More Males Die in Nigeria as NPC Registers Over Forty-Nine Thousand Deaths This Year.



By Mike Aladenika




Reports emanating from the National population Commission, NPC, says
no fewer than 49,917 deaths have been registered with the Commission for the  year 2023


This figure is contained in an app called RapidSMS which is designed and powered by the NPC to function as a data collection and reporting platform for online and offline birth and death registrations.

SparksNewsNaija's investigations reveal that 49,917 deaths have been registered with the NPC this year so far. A break down of which   shows that 32,746 of the dead were male while 17,171 were female.

The app further revealed that 29,701 deaths were certified while 20,216 were uncertified.

A breakdown of reported causes of death showed that 7,400 people died as a result of fevers/typhoid; while 4,041 died as a result of accidents/injuries; another 1,227 died from childbirth; 968 from HIV/AIDS, and 36,281 from other ailments.

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