JAMAICA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,472	15	393	+ 2,079
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,726	42	35	+ 1,692
Tuberculosis	3	1,519	54	8	+ 1,511
Malaria	4	1,204	72	0	+ 1,204
Birth Trauma	5	1,195	37	65	+ 1,130
Low Birth Weight	6	1,145	18	241	+ 904
Coronary Heart Disease	7	732	3	1,726	- 994
Stroke	8	689	1	2,415	- 1,726
Congenital Anomalies	9	593	23	139	+ 454
HIV/AIDS	10	526	7	757	- 231
Meningitis	11	521	47	16	+ 505
Road Traffic Accidents	12	497	12	444	+ 53
Liver Disease	13	457	21	155	+ 302
Measles	14	351	77	0	+ 351
Maternal Conditions	15	281	43	35	+ 246
Pertussis	16	278	67	0	+ 278
Other Injuries	17	271	31	91	+ 180
Diabetes Mellitus	18	268	2	2,077	- 1,809
Violence	19	220	4	1,484	- 1,265
Kidney Disease	20	217	6	793	- 576
Endocrine Disorders	21	188	20	176	+ 12
Lung Disease	22	150	11	452	- 302
Breast Cancer	23	142	14	413	- 271
Hypertension	24	128	8	651	- 523
Cervical Cancer	25	126	16	358	- 232
Tetanus	26	100	63	0	+ 99
Asthma	27	98	36	65	+ 32
Falls	28	90	33	82	+ 8
Fires	29	85	46	16	+ 69
Suicide	30	84	35	70	+ 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	81	9	587	- 506
Drownings	32	79	51	10	+ 68
Poisonings	33	78	57	2	+ 76
Drug Use	34	75	48	13	+ 62
Prostate Cancer	35	71	5	883	- 813
Malnutrition	36	70	40	48	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	70	32	82	- 13
Syphilis	38	65	60	1	+ 64
Liver Cancer	39	63	29	101	- 38
Lymphomas	40	62	17	251	- 189
Epilepsy	41	60	41	46	+ 14
Inflammatory/Heart	42	58	24	133	- 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	50	13	436	- 387
Diphtheria	44	45	68	0	+ 45
War	45	39	61	1	+ 38
Parkinson's Disease	46	29	25	132	- 103
Leukemia	47	27	26	129	- 102
Oral Cancer	48	27	39	59	- 32
Ovary Cancer	49	25	30	97	- 72
Stomach Cancer	50	25	19	231	- 205
Pancreas Cancer	51	24	27	119	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	23	44	27	- 3
Skin Cancers	53	23	52	10	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	54	18	74	0	+ 18
Hepatitis B	55	18	59	1	+ 17
Skin Disease	56	18	22	145	- 128
Lung Cancers	57	15	10	472	- 457
Alcohol	58	12	55	7	+ 5
Encephalitis	59	11	49	13	- 2
Appendicitis	60	9	53	9	+ 0
Ascariasis	61	8	66	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	62	8	28	106	- 98
Bladder Cancer	63	8	38	60	- 52
Oesophagus Cancer	64	7	34	74	- 67
Hepatitis C	65	4	64	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	66	3	45	19	- 15
Upper Respiratory	67	3	65	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	56	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	2	50	11	- 9
Leishmaniasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Nigeria

Jamaica

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.