NIGER VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	29,523	5	8,717	+ 20,806
Coronary Heart Disease	2	23,316	6	8,229	+ 15,087
Diabetes Mellitus	3	21,891	17	2,630	+ 19,261
Kidney Disease	4	12,493	16	2,732	+ 9,761
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	10,296	1	21,093	- 10,798
Prostate Cancer	6	8,821	57	128	+ 8,694
Road Traffic Accidents	7	8,551	8	5,946	+ 2,605
Lung Disease	8	8,282	20	2,172	+ 6,110
Hypertension	9	8,224	25	1,356	+ 6,869
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	7,459	32	858	+ 6,601
Violence	11	5,800	19	2,244	+ 3,557
Liver Disease	12	5,462	11	4,116	+ 1,346
Inflammatory/Heart	13	4,938	34	769	+ 4,169
Breast Cancer	14	3,990	29	1,075	+ 2,915
Stomach Cancer	15	3,434	44	300	+ 3,134
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,308	37	522	+ 2,787
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,162	23	1,806	+ 1,356
Lung Cancers	18	2,930	67	42	+ 2,889
Low Birth Weight	19	2,695	4	9,560	- 6,865
Skin Disease	20	2,533	52	213	+ 2,320
Other Injuries	21	2,312	12	3,826	- 1,513
Suicide	22	2,257	27	1,227	+ 1,030
Parkinson's Disease	23	2,174	47	275	+ 1,899
Lymphomas	24	2,051	43	350	+ 1,701
Cervical Cancer	25	1,859	38	487	+ 1,372
Falls	26	1,650	26	1,297	+ 353
Asthma	27	1,503	22	1,902	- 399
Drownings	28	1,462	24	1,581	- 119
Alcohol	29	1,449	60	120	+ 1,329
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,269	10	4,346	- 3,077
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,263	54	138	+ 1,125
Epilepsy	32	1,116	36	676	+ 439
Malnutrition	33	1,032	21	2,170	- 1,138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	841	31	1,044	- 203
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	718	3	16,030	- 15,313
Leukemia	36	693	48	258	+ 436
Liver Cancer	37	633	35	745	- 112
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	617	39	467	+ 150
Fires	39	519	28	1,120	- 601
Oesophagus Cancer	40	492	55	132	+ 360
Ovary Cancer	41	490	40	425	+ 65
Birth Trauma	42	485	7	8,030	- 7,545
Oral Cancer	43	482	49	242	+ 240
Tuberculosis	44	457	13	3,703	- 3,246
Uterin Cancer	45	319	64	86	+ 233
Drug Use	46	300	58	126	+ 174
Maternal Conditions	47	289	14	3,317	- 3,028
Other Neoplasms	48	285	68	24	+ 261
Meningitis	49	229	9	5,237	- 5,008
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	205	70	18	+ 187
Appendicitis	51	176	56	128	+ 48
Encephalitis	52	173	61	112	+ 60
Dengue	53	92	73	0	+ 92
Multiple Sclerosis	54	70	69	22	+ 47
Poisonings	55	41	33	771	- 730
Tetanus	56	33	42	372	- 339
Syphilis	57	29	62	110	- 80
War	58	26	41	409	- 383
Upper Respiratory	59	20	63	94	- 74
Hepatitis B	60	9	46	279	- 270
Schistosomiasis	61	8	50	237	- 229
Chlamydia	62	7	71	3	+ 4
Pertussis	63	5	15	2,858	- 2,853
Ascariasis	64	2	59	125	- 123
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	46	- 45
Otitis Media	66	0	72	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	65	60	- 60
Skin Cancers	68	0	45	287	- 287
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	53	161	- 161
Schizophrenia	73	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	18	2,414	- 2,414
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	2	17,022	- 17,022
Leishmaniasis	82	0	51	237	- 237
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	30	1,048	- 1,048
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGER

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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.