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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria
NIGERIA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
46.1
47.8
46.9
168
170
169
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
46.5
48.1
47.2
182
181
183
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Nigeria
NIGERIA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
46.5
48.1
182
181
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
62.9
63.1
161
175
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
63.7
63.9
161
177
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
64.1
64.4
160
177
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
64.5
65.1
160
177
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
65.2
66.1
159
178
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
66.1
67.4
160
179
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
67.2
68.9
159
180
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
68.6
70.6
159
175
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
70.1
72.1
158
176
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
71.7
73.6
156
174
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
73.4
75.1
157
176
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
75.4
76.8
156
177
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
77.5
78.6
162
178
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
80.0
80.8
166
180
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
82.9
83.5
169
179
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.2
86.6
170
182
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
89.9
90.2
170
182
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.9
94.1
169
177
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.1
98.3
189
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.7
180
189
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria
NIGERIA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
173.78
18
  
23.69
125
2 HIV/AIDS
170.23
18
  
0.40
137
3 Stroke
148.61
32
  
36.89
160
4 Coronary Heart Disease
121.60
80
  
68.80
155
5 Diarrhoeal diseases
101.48
19
  
1.95
119
6 Tuberculosis
85.05
15
  
0.41
170
7 Malaria
79.28
11
  
0.01
104
8 Diabetes Mellitus
55.40
47
  
5.04
185
9 Lung Disease
41.90
42
  
21.47
98
10 Maternal Conditions
36.71
10
  
0.15
151
11 Hypertension
25.57
102
  
3.67
183
12 Kidney Disease
25.01
51
  
3.23
185
13 Breast Cancer
24.69
17
  
23.62
20
14 Birth Trauma
23.99
9
  
0.64
166
15 Low Birth Weight
23.64
22
  
3.39
144
16 Road Traffic Accidents
21.55
65
  
4.77
180
17 Meningitis
18.77
18
  
0.41
149
18 Endocrine Disorders
17.75
32
  
3.13
147
19 Asthma
15.55
37
  
1.09
153
20 Violence
14.87
56
  
1.14
160
21 Inflammatory/Heart
14.65
38
  
2.97
152
22 Cervical Cancer
12.94
26
  
1.38
161
23 Other Injuries
11.78
97
  
5.54
170
24 Pertussis
11.41
4
  
0.02
106
25 Liver Cancer
10.92
39
  
3.07
164
26 Prostate Cancer
10.16
37
  
8.21
58
27 Schistosomiasis
9.68
13
  
0.00
64
28 Alzheimers/Dementia
9.13
51
  
17.08
14
29 Epilepsy
8.89
24
  
1.57
104
30 Malnutrition
7.84
45
  
0.07
172
31 Congenital Anomalies
7.48
50
  
3.68
164
32 Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.43
38
  
2.54
123
33 Liver Disease
7.38
120
  
9.48
96
34 Suicide
6.12
115
  
6.90
101
35 Drownings
5.95
44
  
0.35
187
36 Poisonings
5.36
41
  
2.81
89
37 Lymphomas
5.20
98
  
7.35
36
38 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.13
130
  
15.49
33
39 Skin Disease
4.86
38
  
1.50
104
40 Fires
4.38
53
  
0.45
158
41 Other Neoplasms
4.29
51
  
2.95
92
42 Falls
4.21
88
  
3.51
109
43 Tetanus
3.22
12
  
0.00
192
44 Oral Cancer
3.07
86
  
2.39
113
45 Leukemia
2.69
143
  
4.39
63
46 Stomach Cancer
2.30
177
  
4.81
130
47 Syphilis
2.27
37
  
0.00
147
48 Bladder Cancer
2.10
98
  
4.27
28
49 Drug Use
2.01
28
  
2.14
27
50 Parkinson Disease
1.98
63
  
3.48
8
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Nigeria
NIGERIA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Malaria
219,833
12.88
  
