HEALTH PROFILE NIGERIA

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Nigeria Population Pyramid

NIGERIA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

				World Rank
	Male	Female	All	M	F	All
1960	37.2	40.3	38.7	157	151	153
1970	40.6	43.7	42.1	158	155	158
1980	43.8	46.9	45.3	160	159	159
1990	46.0	48.6	47.2	170	170	170
2000	46.1	47.8	46.9	168	170	169
2010	46.5	48.1	47.2	182	181	183

NIGERIA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

			World Rank
	Male	Female	M	F
At Birth	46.5	48.1	182	181
Age 5	61.9	62.1	161	175
Age 10	62.7	62.9	161	177
Age 15	63.1	63.4	160	177
Age 20	63.5	64.1	160	177
Age 25	64.2	65.1	159	178
Age 30	65.1	66.4	160	179
Age 35	66.2	67.9	159	180
Age 40	67.6	69.6	159	175
Age 45	69.1	71.1	158	176
Age 50	70.7	72.6	156	174
Age 55	72.4	74.1	157	176
Age 60	74.4	75.8	156	177
Age 65	76.5	77.6	162	178
Age 70	79.0	79.8	166	180
Age 75	81.9	82.5	169	179
Age 80	85.2	85.6	170	182
Age 85	88.9	89.2	170	182
Age 90	92.9	93.1	169	177
Age 95	97.1	97.3	189	179
Age 100	101.7	101.7	180	189

NIGERIA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		Deaths	%
1	Malaria	219,833	12.88
2	HIV/AIDS	213,667	12.52
3	Influenza & Pneumonia	213,099	12.49
4	Diarrhoeal diseases	173,878	10.19
5	Tuberculosis	97,669	5.72
6	Stroke	87,717	5.14
7	Coronary Heart Disease	71,732	4.20
8	Birth Trauma	68,213	4.00
9	Low Birth Weight	67,212	3.94
10	Maternal Conditions	50,867	2.98
11	Diabetes Mellitus	34,528	2.02
12	Meningitis	33,935	1.99
13	Pertussis	32,386	1.90
14	Lung Disease	25,241	1.48
15	Road Traffic Accidents	24,850	1.46
16	Congenital Anomalies	19,116	1.12
17	Violence	18,422	1.08
18	Kidney Disease	16,892	0.99
19	Hypertension	14,829	0.87
20	Other Injuries	14,392	0.84
21	Endocrine Disorders	12,715	0.75
22	Malnutrition	12,146	0.71
23	Asthma	10,871	0.64
24	Breast Cancer	10,469	0.61
25	Inflammatory/Heart	10,154	0.60

		Deaths	%
26	Cervical Cancer	9,659	0.57
27	Liver Cancer	8,901	0.52
28	Tetanus	8,796	0.52
29	Epilepsy	8,520	0.50
30	Schistosomiasis	8,476	0.50
31	Drownings	7,422	0.43
32	Poisonings	7,297	0.43
33	Fires	6,497	0.38
34	Suicide	5,910	0.35
35	Prostate Cancer	5,884	0.34
36	Liver Disease	5,442	0.32
37	Lymphomas	5,256	0.31
38	Peptic Ulcer Disease	5,091	0.30
39	Syphilis	4,484	0.26
40	Alzheimers/Dementia	4,224	0.25
41	Colon-Rectum Cancers	4,054	0.24
42	Other Neoplasms	3,378	0.20
43	Falls	3,373	0.20
44	Skin Disease	2,938	0.17
45	Leukemia	2,700	0.16
46	Hepatitis B	2,403	0.14
47	Oral Cancer	2,374	0.14
48	Rheumatic Heart Disease	1,960	0.11
49	Drug Use	1,958	0.11
50	Upper Respiratory	1,917	0.11

