ESTONIA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,045	6	349	+ 696
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	730	53	8	+ 722
Tuberculosis	3	642	47	16	+ 626
Malaria	4	509	73	0	+ 509
Birth Trauma	5	505	57	5	+ 500
Low Birth Weight	6	484	55	7	+ 477
Coronary Heart Disease	7	309	1	3,009	- 2,699
Stroke	8	291	3	1,116	- 825
Congenital Anomalies	9	251	43	25	+ 226
HIV/AIDS	10	222	39	40	+ 182
Meningitis	11	220	54	7	+ 213
Road Traffic Accidents	12	210	35	59	+ 151
Liver Disease	13	193	7	328	- 135
Measles	14	148	84	0	+ 148
Maternal Conditions	15	119	61	1	+ 118
Pertussis	16	117	83	0	+ 117
Other Injuries	17	114	20	141	- 27
Diabetes Mellitus	18	113	19	146	- 33
Violence	19	93	42	28	+ 64
Kidney Disease	20	92	17	176	- 85
Endocrine Disorders	21	80	33	66	+ 14
Lung Disease	22	63	13	229	- 165
Breast Cancer	23	60	11	260	- 200
Hypertension	24	54	2	2,700	- 2,646
Cervical Cancer	25	53	32	68	- 14
Tetanus	26	42	81	0	+ 42
Asthma	27	41	44	24	+ 17
Falls	28	38	24	119	- 81
Fires	29	36	38	41	- 5
Suicide	30	35	16	197	- 162
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	34	12	229	- 195
Drownings	32	33	40	30	+ 3
Poisonings	33	33	52	8	+ 25
Drug Use	34	32	31	75	- 43
Prostate Cancer	35	30	8	298	- 269
Malnutrition	36	30	79	0	+ 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	29	36	55	- 26
Syphilis	38	27	62	1	+ 26
Liver Cancer	39	27	26	107	- 81
Lymphomas	40	26	15	213	- 187
Epilepsy	41	25	37	45	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	42	24	14	217	- 193
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	21	5	527	- 506
Diphtheria	44	19	82	0	+ 19
War	45	16	64	0	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	46	12	29	82	- 69
Leukemia	47	11	22	126	- 114
Oral Cancer	48	11	25	110	- 99
Ovary Cancer	49	11	28	87	- 76
Stomach Cancer	50	11	9	290	- 279
Pancreas Cancer	51	10	10	268	- 258
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	10	45	22	- 12
Skin Cancers	53	10	30	79	- 69
Schistosomiasis	54	8	72	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	55	8	65	0	+ 8
Skin Disease	56	7	41	29	- 21
Lung Cancers	57	7	4	657	- 651
Alcohol	58	5	18	148	- 143
Encephalitis	59	5	63	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	60	4	59	2	+ 2
Ascariasis	61	3	74	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	62	3	34	60	- 57
Bladder Cancer	63	3	21	126	- 122
Oesophagus Cancer	64	3	27	99	- 96
Hepatitis C	65	2	58	4	- 3
Other Neoplasms	66	1	23	123	- 122
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	48	16	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	1	46	17	- 16
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.