NIGERIA VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	225,824	7	61,374	+ 164,450
Stroke	2	132,680	8	57,744	+ 74,937
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	97,923	2	144,724	- 46,801
Low Birth Weight	4	87,595	6	95,959	- 8,364
Lung Disease	5	81,586	22	12,569	+ 69,018
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	78,317	1	207,281	- 128,964
Diabetes Mellitus	7	59,901	18	22,497	+ 37,405
Birth Trauma	8	55,873	5	100,186	- 44,313
Kidney Disease	9	53,282	20	18,189	+ 35,093
Liver Disease	10	51,442	13	38,326	+ 13,116
Tuberculosis	11	39,498	3	127,335	- 87,838
Road Traffic Accidents	12	26,427	12	41,693	- 15,266
Other Injuries	13	25,338	17	22,696	+ 2,642
Congenital Anomalies	14	24,691	9	49,696	- 25,005
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	24,407	52	1,946	+ 22,461
Hypertension	16	21,499	24	10,692	+ 10,808
Asthma	17	19,466	27	8,192	+ 11,275
Suicide	18	18,135	30	7,019	+ 11,116
Meningitis	19	16,910	11	43,651	- 26,741
Breast Cancer	20	16,895	23	11,884	+ 5,010
Oral Cancer	21	16,118	48	2,238	+ 13,880
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	14,274	31	6,786	+ 7,489
Violence	23	12,125	19	18,407	- 6,282
Maternal Conditions	24	11,626	15	23,540	- 11,914
Endocrine Disorders	25	10,732	21	15,799	- 5,067
Lung Cancers	26	9,088	57	1,295	+ 7,793
Malnutrition	27	8,304	36	5,896	+ 2,408
Falls	28	8,107	28	7,528	+ 579
Oesophagus Cancer	29	7,379	64	560	+ 6,819
Tetanus	30	7,074	26	8,355	- 1,280
Lymphomas	31	6,586	40	5,202	+ 1,384
HIV/AIDS	32	6,377	10	44,124	- 37,747
Encephalitis	33	6,239	59	937	+ 5,303
Pertussis	34	5,965	16	23,282	- 17,317
Parkinson's Disease	35	5,765	46	2,473	+ 3,292
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	5,113	37	5,846	- 733
Drownings	37	5,043	32	6,584	- 1,541
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	4,952	43	4,152	+ 800
Leukemia	39	4,929	47	2,257	+ 2,672
Epilepsy	40	4,572	41	5,001	- 430
Liver Cancer	41	4,153	39	5,289	- 1,136
Fires	42	4,039	29	7,132	- 3,093
Stomach Cancer	43	3,794	50	2,129	+ 1,665
Cervical Cancer	44	3,761	25	10,574	- 6,813
Prostate Cancer	45	3,339	35	5,914	- 2,575
Ovary Cancer	46	3,315	49	2,133	+ 1,182
Poisonings	47	3,156	33	6,570	- 3,414
Bladder Cancer	48	2,558	63	670	+ 1,888
Measles	49	2,420	14	29,439	- 27,019
Alcohol	50	2,364	58	1,031	+ 1,333
Appendicitis	51	2,319	60	760	+ 1,559
Inflammatory/Heart	52	2,174	42	4,826	- 2,652
Hepatitis B	53	2,127	55	1,488	+ 638
Skin Cancers	54	1,444	53	1,933	- 489
Dengue	55	1,341	73	2	+ 1,339
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1,302	69	165	+ 1,137
Syphilis	57	1,209	38	5,449	- 4,240
Hepatitis C	58	1,151	65	304	+ 847
Uterin Cancer	59	1,117	62	679	+ 439
Pancreas Cancer	60	1,003	51	1,975	- 972
Drug Use	61	778	34	6,273	- 5,495
War	62	560	45	3,245	- 2,685
Malaria	63	551	4	100,963	- 100,412
Other Neoplasms	64	386	66	290	+ 96
Multiple Sclerosis	65	386	68	179	+ 207
Upper Respiratory	66	271	67	259	+ 12
Skin Disease	67	124	56	1,468	- 1,344
Ascariasis	68	70	61	685	- 615
Diphtheria	69	64	44	3,800	- 3,736
Chlamydia	70	41	71	14	+ 28
Otitis Media	71	27	72	3	+ 24
Leishmaniasis	72	4	70	23	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	54	1,508	- 1,508
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGERIA

Pakistan

Nigeria

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.