Health in Nigeria 1,215 indicators covering health for Nigeria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4, female 3.8% 2021 up 100.4% 144th Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4, male 3.8% 2021 up 97.8% 159th Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4 3.8% 2021 up 99.0% 154th Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14, female 16.3% 2021 up 28.9% 164th Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14, male 23.0% 2021 up 24.7% 170th Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14 19.9% 2021 up 26.5% 174th Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59, female 6.3% 2021 up 22.1% 142nd Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59, male 22.0% 2021 up 7.4% 62nd Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59 14.9% 2021 up 11.9% 87th Cause of death, by injury, ages 60+, female 4.7% 2021 up 5.2% 15th Cause of death, by injury, ages 60+, male 6.3% 2021 down 2.8% 18th Cause of death, by injury, ages 60+ 5.5% 2021 up 0.4% 13th Cause of death, by injury, female 5.5% 2021 up 43.4% 44th Cause of death, by injury, male 9.9% 2021 up 30.4% 73rd Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, female 3.5% 2021 up 18.4% 184th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, male 3.6% 2021 up 20.3% 185th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4 3.5% 2021 up 19.4% 185th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14, female 24.8% 2021 up 48.4% 142nd Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14, male 21.4% 2021 up 35.9% 143rd Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14 23.0% 2021 up 42.0% 144th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, female 35.6% 2021 up 26.2% 169th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, male 42.2% 2021 up 17.5% 122nd Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59 39.2% 2021 up 21.3% 157th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, female 67.2% 2021 up 8.6% 138th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, male 66.3% 2021 up 3.8% 105th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+ 66.7% 2021 up 6.1% 116th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, female 27.6% 2021 up 31.2% 181st Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, male 27.8% 2021 up 26.7% 176th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 0-4 0.0% 2021 β 3rd Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 0-4 0.0% 2021 β 3rd New cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 81.0% 2024 up 26.6% 126th Pharmacists 35,182 2024 up 84.6% 20th Tuberculosis death rate age standardized 97.35 2021 down 36.7% 17th Age-standardized suicide rates 8.84 2021 down 1.1% 87th Number of deaths in children aged <5 years, by cause 51,228 2021 up 13.1% 3rd Premature deaths due to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) as a 64.98 2021 up 0.2% 27th Total NCD Deaths 467,816 2021 up 25.9% 19th Probability (%) of dying between age 30 and exact age 70 from any of 17.7% 2021 down 2.2% 104th Life expectancy at age 60 18.55 2021 up 4.6% 81st Age-standardized NCD mortality rate 495.46 2021 down 2.2% 107th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 1.07 2021 up 12.1% 52nd Life expectancy at birth 63.4 2021 up 5.3% 156th Adult mortality rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years) 194.11 2021 down 11.6% 69th Previously treated cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 95.0% 2024 up 48.4% 66th Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 13.99 2021 up 4.6% 86th nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n 0.0735 2021 down 15.3% 3rd nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n 0.0699 2021 down 14.5% 3rd lx - number of people left alive at age x 100,000 2021 unchanged 1st nLx - person-years lived between ages x and x+n 95,108 2021 up 0.9% 182nd Tx - person-years lived above age x 6.34 million 2021 up 5.3% 156th ex - expectation of life at age x 63.4 2021 up 5.3% 156th Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth 54.95 2021 up 5.2% 156th ndx - number of people dying between ages x and x+n 6,988 2021 down 14.5% 3rd Cardiovascular death rate vs gdp per capita 222.95 2021 up 1.5% 110th Suicide rate vs income inequality 8.56 2021 down 2.3% 94th Life expectancy at birth who gho 63.4 2021 up 5.3% 157th Deaths from falls 10,489 2021 up 38.4% 11th Death rate from falls 4.91 2021 up 7.2% 103rd Death rate from natural disasters 0 2021 down 100.0% 83rd Deaths from natural disasters 3.75 2021 down 97.9% 68th β Previous Page 12 of 21 Next β