NIGERIA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	222,143	7	61,374	+ 160,769
Stroke	2	99,954	8	57,744	+ 42,210
War	3	95,131	45	3,245	+ 91,886
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	88,233	1	207,281	- 119,048
Low Birth Weight	5	64,893	6	95,959	- 31,066
Road Traffic Accidents	6	63,059	12	41,693	+ 21,365
Birth Trauma	7	43,750	5	100,186	- 56,436
Hypertension	8	38,992	24	10,692	+ 28,300
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	32,202	2	144,724	- 112,522
Congenital Anomalies	10	31,606	9	49,696	- 18,090
Lung Disease	11	23,541	22	12,569	+ 10,972
Measles	12	22,240	14	29,439	- 7,198
Liver Disease	13	21,297	13	38,326	- 17,029
Violence	14	20,913	19	18,407	+ 2,506
Kidney Disease	15	19,730	20	18,189	+ 1,541
Other Injuries	16	16,392	17	22,696	- 6,304
Asthma	17	15,513	27	8,192	+ 7,321
Tuberculosis	18	13,991	3	127,335	- 113,344
Diabetes Mellitus	19	13,218	18	22,497	- 9,279
Malaria	20	12,662	4	100,963	- 88,301
Suicide	21	12,511	30	7,019	+ 5,493
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	10,351	31	6,786	+ 3,566
Pertussis	23	9,128	16	23,282	- 14,154
Falls	24	8,617	28	7,528	+ 1,089
Drownings	25	8,413	32	6,584	+ 1,829
Breast Cancer	26	8,350	23	11,884	- 3,534
Malnutrition	27	7,796	36	5,896	+ 1,900
Meningitis	28	7,502	11	43,651	- 36,149
Fires	29	7,299	29	7,132	+ 168
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	6,725	43	4,152	+ 2,573
Stomach Cancer	31	6,645	50	2,129	+ 4,516
Maternal Conditions	32	6,554	15	23,540	- 16,986
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	6,139	37	5,846	+ 293
Leukemia	34	5,719	47	2,257	+ 3,462
Oesophagus Cancer	35	5,633	64	560	+ 5,072
Endocrine Disorders	36	5,433	21	15,799	- 10,366
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	5,206	52	1,946	+ 3,261
Drug Use	38	4,513	34	6,273	- 1,760
Liver Cancer	39	4,485	39	5,289	- 803
Inflammatory/Heart	40	4,308	42	4,826	- 519
Lung Cancers	41	4,192	57	1,295	+ 2,897
Oral Cancer	42	4,032	48	2,238	+ 1,793
Epilepsy	43	3,970	41	5,001	- 1,031
Poisonings	44	3,917	33	6,570	- 2,653
Lymphomas	45	3,187	40	5,202	- 2,015
HIV/AIDS	46	2,917	10	44,124	- 41,206
Tetanus	47	2,907	26	8,355	- 5,448
Encephalitis	48	2,717	59	937	+ 1,780
Parkinson's Disease	49	2,663	46	2,473	+ 190
Hepatitis B	50	2,205	55	1,488	+ 717
Pancreas Cancer	51	2,084	51	1,975	+ 109
Ovary Cancer	52	1,387	49	2,133	- 746
Syphilis	53	1,292	38	5,449	- 4,158
Appendicitis	54	1,191	60	760	+ 431
Bladder Cancer	55	1,181	63	670	+ 511
Schistosomiasis	56	912	54	1,508	- 596
Cervical Cancer	57	876	25	10,574	- 9,697
Skin Cancers	58	734	53	1,933	- 1,200
Alcohol	59	577	58	1,031	- 454
Dengue	60	526	73	2	+ 524
Skin Disease	61	323	56	1,468	- 1,145
Multiple Sclerosis	62	306	68	179	+ 127
Prostate Cancer	63	290	35	5,914	- 5,625
Other Neoplasms	64	153	66	290	- 137
Ascariasis	65	125	61	685	- 560
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	104	69	165	- 61
Diphtheria	67	101	44	3,800	- 3,698
Hepatitis C	68	61	65	304	- 243
Uterin Cancer	69	38	62	679	- 641
Upper Respiratory	70	36	67	259	- 223
Leishmaniasis	71	17	70	23	- 6
Chlamydia	72	5	71	14	- 8
Otitis Media	73	1	72	3	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGERIA

Yemen

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.