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New Guinea
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
NEW GUINEA VS NIGERIA

Compare New Guinea 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
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
New Guinea Population Pyramid
14,204,060
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Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Guinea NEW GUINEA   Nigeria NIGERIA
  New Guinea NEW GUINEA   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.8
39.7
38.7
151
154
152
  
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
42.8
44.7
43.7
149
151
149
  
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
49.5
53.8
51.6
141
137
138
  
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
52.3
57.8
55.0
151
144
144
  
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
56.7
61.3
58.9
139
133
136
  
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
59.5
64.3
61.8
148
142
145
  
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
63.4
67.4
65.3
145
149
148
  
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Guinea NEW GUINEA   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.4
67.4
145
149
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
63.4
67.4
145
149
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
66.6
70.2
154
157
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
66.9
70.5
157
159
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
67.1
70.7
160
161
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
67.5
70.9
160
161
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
68.0
71.3
161
161
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
68.5
71.8
161
162
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
69.1
72.3
161
162
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
69.9
73.1
164
162
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
70.9
73.9
162
163
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
72.1
75.0
161
163
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
73.6
76.2
161
164
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
75.4
77.6
159
163
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
77.5
79.3
157
163
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
80.0
81.3
154
161
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
82.9
83.8
148
157
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
86.0
86.6
146
156
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
89.4
89.8
143
146
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Guinea NEW GUINEA   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
152.96
47
100.91
107
2. Lung Disease
122.46
2
20.77
99
3. Stroke
118.90
43
88.68
86
4. Diabetes Mellitus
96.77
10
33.50
82
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
48.64
36
78.99
13
6. Asthma
47.57
2
10.71
58
7. Tuberculosis
46.96
20
99.13
6
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
41.97
66
98.12
28
9. Breast Cancer
28.94
13
20.56
47
10. Malaria
28.53
34
34.69
27
11. Hypertension
25.98
53
16.07
103
12. Cervical Cancer
21.97
33
21.11
35
13. Prostate Cancer
21.28
54
20.40
63
14. Rheumatic Heart Disease
17.27
3
2.05
69
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.47
138
19.45
59
16. Road Traffic Accidents
14.45
99
27.25
54
17. Falls
13.87
8
8.54
40
18. Lung Cancers
13.71
82
1.37
178
19. Kidney Disease
13.07
128
23.87
88
20. Oral Cancer
12.56
2
2.44
107
21. Violence
12.19
39
11.97
42
22. Liver Cancer
12.14
22
6.19
71
23. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.80
64
4.32
157
24. Stomach Cancer
10.61
36
2.52
169
25. Liver Disease
10.10
127
41.99
21
26. Skin Cancers
9.28
1
2.29
62
27. Other Injuries
8.96
77
10.98
56
28. Low Birth Weight
8.64
49
14.70
5
