ALBANIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,113	1	8,797	- 5,684
War	2	1,984	64	0	+ 1,984
Stroke	3	1,476	2	8,790	- 7,314
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,134	6	634	+ 501
Low Birth Weight	5	978	25	106	+ 872
Birth Trauma	6	830	41	32	+ 798
Tuberculosis	7	762	54	8	+ 754
Hypertension	8	619	10	425	+ 194
Maternal Conditions	9	605	59	2	+ 603
Kidney Disease	10	510	11	399	+ 112
Road Traffic Accidents	11	467	14	337	+ 130
Diabetes Mellitus	12	445	19	208	+ 237
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	430	52	9	+ 421
Congenital Anomalies	14	387	28	102	+ 285
Lung Disease	15	360	5	876	- 516
Liver Disease	16	356	12	376	- 20
Asthma	17	264	21	193	+ 71
Other Injuries	18	251	26	105	+ 146
Violence	19	249	27	103	+ 147
Meningitis	20	203	49	14	+ 190
Pertussis	21	163	60	1	+ 162
Breast Cancer	22	141	17	229	- 88
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	137	3	1,827	- 1,690
Suicide	24	122	24	125	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	117	33	57	+ 60
Stomach Cancer	26	116	7	493	- 377
Oral Cancer	27	114	30	90	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	28	106	29	91	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	29	102	34	52	+ 50
Tetanus	30	97	57	3	+ 94
Encephalitis	31	92	46	20	+ 73
Lung Cancers	32	83	4	1,026	- 943
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	81	35	50	+ 30
Drownings	34	77	43	25	+ 52
Epilepsy	35	77	37	44	+ 33
Lymphomas	36	73	31	69	+ 4
Falls	37	70	23	125	- 55
Hepatitis B	38	67	63	0	+ 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	57	20	197	- 140
Liver Cancer	40	51	9	434	- 383
Parkinson's Disease	41	49	13	369	- 320
Leukemia	42	47	22	131	- 84
Malnutrition	43	46	58	3	+ 43
Cervical Cancer	44	42	36	48	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	45	41	8	465	- 424
HIV/AIDS	46	36	42	26	+ 10
Poisonings	47	30	53	9	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	48	29	39	39	- 11
Measles	49	27	65	0	+ 27
Fires	50	27	45	20	+ 7
Drug Use	51	25	44	25	+ 0
Appendicitis	52	23	56	5	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	53	22	38	42	- 20
Bladder Cancer	54	21	15	330	- 309
Prostate Cancer	55	20	16	311	- 291
Pancreas Cancer	56	18	18	225	- 207
Malaria	57	14	70	0	+ 14
Alcohol	58	12	48	18	- 7
Skin Cancers	59	11	32	64	- 52
Syphilis	60	7	62	1	+ 6
Skin Disease	61	7	55	6	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	40	39	- 32
Other Neoplasms	63	2	47	19	- 17
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	51	11	- 9
Ascariasis	66	1	75	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	50	12	- 11
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Afghanistan

Albania

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.