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Italy
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Italy and Nigeria health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Nigeria
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Italy Population Pyramid
54,381,674
Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Italy ITALY   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.7
71.7
69.1
21
24
21
 
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
68.7
74.6
71.6
15
14
13
 
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
70.7
77.4
73.9
17
12
13
 
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
73.6
80.3
76.9
11
7
8
 
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
76.3
82.4
79.4
8
5
6
 
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
79.3
84.2
81.8
7
6
7
 
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
80.9
84.9
83.0
7
8
8
 
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.9
84.9
7
8
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
80.9
84.9
7
8
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
81.2
85.1
7
8
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
81.2
85.2
7
8
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
81.3
85.2
7
8
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
81.3
85.2
7
8
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
81.5
85.3
7
8
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
81.6
85.3
10
9
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
81.7
85.4
11
9
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
81.8
85.5
12
10
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
82.0
85.6
12
10
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
82.3
85.8
12
9
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
82.7
86.1
14
9
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
83.4
86.5
13
9
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
84.2
87.1
15
11
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
85.3
87.7
14
11
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
86.7
88.7
16
14
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
88.4
89.8
22
16
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
90.6
91.5
42
22
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
42.43
169
100.91
107
2. Stroke
25.15
156
88.68
86
3. Lung Cancers
21.68
42
1.37
178
4. Breast Cancer
16.63
94
20.56
47
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.86
135
19.45
59
6. Lung Disease
13.17
152
20.77
99
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
52
4.32
157
8. Hypertension
10.77
127
16.07
103
9. Prostate Cancer
9.43
135
20.40
63
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.21
145
33.50
82
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.40
33
2.64
126
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.30
178
98.12
28
13. Stomach Cancer
6.00
92
2.52
169
14. Liver Cancer
5.97
76
6.19
71
15. Lymphomas
5.80
52
5.96
45
16. Other Injuries
5.34
127
10.98
56
17. Kidney Disease
5.16
165
23.87
88
18. Other Neoplasms
4.93
15
0.50
88
19. Endocrine Disorders
4.79
66
7.01
35
20. Suicide
4.33
151
6.87
117
21. Ovary Cancer
4.29
98
3.90
112
22. Leukemia
4.17
60
2.06
151
23. Road Traffic Accidents
4.13
162
27.25
54
24. Liver Disease
3.92
171
41.99
21
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.48
127
5.60
29
26. Bladder Cancer
3.38
47
0.81
166
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
139
5.49
76
28. Congenital Anomalies
2.59
164
11.22
5
29. Uterin Cancer
2.45
82
1.60
132
30. Oral Cancer
2.31
113
2.44
107
31. Falls
2.13
171
8.54
40
32. Skin Cancers
2.05
82
2.29
62
33. Cervical Cancer
1.82
172
21.11
35
34. Oesophagus Cancer
1.36
134
0.75
171
35. Hepatitis C
1.36
4
0.27
40
36. Low Birth Weight
1.13
165
14.70
5
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.07
111
2.05
69
38. Epilepsy
0.87
143
3.25
23
39. Drug Use
0.78
132
5.81
5
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.64
155
78.99
13
41. Anemia
0.62
19
0.00
142
42. Violence
0.60
173
11.97
42
43. HIV/AIDS
0.60
123
26.81
36
44. Skin Disease
0.59
137
1.64
90
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.56
31
0.18
103
46. Drownings
0.46
173
2.17
107
47. Birth Trauma
0.40
163
15.51
2
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.33
180
7.03
31
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.33
84
0.26
99
50. Malnutrition
0.31
124
2.36
83
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Italy ITALY   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97,116
17.89
61,374
4.14
2. Stroke
62,633
11.54
57,744
3.90
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
41,445
7.64
6,786
0.46
4. Lung Cancers
34,152
6.29
1,295
0.09
5. Lung Disease
32,382
5.97
12,569
0.85
6. Hypertension
29,931
5.51
10,692
0.72
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21,254
3.92
4,152
0.28
8. Diabetes Mellitus
19,836
3.65
22,497
1.52
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,339
3.01
207,281
14.00
10. Breast Cancer
13,868
2.56
11,884
0.80
11. Kidney Disease
12,726
2.34
18,189
1.23
12. Other Injuries
12,112
2.23
22,696
1.53
13. Pancreas Cancer
12,095
2.23
1,975
0.13
14. Stomach Cancer
10,252
1.89
2,129
0.14
15. Other Neoplasms
9,984
1.84
290
0.02
16. Lymphomas
9,670
1.78
5,202
0.35
17. Liver Cancer
9,620
1.77
5,289
0.36
18. Endocrine Disorders
8,431
1.55
15,799
1.07
19. Parkinson's Disease
8,428
1.55
2,473
0.17
20. Prostate Cancer
8,409
1.55
5,914
0.40
21. Leukemia
6,728
1.24
2,257
0.15
22. Bladder Cancer
6,711
1.24
670
0.05
23. Liver Disease
5,559
1.02
38,326
2.59
24. Inflammatory/Heart
5,531
1.02
4,826
0.33
25. Falls
4,222
0.78
7,528
0.51
26. Suicide
4,042
0.74
7,019
0.47
27. Oral Cancer
3,343
0.62
2,238
0.15
28. Ovary Cancer
3,282
0.60
2,133
0.14
29. Skin Cancers
3,239
0.60
1,933
0.13
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3,221
0.59
41,693
2.82
31. Hepatitis C
2,451
0.45
304
0.02
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,216
0.41
1,946
0.13
33. Uterin Cancer
2,198
0.40
679
0.05
34. Oesophagus Cancer
2,045
0.38
560
0.04
35. Anemia
1,672
0.31
0
0.00
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,622
0.30
144,724
9.77
37. Congenital Anomalies
1,443
0.27
49,696
3.36
38. Skin Disease
1,440
0.27
1,468
0.10
39. Epilepsy
1,337
0.25
5,001
0.34
40. Cervical Cancer
1,154
0.21
10,574
0.71
41. Malnutrition
775
0.14
5,896
0.40
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
701
0.13
165
0.01
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
690
0.13
5,846
0.39
44. Multiple Sclerosis
677
0.12
179
0.01
45. Drug Use
654
0.12
6,273
0.42
46. HIV/AIDS
520
0.10
44,124
2.98
47. Asthma
494
0.09
8,192
0.55
48. Osteoarthritis
481
0.09
0
0.00
49. Schizophrenia
424
0.08
0
0.00
50. Violence
409
0.08
18,407
1.24
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.68
42
1.37
178
2. Breast Cancer
16.63
94
20.56
47
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
52
4.32
157
4. Prostate Cancer
9.43
135
20.40
63
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.40
33
2.64
126
6. Stomach Cancer
6.00
92
2.52
169
7. Liver Cancer
5.97
76
6.19
71
8. Lymphomas
5.80
52
5.96
45
9. Ovary Cancer
4.29
98
3.90
112
10. Leukemia
4.17
60
2.06
151
11. Bladder Cancer
3.38
47
0.81
166
12. Uterin Cancer
2.45
82
1.60
132
13. Oral Cancer
2.31
113
2.44
107
14. Skin Cancers
2.05
82
2.29
62
15. Cervical Cancer
1.82
172
21.11
35
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.36
134
0.75
171
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.