NIGERIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	265,331	8	57,744	+ 207,587
Coronary Heart Disease	2	209,547	7	61,374	+ 148,173
Diabetes Mellitus	3	196,742	18	22,497	+ 174,245
Kidney Disease	4	112,280	20	18,189	+ 94,091
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	92,529	1	207,281	- 114,752
Prostate Cancer	6	79,280	35	5,914	+ 73,365
Road Traffic Accidents	7	76,851	12	41,693	+ 35,158
Lung Disease	8	74,432	22	12,569	+ 61,863
Hypertension	9	73,915	24	10,692	+ 63,223
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	67,039	31	6,786	+ 60,254
Violence	11	52,129	19	18,407	+ 33,722
Liver Disease	12	49,089	13	38,326	+ 10,763
Inflammatory/Heart	13	44,374	42	4,826	+ 39,548
Breast Cancer	14	35,860	23	11,884	+ 23,976
Stomach Cancer	15	30,866	50	2,129	+ 28,737
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	29,732	43	4,152	+ 25,580
Endocrine Disorders	17	28,422	21	15,799	+ 12,623
Lung Cancers	18	26,336	57	1,295	+ 25,041
Low Birth Weight	19	24,217	6	95,959	- 71,741
Skin Disease	20	22,766	56	1,468	+ 21,298
Other Injuries	21	20,780	17	22,696	- 1,916
Suicide	22	20,282	30	7,019	+ 13,264
Parkinson's Disease	23	19,541	46	2,473	+ 17,068
Lymphomas	24	18,435	40	5,202	+ 13,234
Cervical Cancer	25	16,708	25	10,574	+ 6,134
Falls	26	14,831	28	7,528	+ 7,303
Asthma	27	13,510	27	8,192	+ 5,318
Drownings	28	13,136	32	6,584	+ 6,552
Alcohol	29	13,021	58	1,031	+ 11,990
Congenital Anomalies	30	11,402	9	49,696	- 38,294
Pancreas Cancer	31	11,353	51	1,975	+ 9,378
Epilepsy	32	10,026	41	5,001	+ 5,025
Malnutrition	33	9,273	36	5,896	+ 3,377
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	7,562	37	5,846	+ 1,716
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	6,450	2	144,724	- 138,274
Leukemia	36	6,230	47	2,257	+ 3,973
Liver Cancer	37	5,693	39	5,289	+ 405
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	5,545	52	1,946	+ 3,600
Fires	39	4,668	29	7,132	- 2,464
Oesophagus Cancer	40	4,421	64	560	+ 3,861
Ovary Cancer	41	4,407	49	2,133	+ 2,274
Birth Trauma	42	4,358	5	100,186	- 95,828
Oral Cancer	43	4,334	48	2,238	+ 2,095
Tuberculosis	44	4,110	3	127,335	- 123,226
Uterin Cancer	45	2,866	62	679	+ 2,187
Drug Use	46	2,699	34	6,273	- 3,574
Maternal Conditions	47	2,599	15	23,540	- 20,941
Other Neoplasms	48	2,559	66	290	+ 2,269
Meningitis	49	2,058	11	43,651	- 41,593
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	1,843	69	165	+ 1,678
Appendicitis	51	1,582	60	760	+ 822
Encephalitis	52	1,551	59	937	+ 615
Dengue	53	830	73	2	+ 828
Multiple Sclerosis	54	627	68	179	+ 448
Poisonings	55	368	33	6,570	- 6,203
Tetanus	56	300	26	8,355	- 8,055
Syphilis	57	265	38	5,449	- 5,184
War	58	235	45	3,245	- 3,009
Upper Respiratory	59	178	67	259	- 81
Hepatitis B	60	83	55	1,488	- 1,405
Schistosomiasis	61	72	54	1,508	- 1,436
Chlamydia	62	63	71	14	+ 50
Pertussis	63	42	16	23,282	- 23,240
Ascariasis	64	15	61	685	- 670
Hepatitis C	65	7	65	304	- 297
Otitis Media	66	1	72	3	- 2
Diphtheria	67	1	44	3,800	- 3,798
Skin Cancers	68	1	53	1,933	- 1,932
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	81	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	63	670	- 670
Schizophrenia	73	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	14	29,439	- 29,439
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	4	100,963	- 100,963
Leishmaniasis	82	0	70	23	- 23
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	10	44,124	- 44,124
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGERIA

Saint Lucia

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.