ARAB EMIRATES VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		ARAB EMIRATES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,050	1	4,164	+ 5,886
War	2	6,406	53	29	+ 6,377
Stroke	3	4,766	2	1,998	+ 2,768
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,663	8	705	+ 2,958
Low Birth Weight	5	3,158	19	195	+ 2,963
Birth Trauma	6	2,681	37	64	+ 2,617
Tuberculosis	7	2,460	36	66	+ 2,394
Hypertension	8	1,999	5	934	+ 1,065
Maternal Conditions	9	1,952	59	5	+ 1,947
Kidney Disease	10	1,648	3	1,305	+ 343
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,509	7	870	+ 638
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,438	4	1,207	+ 231
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,389	33	92	+ 1,297
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,250	15	369	+ 882
Lung Disease	15	1,163	6	912	+ 251
Liver Disease	16	1,150	14	417	+ 733
Asthma	17	851	12	458	+ 392
Other Injuries	18	811	10	522	+ 289
Violence	19	804	35	70	+ 734
Meningitis	20	657	42	52	+ 605
Pertussis	21	527	58	12	+ 515
Breast Cancer	22	456	17	264	+ 192
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	441	20	194	+ 247
Suicide	24	393	9	628	- 235
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	376	45	45	+ 331
Stomach Cancer	26	375	30	112	+ 264
Oral Cancer	27	367	52	32	+ 335
Endocrine Disorders	28	341	18	260	+ 81
Oesophagus Cancer	29	329	47	37	+ 292
Tetanus	30	314	51	33	+ 281
Encephalitis	31	298	54	28	+ 270
Lung Cancers	32	269	21	185	+ 84
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	260	27	126	+ 134
Drownings	34	249	23	169	+ 81
Epilepsy	35	248	25	140	+ 109
Lymphomas	36	237	29	117	+ 120
Falls	37	226	11	511	- 285
Hepatitis B	38	216	44	47	+ 169
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	185	16	309	- 124
Liver Cancer	40	164	32	96	+ 68
Parkinson's Disease	41	157	31	99	+ 57
Leukemia	42	153	24	154	- 2
Malnutrition	43	147	60	3	+ 145
Cervical Cancer	44	135	41	57	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	45	132	28	120	+ 12
HIV/AIDS	46	116	50	34	+ 82
Poisonings	47	96	48	36	+ 60
Ovary Cancer	48	92	38	63	+ 29
Measles	49	88	70	0	+ 88
Fires	50	87	22	178	- 91
Drug Use	51	82	13	431	- 349
Appendicitis	52	75	55	13	+ 61
Uterin Cancer	53	72	46	44	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	54	68	39	60	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	55	64	43	51	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	56	57	26	135	- 78
Malaria	57	46	74	0	+ 46
Alcohol	58	37	40	59	- 22
Skin Cancers	59	36	34	77	- 41
Syphilis	60	24	62	3	+ 21
Skin Disease	61	23	57	13	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	62	21	49	35	- 14
Other Neoplasms	63	7	56	13	- 6
Hepatitis C	64	7	63	1	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	6	61	3	+ 4
Ascariasis	66	4	65	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	67	4	66	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	68	2	64	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARAB EMIRATES

Afghanistan

Arab Emirates

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.