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HEALTH PROFILE: Niger

Data Sources: WHO, CDC, World Bank, UN.
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Niger NIGER POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    COUNTRY PROFILE
    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
    Niger NIGER LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    62.1
    64.6
    156
    167
    Age 5
    67.8
    69.9
    142
    159
    Age 10
    68.7
    70.9
    137
    156
    Age 15
    69.7
    71.7
    134
    150
    Age 20
    70.0
    72.0
    133
    150
    Age 25
    70.5
    72.4
    132
    149
    Age 30
    71.0
    72.8
    132
    151
    Age 35
    71.5
    73.3
    131
    150
    Age 40
    72.2
    73.9
    129
    151
    Age 45
    73.0
    74.6
    127
    153
    Age 50
    73.9
    75.4
    127
    156
    Age 55
    75.1
    76.5
    127
    157
    Age 60
    76.6
    77.8
    131
    159
    Age 65
    78.5
    79.4
    130
    158
    Age 70
    80.7
    81.4
    128
    159
    Age 75
    83.3
    83.9
    124
    150
    Age 80
    86.3
    86.8
    119
    136
    Age 85
    89.7
    90.1
    105
    118
    Niger NIGER 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 and Pneumonia
    118.92
    14
    2. Coronary Heart Disease
    118.53
    82
    3. Stroke
    114.20
    55
    4. Diarrhoeal diseases
    93.61
    7
    5. Malaria
    43.60
    19
    6. Liver Disease
    40.78
    24
    7. Diabetes Mellitus
    33.65
    79
    8. Road Traffic Accidents
    33.36
    41
    9. Lung Disease
    30.61
    48
    10. Kidney Disease
    29.61
    61
    11. Tuberculosis
    26.95
    41
    12. Asthma
    20.43
    19
    13. Alzheimers & Dementia
    20.18
    44
    14. Maternal Conditions
    20.03
    6
    15. Meningitis
    19.40
    6
    16. Breast Cancer
    18.52
    70
    17. Hypertension
    18.25
    91
    18. Other Injuries
    17.29
    11
    19. Violence
    12.61
    36
    20. Falls
    12.36
    12
    21. Low Birth Weight
    11.39
    23
    22. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    10.80
    8
    23. Suicide
    10.15
    70
    24. Birth Trauma
    9.50
    31
    25. Cervical Cancer
    9.28
    88
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Ovary Cancer
    7.90
    8
    27. Liver Cancer
    7.86
    47
    28. Congenital Anomalies
    7.56
    40
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    7.46
    44
    30. HIV/AIDS
    7.11
    67
    31. Malnutrition
    6.98
    40
    32. Endocrine Disorders
    6.27
    49
    33. Pertussis
    5.68
    9
    34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    5.52
    142
    35. Parkinson's Disease
    5.13
    47
    36. Fires
    4.88
    12
    37. Measles
    4.65
    15
    38. Prostate Cancer
    4.34
    169
    39. Drownings
    4.32
    38
    40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    4.21
    23
    41. Stomach Cancer
    3.59
    138
    42. Lymphomas
    3.33
    139
    43. Epilepsy
    3.33
    21
    44. Skin Cancers
    3.18
    25
    45. Poisonings
    2.97
    17
    46. Oral Cancer
    2.55
    102
    47. Leukemia
    2.32
    145
    48. Schistosomiasis
    2.30
    20
    49. Bladder Cancer
    2.24
    79
    50. Skin Disease
    2.14
    57
    Niger NIGER TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Influenza and Pneumonia
    21,093
    13.13
    2. Malaria
    17,022
    10.59
    3. Diarrhoeal diseases
    16,030
    9.97
    4. Low Birth Weight
    9,560
    5.95
    5. Stroke
    8,717
    5.42
    6. Coronary Heart Disease
    8,229
    5.12
    7. Birth Trauma
    8,030
    5.00
    8. Road Traffic Accidents
    5,946
    3.70
    9. Meningitis
    5,237
    3.26
    10. Congenital Anomalies
    4,346
    2.70
    11. Liver Disease
    4,116
    2.56
    12. Other Injuries
    3,826
    2.38
    13. Tuberculosis
    3,703
    2.30
    14. Maternal Conditions
    3,317
    2.06
    15. Pertussis
    2,858
    1.78
    16. Kidney Disease
    2,732
    1.70
    17. Diabetes Mellitus
    2,630
    1.64
    18. Measles
    2,414
    1.50
    19. Violence
    2,244
    1.40
    20. Lung Disease
    2,172
    1.35
    21. Malnutrition
    2,170
    1.35