5
0.00
2 HIV/AIDS
213,667
12.52
  
266
0.06
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
213,099
12.49
  
37,348
8.00
4 Diarrhoeal diseases
173,878
10.19
  
3,081
0.66
5 Tuberculosis
97,669
5.72
  
443
0.09
6 Stroke
87,717
5.14
  
55,919
11.98
7 Coronary Heart Disease
71,732
4.20
  
92,299
19.77
8 Birth Trauma
68,213
4.00
  
262
0.06
9 Low Birth Weight
67,212
3.94
  
1,386
0.30
10 Maternal Conditions
50,867
2.98
  
81
0.02
11 Diabetes Mellitus
34,528
2.02
  
6,682
1.43
12 Meningitis
33,935
1.99
  
278
0.06
13 Pertussis
32,386
1.90
  
6
0.00
14 Lung Disease
25,241
1.48
  
29,069
6.23
15 Road Traffic Accidents
24,850
1.46
  
3,073
0.66
16 Congenital Anomalies
19,116
1.12
  
1,950
0.42
17 Violence
18,422
1.08
  
703
0.15
18 Kidney Disease
16,892
0.99
  
4,804
1.03
19 Hypertension
14,829
0.87
  
5,191
1.11
20 Other Injuries
14,392
0.84
  
6,029
1.29
21 Endocrine Disorders
12,715
0.75
  
3,056
0.65
22 Malnutrition
12,146
0.71
  
85
0.02
23 Asthma
10,871
0.64
  
1,260
0.27
24 Breast Cancer
10,469
0.61
  
14,343
3.07
25 Inflammatory/Heart
10,154
0.60
  
3,014
0.65
26 Cervical Cancer
9,659
0.57
  
1,322
0.28
27 Liver Cancer
8,901
0.52
  
3,470
0.74
28 Tetanus
8,796
0.52
  
0
0.00
29 Epilepsy
8,520
0.50
  
1,201
0.26
30 Schistosomiasis
8,476
0.50
  
1
0.00
31 Drownings
7,422
0.43
  
233
0.05
32 Poisonings
7,297
0.43
  
1,805
0.39
33 Fires
6,497
0.38
  
380
0.08
34 Suicide
5,910
0.35
  
4,660
1.00
35 Prostate Cancer
5,884
0.34
  
11,508
2.46
36 Liver Disease
5,442
0.32
  
7,767
1.66
37 Lymphomas
5,256
0.31
  
8,744
1.87
38 Peptic Ulcer Disease
5,091
0.30
  
3,294
0.71
39 Syphilis
4,484
0.26
  
3
0.00
40 Alzheimers/Dementia
4,224
0.25
  
29,116
6.24
41 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,054
0.24
  
18,951
4.06
42 Other Neoplasms
3,378
0.20
  
3,829
0.82
43 Falls
3,373
0.20
  
4,450
0.95
44 Skin Disease
2,938
0.17
  
2,188
0.47
45 Leukemia
2,700
0.16
  
5,077
1.09
46 Hepatitis B
2,403
0.14
  
57
0.01
47 Oral Cancer
2,374
0.14
  
2,428
0.52
48 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,960
0.11
  
1,204
0.26
49 Drug Use
1,958
0.11
  
1,247
0.27
50 Upper Respiratory
1,917
0.11
  
56
0.01
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria
NIGERIA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
24.69
17
  
23.62
20
2 Cervical Cancer
12.94
26
  
1.38
161
3 Liver Cancer
10.92
39
  
3.07
164
4 Prostate Cancer
10.16
37
  
8.21
58
5 Lymphomas
5.20
98
  
7.35
36
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.13
130
  
15.49
33
7 Other Neoplasms
4.29
51
  
2.95
92
8 Oral Cancer
3.07
86
  
2.39
113
9 Leukemia
2.69
143
  
4.39
63
10 Stomach Cancer
2.30
177
  
4.81
130
11 Bladder Cancer
2.10
98
  
4.27
28
12 Ovary Cancer
1.76
131
  
3.96
20
13 Lung Cancers
1.41
189
  
30.98
18
14 Pancreas Cancer
1.35
147
  
6.81
39
15 Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
152
  
7.62
30
16 Skin Cancers
1.02
110
  
2.74
32
17 Uterin Cancer
0.29
177
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Nigeria
NIGERIA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
149,229,090
8
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.04
26
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
41.5 %
36
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
55.5 %
157
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
3.1 %
156
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
36.65
26
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
16.56
13
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
4.91
28
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
94.35
13
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.06
57
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.04
35
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.94
22
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-0.10
74
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.00
51
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
68.0
147
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
75.7
143
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
60.6
139
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
4.9
119
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
47.2
183
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
42.0
182
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$2,300
145
  
$36,600
23
 

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