- 80
Falls	28	194	33	149	+ 45
Fires	29	184	37	90	+ 93
Suicide	30	181	19	349	- 168
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	175	25	230	- 55
Drownings	32	170	36	104	+ 66
Poisonings	33	169	41	71	+ 99
Drug Use	34	162	44	65	+ 96
Prostate Cancer	35	152	28	198	- 45
Malnutrition	36	152	24	272	- 120
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	151	35	105	+ 45
Syphilis	38	140	34	107	+ 34
Liver Cancer	39	136	30	169	- 33
Lymphomas	40	134	45	61	+ 73
Epilepsy	41	129	40	76	+ 53
Inflammatory/Heart	42	124	26	220	- 95
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	107	38	89	+ 18
Diphtheria	44	98	68	2	+ 96
War	45	84	72	1	+ 83
Parkinson's Disease	46	64	42	69	- 5
Leukemia	47	58	46	57	+ 1
Oral Cancer	48	58	54	33	+ 25
Ovary Cancer	49	55	48	49	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	50	55	39	88	- 33
Pancreas Cancer	51	51	52	42	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	50	43	67	- 16
Skin Cancers	53	50	53	36	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	54	39	51	45	- 6
Hepatitis B	55	38	62	14	+ 24
Skin Disease	56	38	50	46	- 8
Lung Cancers	57	33	47	54	- 20
Alcohol	58	27	49	46	- 19
Encephalitis	59	24	56	20	+ 4
Appendicitis	60	20	58	18	+ 1
Ascariasis	61	18	69	1	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	62	17	60	15	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	63	17	61	15	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	64	14	57	19	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	8	67	2	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	66	7	63	8	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	7	64	7	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	5	66	4	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	4	59	15	- 11
Leishmaniasis	70	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	65	7	- 7
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Nigeria

Congo

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.