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United States
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
UNITED STATES VS NIGER

Compare United States and Niger 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.

Niger
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
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Niger Population Pyramid
65,593,043
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Niger NIGER
  United States UNITED STATES   Niger NIGER
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
  
41.9
37.1
39.6
130
161
149
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
  
42.6
38.6
40.6
150
169
161
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
  
43.7
40.8
42.3
161
172
170
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
  
47.7
45.3
46.5
163
175
173
2000
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
  
49.9
50.0
50.0
159
169
164
2010
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
  
57.8
58.8
58.2
153
161
157
2019
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
  
62.1
64.6
63.3
156
167
159
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Niger NIGER
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.3
80.7
41
42
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age
76.3
80.7
41
42
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age 5
76.8
81.2
42
45
67.8
69.9
142
159
Age 10
76.9
81.2
43
45
68.7
70.9
137
156
Age 15
76.9
81.3
43
45
69.7
71.7
134
150
Age 20
77.1
81.4
43
45
70.0
72.0
133
150
Age 25
77.5
81.5
43
45
70.5
72.4
132
149
Age 30
77.9
81.7
41
45
71.0
72.8
132
151
Age 35
78.3
81.9
41
43
71.5
73.3
131
150
Age 40
78.8
82.2
40
43
72.2
73.9
129
151
Age 45
79.3
82.5
40
42
73.0
74.6
127
153
Age 50
79.9
83.0
41
41
73.9
75.4
127
156
Age 55
80.7
83.6
40
40
75.1
76.5
127
157
Age 60
81.8
84.4
37
38
76.6
77.8
131
159
Age 65
83.1
85.3
34
38
78.5
79.4
130
158
Age 70
84.6
86.4
32
38
80.7
81.4
128
159
Age 75
86.5
87.7
23
35
83.3
83.9
124
150
Age 80
88.6
89.4
18
27
86.3
86.8
119
136
Age 85
91.1
91.5
22
30
89.7
90.1
105
118
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Niger NIGER
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.49
142
118.53
82
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.26
8
20.18
44
3. Lung Disease
28.49
60
30.61
48
4. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
0.54
182
5. Stroke
22.27
164
114.20
55
6. Drug Use
21.28
1
1.13
99
7. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
18.52
70
8. Suicide
14.51
31
10.15
70
9. Kidney Disease
13.08
127
29.61
61
10. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
4.34
169
11. Road Traffic Accidents
11.10
120
33.36
41
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10.58
144
33.65
79
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
5.52
142
14. Hypertension
10.26
133
18.25
91
15. Liver Disease
8.98
134
40.78
24
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.86
163
118.92
14
17. Endocrine Disorders
8.22
28
6.27
49
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
1.47
155
19. Lymphomas
6.36
31
3.33
139
20. Violence
6.00
81
12.61
36
21. Falls
5.68
90
12.36
12
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.64
73
7.46
44
23. Other Injuries
5.11
130
17.29
11
24. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
7.90
8
25. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
7.86
47
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.55
68
5.13
47
27. Leukemia
4.43
49
2.32
145
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.78
140
7.56
40
29. Alcohol
3.50
28
1.27
101
30. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.99
109
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
1.71
119
32. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
2.24
79
33. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
9.28
88
34. Other Neoplasms
2.68
37
0.31
135
35. Low Birth Weight
2.37
138
11.39
23
36. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
3.18
25
37. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
3.59
138
38. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
2.55
102
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.55
114
93.61
7
40. HIV/AIDS
1.37
113
7.11
67
41. Drownings
1.19
140
4.32
38
42. Hepatitis C
1.13
5
0.39
24
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
8
0.22
81
44. Malnutrition
0.90
104
6.98
40
45. Skin Disease
0.86
115
2.14
57
46. Asthma
0.84
141
20.43
19
47. Epilepsy
0.78
159
3.33
21
48. Fires
0.73
124
4.88
12
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.55
152
4.21
23
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.55
170
10.80
8
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United States UNITED STATES   Niger NIGER
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
504,904
20.15
8,229
5.12
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
287,198
11.46
858
0.53
3. Lung Disease
195,387
7.80
2,172
1.35
4. Stroke
158,520
6.33
8,717
5.42
5. Lung Cancers
155,533
6.21
42
0.03
6. Kidney Disease
85,861
3.43
2,732
1.70
7. Drug Use
74,435
2.97
126
0.08
8. Hypertension
65,960
2.63
1,356
0.84
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
61,827
2.47
522
0.32
10. Diabetes Mellitus
61,418
2.45
2,630
1.64
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
60,317
2.41
21,093
13.13
12. Suicide
53,099
2.12
1,227
0.76
13. Breast Cancer
48,671
1.94
1,075
0.67
14. Endocrine Disorders
46,985
1.87
1,806
1.12
15. Pancreas Cancer
44,293
1.77
138
0.09
16. Liver Disease
43,402
1.73
4,116
2.56
17. Road Traffic Accidents
41,694
1.66
5,946
3.70
18. Falls
40,418
1.61
1,297
0.81
19. Lymphomas
40,281
1.61
350
0.22
20. Prostate Cancer
35,612
1.42
128
0.08
21. Parkinson's Disease
34,491
1.38
275
0.17
22. Inflammatory/Heart
32,529
1.30
769
0.48
23. Liver Cancer
27,064
1.08
745
0.46
24. Leukemia
26,966
1.08
258
0.16
25. Other Injuries
25,997
1.04
3,826
2.38
26. Bladder Cancer
19,622
0.78
161
0.10
27. Violence
18,976
0.76
2,244
1.40
28. Oesophagus Cancer
17,829
0.71
132
0.08
29. Other Neoplasms
17,743
0.71
24
0.01
30. Alcohol
14,659
0.58
120
0.07
31. Ovary Cancer
14,591
0.58
425
0.26
32. Skin Cancers
14,311
0.57
287
0.18
33. Stomach Cancer
13,077
0.52
300
0.19
34. Congenital Anomalies
11,762
0.47
4,346
2.70
35. Oral Cancer
11,555
0.46
242
0.15
36. Uterin Cancer
10,063
0.40
86
0.05
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
9,955
0.40
16,030
9.97
38. Cervical Cancer
6,984
0.28
487
0.30
39. Low Birth Weight
6,924
0.28
9,560
5.95
40. Malnutrition
6,762
0.27
2,170
1.35
41. Hepatitis C
5,684
0.23
46
0.03
42. HIV/AIDS
5,660
0.23
1,048
0.65
43. Skin Disease
5,409
0.22
213
0.13
44. Multiple Sclerosis
5,059
0.20
22
0.01
45. Drownings
4,070
0.16
1,581
0.98
46. Asthma
3,818
0.15
1,902
1.18
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,646
0.15
467
0.29
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,461
0.14
1,044
0.65
49. Fires
3,183
0.13
1,120
0.70
50. Epilepsy
3,162
0.13
676
0.42
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Niger NIGER
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
0.54
182
2. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
18.52
70
3. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
4.34
169
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
5.52
142
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
1.47
155
6. Lymphomas
6.36
31
3.33
139
7. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
7.90
8
8. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
7.86
47
9. Leukemia
4.43
49
2.32
145
10. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.99
109
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
1.71
119
12. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
2.24
79
13. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
9.28
88
14. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
3.18
25
15. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
3.59
138
16. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
2.55
102
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.