AUSTRIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,984	1	17,638	- 8,653
War	2	5,726	67	1	+ 5,726
Stroke	3	4,260	2	5,208	- 948
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,274	13	1,563	+ 1,711
Low Birth Weight	5	2,823	51	40	+ 2,783
Birth Trauma	6	2,397	54	34	+ 2,363
Tuberculosis	7	2,199	50	41	+ 2,158
Hypertension	8	1,787	6	3,601	- 1,814
Maternal Conditions	9	1,745	64	4	+ 1,741
Kidney Disease	10	1,473	8	2,247	- 774
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,349	31	436	+ 913
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,285	9	2,093	- 808
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,242	40	152	+ 1,090
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,118	34	327	+ 791
Lung Disease	15	1,039	5	4,107	- 3,067
Liver Disease	16	1,028	16	1,366	- 338
Asthma	17	761	45	81	+ 680
Other Injuries	18	725	12	1,700	- 976
Violence	19	719	47	47	+ 672
Meningitis	20	587	58	22	+ 565
Pertussis	21	471	70	0	+ 471
Breast Cancer	22	407	11	1,857	- 1,449
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	394	4	4,174	- 3,780
Suicide	24	352	17	1,307	- 956
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	336	42	142	+ 195
Stomach Cancer	26	335	24	817	- 481
Oral Cancer	27	328	27	614	- 286
Endocrine Disorders	28	305	20	1,077	- 772
Oesophagus Cancer	29	294	32	406	- 112
Tetanus	30	280	72	0	+ 280
Encephalitis	31	266	68	1	+ 265
Lung Cancers	32	240	3	4,217	- 3,976
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	233	33	379	- 146
Drownings	34	223	48	42	+ 180
Epilepsy	35	222	36	222	- 0
Lymphomas	36	211	18	1,167	- 955
Falls	37	202	21	982	- 780
Hepatitis B	38	193	62	8	+ 185
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	166	7	2,324	- 2,158
Liver Cancer	40	147	22	922	- 775
Parkinson's Disease	41	140	19	1,102	- 962
Leukemia	42	136	23	878	- 742
Malnutrition	43	132	46	71	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	44	121	37	205	- 84
Inflammatory/Heart	45	118	14	1,515	- 1,398
HIV/AIDS	46	104	49	41	+ 63
Poisonings	47	86	60	15	+ 71
Ovary Cancer	48	83	30	513	- 431
Measles	49	78	73	0	+ 78
Fires	50	78	52	36	+ 42
Drug Use	51	73	39	161	- 88
Appendicitis	52	67	59	15	+ 52
Uterin Cancer	53	64	35	275	- 211
Bladder Cancer	54	61	26	617	- 557
Prostate Cancer	55	58	15	1,501	- 1,443
Pancreas Cancer	56	51	10	1,901	- 1,850
Malaria	57	41	75	0	+ 41
Alcohol	58	34	29	538	- 505
Skin Cancers	59	32	28	585	- 552
Syphilis	60	21	66	1	+ 20
Skin Disease	61	21	43	99	- 78
Multiple Sclerosis	62	19	38	170	- 151
Other Neoplasms	63	6	25	814	- 808
Hepatitis C	64	6	41	147	- 141
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	6	53	35	- 29
Ascariasis	66	4	79	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	67	4	71	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	68	2	55	26	- 24
Chlamydia	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	63	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	99	- 99
Osteoarthritis	84	0	57	22	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

Afghanistan

Austria

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.