SOMALIA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	11,397	1	21,712	- 10,315
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	7,957	2	15,363	- 7,405
Tuberculosis	3	7,001	4	10,261	- 3,260
Malaria	4	5,551	22	1,942	+ 3,609
Birth Trauma	5	5,509	5	9,573	- 4,065
Low Birth Weight	6	5,276	8	6,250	- 974
Coronary Heart Disease	7	3,375	7	7,233	- 3,858
Stroke	8	3,175	6	8,595	- 5,420
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,732	15	3,410	- 678
HIV/AIDS	10	2,426	33	610	+ 1,816
Meningitis	11	2,400	9	5,381	- 2,981
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,292	11	4,231	- 1,939
Liver Disease	13	2,107	13	3,917	- 1,809
Measles	14	1,619	3	11,576	- 9,957
Maternal Conditions	15	1,294	12	4,127	- 2,832
Pertussis	16	1,280	20	2,054	- 774
Other Injuries	17	1,248	14	3,602	- 2,354
Diabetes Mellitus	18	1,237	16	2,888	- 1,651
Violence	19	1,012	29	828	+ 184
Kidney Disease	20	1,000	21	2,051	- 1,051
Endocrine Disorders	21	869	44	406	+ 463
Lung Disease	22	691	19	2,442	- 1,751
Breast Cancer	23	653	26	1,232	- 578
Hypertension	24	588	18	2,643	- 2,056
Cervical Cancer	25	581	28	883	- 301
Tetanus	26	459	17	2,648	- 2,189
Asthma	27	450	23	1,878	- 1,428
Falls	28	414	37	548	- 134
Fires	29	392	30	810	- 418
Suicide	30	386	27	1,219	- 833
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	373	32	647	- 274
Drownings	32	362	25	1,272	- 910
Poisonings	33	361	31	758	- 397
Drug Use	34	345	65	54	+ 290
Prostate Cancer	35	325	52	285	+ 40
Malnutrition	36	324	10	4,825	- 4,500
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	321	36	559	- 238
Syphilis	38	300	45	378	- 78
Liver Cancer	39	291	53	256	+ 35
Lymphomas	40	286	34	605	- 319
Epilepsy	41	275	43	419	- 144
Inflammatory/Heart	42	265	39	521	- 256
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	228	38	546	- 318
Diphtheria	44	209	60	150	+ 59
War	45	178	24	1,318	- 1,140
Parkinson's Disease	46	136	56	184	- 48
Leukemia	47	124	35	562	- 437
Oral Cancer	48	123	46	328	- 205
Ovary Cancer	49	117	50	295	- 178
Stomach Cancer	50	117	49	310	- 193
Pancreas Cancer	51	109	62	108	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	107	41	446	- 339
Skin Cancers	53	106	57	164	- 57
Schistosomiasis	54	83	42	435	- 352
Hepatitis B	55	82	48	315	- 233
Skin Disease	56	81	58	151	- 70
Lung Cancers	57	71	54	233	- 162
Alcohol	58	57	59	151	- 94
Encephalitis	59	52	63	91	- 39
Appendicitis	60	42	55	188	- 146
Ascariasis	61	38	69	30	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	62	37	64	78	- 40
Bladder Cancer	63	37	61	149	- 112
Oesophagus Cancer	64	31	40	516	- 485
Hepatitis C	65	17	67	34	- 18
Other Neoplasms	66	16	70	12	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	67	14	47	326	- 311
Multiple Sclerosis	68	10	71	8	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	9	66	35	- 26
Leishmaniasis	70	1	51	290	- 289
Chlamydia	71	1	72	5	- 4
Otitis Media	72	0	68	32	- 31
Dengue	73	0	73	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	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 SOMALIA

Nigeria

Somalia

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.