GEORGIA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,291	9	886	+ 3,405
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,996	50	19	+ 2,977
Tuberculosis	3	2,636	32	153	+ 2,483
Malaria	4	2,090	71	0	+ 2,090
Birth Trauma	5	2,074	46	39	+ 2,035
Low Birth Weight	6	1,986	37	114	+ 1,872
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,271	1	16,014	- 14,744
Stroke	8	1,195	2	11,969	- 10,774
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,029	28	174	+ 854
HIV/AIDS	10	913	42	89	+ 824
Meningitis	11	904	47	25	+ 879
Road Traffic Accidents	12	863	13	496	+ 367
Liver Disease	13	793	4	1,871	- 1,078
Measles	14	609	68	0	+ 609
Maternal Conditions	15	487	53	13	+ 474
Pertussis	16	482	67	0	+ 482
Other Injuries	17	470	20	346	+ 123
Diabetes Mellitus	18	466	6	1,621	- 1,156
Violence	19	381	40	90	+ 291
Kidney Disease	20	377	10	826	- 449
Endocrine Disorders	21	327	38	109	+ 218
Lung Disease	22	260	7	1,158	- 898
Breast Cancer	23	246	11	613	- 367
Hypertension	24	221	3	4,387	- 4,166
Cervical Cancer	25	219	27	187	+ 32
Tetanus	26	173	62	0	+ 173
Asthma	27	170	35	136	+ 34
Falls	28	156	16	420	- 264
Fires	29	148	34	140	+ 8
Suicide	30	145	18	367	- 222
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	140	5	1,826	- 1,686
Drownings	32	136	39	95	+ 41
Poisonings	33	136	49	23	+ 113
Drug Use	34	130	41	90	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	35	122	22	290	- 168
Malnutrition	36	122	59	5	+ 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	121	24	226	- 105
Syphilis	38	113	63	0	+ 112
Liver Cancer	39	109	17	385	- 275
Lymphomas	40	108	25	208	- 101
Epilepsy	41	104	44	51	+ 53
Inflammatory/Heart	42	100	21	346	- 246
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	86	14	444	- 358
Diphtheria	44	79	70	0	+ 79
War	45	67	61	0	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	46	51	19	354	- 303
Leukemia	47	47	30	171	- 125
Oral Cancer	48	46	31	167	- 120
Ovary Cancer	49	44	29	174	- 130
Stomach Cancer	50	44	12	533	- 489
Pancreas Cancer	51	41	23	227	- 186
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	40	15	426	- 386
Skin Cancers	53	40	33	149	- 109
Schistosomiasis	54	31	73	0	+ 31
Hepatitis B	55	31	58	7	+ 24
Skin Disease	56	30	51	17	+ 14
Lung Cancers	57	27	8	1,152	- 1,125
Alcohol	58	21	45	49	- 28
Encephalitis	59	19	48	24	- 5
Appendicitis	60	16	55	10	+ 5
Ascariasis	61	14	69	0	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	62	14	36	115	- 101
Bladder Cancer	63	14	26	205	- 191
Oesophagus Cancer	64	12	43	75	- 64
Hepatitis C	65	6	64	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	66	6	52	15	- 9
Upper Respiratory	67	5	60	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	68	4	54	12	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	3	57	8	- 4
Leishmaniasis	70	0	56	8	- 7
Chlamydia	71	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Nigeria

Georgia

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.