ARMENIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		ARMENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,982	1	8,901	- 5,919
War	2	1,901	69	0	+ 1,900
Stroke	3	1,414	2	2,121	- 707
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,087	3	1,214	- 127
Low Birth Weight	5	937	23	130	+ 807
Birth Trauma	6	796	42	34	+ 761
Tuberculosis	7	730	38	44	+ 686
Hypertension	8	593	6	773	- 180
Maternal Conditions	9	579	55	8	+ 571
Kidney Disease	10	489	11	467	+ 22
Road Traffic Accidents	11	448	9	590	- 142
Diabetes Mellitus	12	427	7	714	- 287
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	412	50	9	+ 403
Congenital Anomalies	14	371	16	282	+ 89
Lung Disease	15	345	5	832	- 487
Liver Disease	16	341	8	627	- 285
Asthma	17	252	49	10	+ 243
Other Injuries	18	240	17	263	- 22
Violence	19	239	25	112	+ 127
Meningitis	20	195	56	7	+ 188
Pertussis	21	156	71	0	+ 156
Breast Cancer	22	135	13	444	- 309
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	131	39	40	+ 91
Suicide	24	117	28	98	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	112	18	235	- 123
Stomach Cancer	26	111	12	448	- 337
Oral Cancer	27	109	33	60	+ 49
Endocrine Disorders	28	101	35	52	+ 49
Oesophagus Cancer	29	98	36	51	+ 46
Tetanus	30	93	81	0	+ 93
Encephalitis	31	88	57	5	+ 83
Lung Cancers	32	80	4	1,030	- 950
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	77	30	67	+ 10
Drownings	34	74	45	21	+ 53
Epilepsy	35	74	52	9	+ 65
Lymphomas	36	70	26	106	- 36
Falls	37	67	40	38	+ 30
Hepatitis B	38	64	51	9	+ 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	55	10	469	- 414
Liver Cancer	40	49	14	362	- 313
Parkinson's Disease	41	47	48	12	+ 35
Leukemia	42	45	22	136	- 91
Malnutrition	43	44	66	1	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	44	40	27	99	- 59
Inflammatory/Heart	45	39	21	174	- 135
HIV/AIDS	46	34	32	64	- 29
Poisonings	47	28	46	20	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	48	27	29	91	- 63
Measles	49	26	74	0	+ 26
Fires	50	26	47	13	+ 13
Drug Use	51	24	41	36	- 11
Appendicitis	52	22	59	5	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	53	21	24	121	- 100
Bladder Cancer	54	20	20	178	- 158
Prostate Cancer	55	19	19	221	- 202
Pancreas Cancer	56	17	15	358	- 341
Malaria	57	14	85	0	+ 14
Alcohol	58	11	62	3	+ 8
Skin Cancers	59	11	34	57	- 46
Syphilis	60	7	75	0	+ 7
Skin Disease	61	7	43	27	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	53	9	- 3
Other Neoplasms	63	2	37	44	- 42
Hepatitis C	64	2	31	64	- 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	54	9	- 7
Ascariasis	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	63	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	61	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	68	1	- 1
Anemia	83	0	58	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	27	- 27
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARMENIA

Afghanistan

Armenia

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.