NO MACEDONIA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,870	19	157	+ 1,713
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,306	56	1	+ 1,304
Tuberculosis	3	1,149	35	32	+ 1,117
Malaria	4	911	78	0	+ 911
Birth Trauma	5	904	48	7	+ 897
Low Birth Weight	6	866	28	73	+ 792
Coronary Heart Disease	7	554	2	4,420	- 3,866
Stroke	8	521	1	5,521	- 5,000
Congenital Anomalies	9	448	37	29	+ 420
HIV/AIDS	10	398	61	0	+ 398
Meningitis	11	394	51	4	+ 390
Road Traffic Accidents	12	376	24	107	+ 269
Liver Disease	13	346	15	218	+ 128
Measles	14	266	74	0	+ 266
Maternal Conditions	15	212	54	2	+ 210
Pertussis	16	210	50	4	+ 206
Other Injuries	17	205	17	183	+ 22
Diabetes Mellitus	18	203	4	1,104	- 901
Violence	19	166	36	31	+ 135
Kidney Disease	20	164	9	516	- 351
Endocrine Disorders	21	143	44	12	+ 130
Lung Disease	22	113	6	807	- 693
Breast Cancer	23	107	11	386	- 279
Hypertension	24	96	7	627	- 531
Cervical Cancer	25	95	31	68	+ 28
Tetanus	26	75	75	0	+ 75
Asthma	27	74	33	53	+ 21
Falls	28	68	27	78	- 10
Fires	29	64	46	11	+ 53
Suicide	30	63	16	196	- 132
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	61	30	71	- 10
Drownings	32	59	41	18	+ 42
Poisonings	33	59	45	11	+ 48
Drug Use	34	57	47	9	+ 48
Prostate Cancer	35	53	14	259	- 206
Malnutrition	36	53	58	1	+ 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	53	32	56	- 3
Syphilis	38	49	62	0	+ 49
Liver Cancer	39	48	13	260	- 212
Lymphomas	40	47	25	96	- 49
Epilepsy	41	45	38	23	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	42	44	3	4,249	- 4,206
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	37	8	560	- 523
Diphtheria	44	34	66	0	+ 34
War	45	29	63	0	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	46	22	20	141	- 118
Leukemia	47	20	22	114	- 94
Oral Cancer	48	20	29	72	- 52
Ovary Cancer	49	19	26	93	- 74
Stomach Cancer	50	19	10	455	- 436
Pancreas Cancer	51	18	12	267	- 249
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	18	43	13	+ 5
Skin Cancers	53	17	21	126	- 109
Schistosomiasis	54	14	79	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	55	13	49	7	+ 6
Skin Disease	56	13	57	1	+ 12
Lung Cancers	57	12	5	1,055	- 1,043
Alcohol	58	9	42	14	- 4
Encephalitis	59	8	59	1	+ 8
Appendicitis	60	7	55	1	+ 5
Ascariasis	61	6	71	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	62	6	23	108	- 102
Bladder Cancer	63	6	18	163	- 156
Oesophagus Cancer	64	5	34	45	- 40
Hepatitis C	65	3	67	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	66	3	40	19	- 16
Upper Respiratory	67	2	65	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	39	21	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	1	60	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	69	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	52	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Nigeria

No Macedonia

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.