29. Birth Trauma
7.75
44
15.51
2
30. HIV/AIDS
7.23
65
26.81
36
31. Lymphomas
6.83
21
5.96
45
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.32
40
7.03
31
33. Congenital Anomalies
6.28
80
11.22
5
34. Parkinson's Disease
6.12
20
5.60
29
35. Ovary Cancer
5.99
34
3.90
112
36. Fires
5.98
7
3.44
37
37. Maternal Conditions
4.88
50
14.14
17
38. Oesophagus Cancer
4.59
38
0.75
171
39. Inflammatory/Heart
4.35
97
5.49
76
40. Leukemia
4.25
57
2.06
151
41. Suicide
3.57
157
6.87
117
42. Malnutrition
3.38
64
2.36
83
43. Uterin Cancer
3.18
48
1.60
132
44. Meningitis
3.03
53
17.54
9
45. Skin Disease
2.76
33
1.64
90
46. Endocrine Disorders
2.76
123
7.01
35
47. Drownings
2.58
85
2.17
107
48. Pancreas Cancer
2.21
136
2.64
126
49. Pertussis
2.04
43
6.32
6
50. Bladder Cancer
2.00
96
0.81
166
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  New Guinea NEW GUINEA   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
6,835
12.17
61,374
4.14
2. Stroke
5,095
9.08
57,744
3.90
3. Lung Disease
4,538
8.08
12,569
0.85
4. Diabetes Mellitus
4,533
8.07
22,497
1.52
5. Tuberculosis
3,969
7.07
127,335
8.60
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,595
4.62
207,281
14.00
7. Malaria
2,446
4.36
100,963
6.82
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,295
4.09
144,724
9.77
9. Asthma
1,842
3.28
8,192
0.55
10. Low Birth Weight
1,661
2.96
95,959
6.48
11. Birth Trauma
1,504
2.68
100,186
6.76
12. Road Traffic Accidents
1,105
1.97
41,693
2.82
13. Hypertension
1,096
1.95
10,692
0.72
14. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,072
1.91
1,946
0.13
15. Violence
969
1.73
18,407
1.24
16. Congenital Anomalies
951
1.69
49,696
3.36
17. Breast Cancer
764
1.36
11,884
0.80
18. Kidney Disease
687
1.22
18,189
1.23
19. Cervical Cancer
665
1.18
10,574
0.71
20. Other Injuries
647
1.15
22,696
1.53
21. Liver Cancer
644
1.15
5,289
0.36
22. Liver Disease
624
1.11
38,326
2.59
23. Lung Cancers
622
1.11
1,295
0.09
24. HIV/AIDS
611
1.09
44,124
2.98
25. Oral Cancer
580
1.03
2,238
0.15
26. Falls
502
0.89
7,528
0.51
27. Fires
488
0.87
7,132
0.48
28. Stomach Cancer
447
0.80
2,129
0.14
29. Colon-Rectum Cancers
445
0.79
4,152
0.28
30. Maternal Conditions
421
0.75
23,540
1.59
31. Skin Cancers
417
0.74
1,933
0.13
32. Lymphomas
353
0.63
5,202
0.35
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
343
0.61
6,786
0.46
34. Meningitis
324
0.58
43,651
2.95
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
301
0.54
5,846
0.39
36. Prostate Cancer
285
0.51
5,914
0.40
37. Suicide
259
0.46
7,019
0.47
38. Leukemia
253
0.45
2,257
0.15
39. Pertussis
248
0.44
23,282
1.57
40. Drownings
240
0.43
6,584
0.44
41. Measles
238
0.42
29,439
1.99
42. Syphilis
234
0.42
5,449
0.37
43. Inflammatory/Heart
229
0.41
4,826
0.33
44. Oesophagus Cancer
199
0.35
560
0.04
45. Parkinson's Disease
185
0.33
2,473
0.17
46. Ovary Cancer
179
0.32
2,133
0.14
47. Endocrine Disorders
153
0.27
15,799
1.07
48. Malnutrition
134
0.24
5,896
0.40
49. Skin Disease
126
0.22
1,468
0.10
50. Poisonings
121
0.22
6,570
0.44
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Guinea NEW GUINEA   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
28.94
13
20.56
47
2. Cervical Cancer
21.97
33
21.11
35
3. Prostate Cancer
21.28
54
20.40
63
4. Lung Cancers
13.71
82
1.37
178
5. Oral Cancer
12.56
2
2.44
107
6. Liver Cancer
12.14
22
6.19
71
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.80
64
4.32
157
8. Stomach Cancer
10.61
36
2.52
169
9. Skin Cancers
9.28
1
2.29
62
10. Lymphomas
6.83
21
5.96
45
11. Ovary Cancer
5.99
34
3.90
112
12. Oesophagus Cancer
4.59
38
0.75
171
13. Leukemia
4.25
57
2.06
151
14. Uterin Cancer
3.18
48
1.60
132
15. Pancreas Cancer
2.21
136
2.64
126
16. Bladder Cancer
2.00
96
0.81
166
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.