YEMEN VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	28,140	4	11,978	+ 16,162
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	19,648	9	4,372	+ 15,276
Tuberculosis	3	17,287	18	1,899	+ 15,387
Malaria	4	13,707	20	1,719	+ 11,988
Birth Trauma	5	13,601	7	5,939	+ 7,662
Low Birth Weight	6	13,027	5	8,810	+ 4,217
Coronary Heart Disease	7	8,332	1	30,158	- 21,826
Stroke	8	7,839	2	13,570	- 5,730
Congenital Anomalies	9	6,747	10	4,291	+ 2,456
HIV/AIDS	10	5,990	46	396	+ 5,594
Meningitis	11	5,926	28	1,018	+ 4,908
Road Traffic Accidents	12	5,660	6	8,561	- 2,901
Liver Disease	13	5,203	13	2,891	+ 2,312
Measles	14	3,997	12	3,019	+ 977
Maternal Conditions	15	3,196	32	890	+ 2,306
Pertussis	16	3,161	23	1,239	+ 1,922
Other Injuries	17	3,081	16	2,225	+ 856
Diabetes Mellitus	18	3,054	19	1,794	+ 1,260
Violence	19	2,499	14	2,839	- 340
Kidney Disease	20	2,469	15	2,679	- 209
Endocrine Disorders	21	2,145	36	738	+ 1,407
Lung Disease	22	1,706	11	3,196	- 1,490
Breast Cancer	23	1,613	26	1,134	+ 480
Hypertension	24	1,451	8	5,293	- 3,842
Cervical Cancer	25	1,435	57	119	+ 1,316
Tetanus	26	1,134	47	395	+ 740
Asthma	27	1,112	17	2,106	- 994
Falls	28	1,022	24	1,170	- 148
Fires	29	968	29	991	- 23
Suicide	30	953	21	1,699	- 746
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	921	22	1,405	- 484
Drownings	32	894	25	1,142	- 248
Poisonings	33	892	44	532	+ 360
Drug Use	34	852	38	613	+ 239
Prostate Cancer	35	803	63	39	+ 764
Malnutrition	36	800	27	1,058	- 258
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	794	33	833	- 40
Syphilis	38	740	53	175	+ 564
Liver Cancer	39	718	39	609	+ 109
Lymphomas	40	706	45	433	+ 274
Epilepsy	41	679	43	539	+ 140
Inflammatory/Heart	42	655	40	585	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	564	30	913	- 349
Diphtheria	44	516	67	14	+ 502
War	45	441	3	12,915	- 12,474
Parkinson's Disease	46	336	49	362	- 26
Leukemia	47	306	34	776	- 470
Oral Cancer	48	304	42	547	- 243
Ovary Cancer	49	290	52	188	+ 101
Stomach Cancer	50	289	31	902	- 613
Pancreas Cancer	51	268	51	283	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	264	37	707	- 443
Skin Cancers	53	262	58	100	+ 163
Schistosomiasis	54	205	56	124	+ 81
Hepatitis B	55	202	50	299	- 97
Skin Disease	56	199	61	44	+ 155
Lung Cancers	57	176	41	569	- 393
Alcohol	58	140	59	78	+ 62
Encephalitis	59	127	48	369	- 242
Appendicitis	60	103	54	162	- 58
Ascariasis	61	93	65	17	+ 76
Uterin Cancer	62	92	69	5	+ 87
Bladder Cancer	63	91	55	160	- 69
Oesophagus Cancer	64	76	35	765	- 689
Hepatitis C	65	41	68	8	+ 33
Other Neoplasms	66	39	64	21	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	67	35	70	5	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	68	24	62	42	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	22	66	14	+ 8
Leishmaniasis	70	3	71	2	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	2	72	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	60	71	- 71
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Nigeria

Yemen

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.