    22. Asthma
    1,902
    1.18
    23. Endocrine Disorders
    1,806
    1.12
    24. Drownings
    1,581
    0.98
    25. Hypertension
    1,356
    0.84
      Deaths %
    26. Falls
    1,297
    0.81
    27. Suicide
    1,227
    0.76
    28. Fires
    1,120
    0.70
    29. Breast Cancer
    1,075
    0.67
    30. HIV/AIDS
    1,048
    0.65
    31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1,044
    0.65
    32. Alzheimers & Dementia
    858
    0.53
    33. Poisonings
    771
    0.48
    34. Inflammatory/Heart
    769
    0.48
    35. Liver Cancer
    745
    0.46
    36. Epilepsy
    676
    0.42
    37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    522
    0.32
    38. Cervical Cancer
    487
    0.30
    39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    467
    0.29
    40. Ovary Cancer
    425
    0.26
    41. War
    409
    0.25
    42. Tetanus
    372
    0.23
    43. Lymphomas
    350
    0.22
    44. Stomach Cancer
    300
    0.19
    45. Skin Cancers
    287
    0.18
    46. Hepatitis B
    279
    0.17
    47. Parkinson's Disease
    275
    0.17
    48. Leukemia
    258
    0.16
    49. Oral Cancer
    242
    0.15
    50. Schistosomiasis
    237
    0.15
    Niger NIGER CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    18.52
    70
    2. Cervical Cancer
    9.28
    88
    3. Ovary Cancer
    7.90
    8
    4. Liver Cancer
    7.86
    47
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    5.52
    142
    6. Prostate Cancer
    4.34
    169
    7. Stomach Cancer
    3.59
    138
    8. Lymphomas
    3.33
    139
      Rate World Rank
    9. Skin Cancers
    3.18
    25
    10. Oral Cancer
    2.55
    102
    11. Leukemia
    2.32
    145
    12. Bladder Cancer
    2.24
    79
    13. Uterin Cancer
    1.99
    109
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.71
    119
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    1.47
    155
    16. Lung Cancers
    0.54
    182
    Niger NIGER HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    0.5
    172
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    14.1
    1.1
    143
    148
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    2.5
    8.7
    181
    166
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    5.00
    99
    Niger NIGER LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    41.9
    37.1
    39.6
    130
    161
    149
    1970
    42.6
    38.6
    40.6
    150
    169
    161
    1980
    43.7
    40.8
    42.3
    161
    172
    170
    1990
    47.7
    45.3
    46.5
    163
    175
    173
    2000
    49.9
    50.0
    50.0
    159
    169
    164
    2010
    57.8
    58.8
    58.2
    153
    161
    157
    2019
    62.1
    64.6
    63.3
    156
    167
    159
    Niger NIGER DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    23.606m
    56
    Sex Ratio M / F
    0.98
    108
    Population 0-14
    50.6%
    1
    Population 15-64
    46.7%
    193
    Population 65 +
    2.7%
    180
    Birth Rate / 1000
    47.08
    1
    Death Rate / 1000
    9.87
    35
    Fertility Rate
    6.91
    1
    Infant Mortality
    68.12
    4
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.03
    162
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.02
    147
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    0.95
    159
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.92
    24
    Net Migration
    -0.66
    108
    Population Growth
    3.65%
    3
    Literacy Total
    35.1%
    172
    Literacy Male
    43.6%
    155
    Literacy Female
    26.7%
    153
    Unemployment
    0.3%
    183
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    63.3
    159
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    55.5
    158
    GDP per Capita USD
    $1,200
    189

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    9,931
    312
    4/1/24
    Niger COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

    A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Niger causes.

     
     
    Niger COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Niger COVID-19 DEATH CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    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.