NIGERIA TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank
1	Influenza & Pneumonia	173.78	18
2	HIV/AIDS	170.23	18
3	Stroke	148.61	32
4	Coronary Heart Disease	121.60	80
5	Diarrhoeal diseases	101.48	19
6	Tuberculosis	85.05	15
7	Malaria	79.28	11
8	Diabetes Mellitus	55.40	47
9	Lung Disease	41.90	42
10	Maternal Conditions	36.71	10
11	Hypertension	25.57	102
12	Kidney Disease	25.01	51
13	Breast Cancer	24.69	17
14	Birth Trauma	23.99	9
15	Low Birth Weight	23.64	22
16	Road Traffic Accidents	21.55	65
17	Meningitis	18.77	18
18	Endocrine Disorders	17.75	32
19	Asthma	15.55	37
20	Violence	14.87	56
21	Inflammatory/Heart	14.65	38
22	Cervical Cancer	12.94	26
23	Other Injuries	11.78	97
24	Pertussis	11.41	4
25	Liver Cancer	10.92	39

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank
26	Prostate Cancer	10.16	37
27	Schistosomiasis	9.68	13
28	Alzheimers/Dementia	9.13	51
29	Epilepsy	8.89	24
30	Malnutrition	7.84	45
31	Congenital Anomalies	7.48	50
32	Peptic Ulcer Disease	7.43	38
33	Liver Disease	7.38	120
34	Suicide	6.12	115
35	Drownings	5.95	44
36	Poisonings	5.36	41
37	Lymphomas	5.20	98
38	Colon-Rectum Cancers	5.13	130
39	Skin Disease	4.86	38
40	Fires	4.38	53
41	Other Neoplasms	4.29	51
42	Falls	4.21	88
43	Tetanus	3.22	12
44	Oral Cancer	3.07	86
45	Leukemia	2.69	143
46	Stomach Cancer	2.30	177
47	Syphilis	2.27	37
48	Bladder Cancer	2.10	98
49	Drug Use	2.01	28
50	Parkinson Disease	1.98	63

NIGERIA CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		Rate	World Rank
1	Breast Cancer	24.69	17
2	Cervical Cancer	12.94	26
3	Liver Cancer	10.92	39
4	Prostate Cancer	10.16	37
5	Lymphomas	5.20	98
6	Colon-Rectum Cancers	5.13	130
7	Other Neoplasms	4.29	51
8	Oral Cancer	3.07	86
9	Leukemia	2.69	143

		Rate	World Rank
10	Stomach Cancer	2.30	177
11	Bladder Cancer	2.10	98
12	Ovary Cancer	1.76	131
13	Lung Cancers	1.41	189
14	Pancreas Cancer	1.35	147
15	Oesophagus Cancer	1.28	152
16	Skin Cancers	1.02	110
17	Uterin Cancer	0.29	177

NIGERIA HEALTH RISK FACTORS

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

ALCOHOL LITERS
Total	Rank
14.1	13

SMOKING PERCENT
M	F	Rank
13.0	1.2	127	124

OBESITY PERCENT
M	F	Rank
2.9	8.2	142	147

HAPPINESS SCORE
Total	Rank
183	119

NIGERIA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY

	Value	World Rank
Population Total	149,229,090	8
Sex Ratio M / F	1.04	26
Population 0-14	41.5 %	36
Population 15-64	55.5 %	157
Population 65 +	3.1 %	156
Birth Rate / 1000	36.65	26
Death Rate / 1000	16.56	13
Fertulity Rate	4.91	28
Infant Mortality	94.35	13
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F	1.06	57
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F	1.05	77

	Value	World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F	1.04	35
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F	0.94	22
Net Migrattion	-0.10	74
Population Growth	2.00	51
Literacy Total	68.0	147
Literacy Male	75.7	143
Literacy Female	60.6	139
Unemployment	4.9	119
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH	47.2	183
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY	42.0	182
GDP PER CAPITA USD	$2,300	145

Latest WHO data (2010), Death Rates are age-standardized, total deaths are % of population

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