GUINEA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	12,245	1	12,790	- 545
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	8,550	3	6,788	+ 1,762
Tuberculosis	3	7,523	13	2,369	+ 5,154
Malaria	4	5,965	2	8,180	- 2,215
Birth Trauma	5	5,919	7	4,797	+ 1,122
Low Birth Weight	6	5,669	8	4,319	+ 1,350
Coronary Heart Disease	7	3,626	6	5,665	- 2,040
Stroke	8	3,411	5	5,777	- 2,366
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,936	14	2,181	+ 755
HIV/AIDS	10	2,607	10	3,020	- 413
Meningitis	11	2,579	11	2,633	- 54
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,463	9	3,788	- 1,325
Liver Disease	13	2,264	12	2,550	- 286
Measles	14	1,739	4	6,025	- 4,286
Maternal Conditions	15	1,391	17	1,793	- 403
Pertussis	16	1,375	24	1,165	+ 210
Other Injuries	17	1,341	18	1,504	- 163
Diabetes Mellitus	18	1,329	15	2,138	- 809
Violence	19	1,087	26	1,128	- 41
Kidney Disease	20	1,075	16	1,939	- 865
Endocrine Disorders	21	933	25	1,140	- 206
Lung Disease	22	743	20	1,373	- 630
Breast Cancer	23	702	38	345	+ 357
Hypertension	24	632	21	1,348	- 717
Cervical Cancer	25	625	19	1,491	- 867
Tetanus	26	494	45	170	+ 324
Asthma	27	484	22	1,179	- 695
Falls	28	445	33	480	- 35
Fires	29	421	36	410	+ 11
Suicide	30	415	29	892	- 477
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	401	30	579	- 178
Drownings	32	389	31	528	- 139
Poisonings	33	388	40	295	+ 93
Drug Use	34	371	46	169	+ 202
Prostate Cancer	35	349	32	525	- 176
Malnutrition	36	348	28	1,032	- 684
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	345	34	448	- 103
Syphilis	38	322	39	328	- 6
Liver Cancer	39	312	23	1,167	- 855
Lymphomas	40	307	48	158	+ 150
Epilepsy	41	295	37	350	- 54
Inflammatory/Heart	42	285	35	439	- 154
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	245	53	100	+ 145
Diphtheria	44	224	58	40	+ 185
War	45	192	64	20	+ 172
Parkinson's Disease	46	146	44	212	- 66
Leukemia	47	133	67	17	+ 116
Oral Cancer	48	132	52	122	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	49	126	54	93	+ 33
Stomach Cancer	50	126	41	245	- 119
Pancreas Cancer	51	117	65	19	+ 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	115	42	238	- 123
Skin Cancers	53	114	49	152	- 38
Schistosomiasis	54	89	43	232	- 143
Hepatitis B	55	88	47	162	- 74
Skin Disease	56	87	51	127	- 40
Lung Cancers	57	77	50	128	- 52
Alcohol	58	61	55	83	- 22
Encephalitis	59	55	56	81	- 25
Appendicitis	60	45	57	41	+ 4
Ascariasis	61	40	62	22	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	62	40	59	38	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	63	40	60	32	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	64	33	63	20	+ 13
Hepatitis C	65	18	61	22	- 4
Other Neoplasms	66	17	68	16	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	15	69	15	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	11	66	18	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	10	70	13	- 3
Leishmaniasis	70	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	71	3	- 2
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	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 GUINEA

Nigeria

Guinea

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.