BAHRAIN VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		BAHRAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,570	1	971	+ 599
War	2	1,001	62	0	+ 1,000
Stroke	3	744	3	288	+ 456
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	572	9	104	+ 468
Low Birth Weight	5	493	16	56	+ 437
Birth Trauma	6	419	50	4	+ 415
Tuberculosis	7	384	43	8	+ 376
Hypertension	8	312	22	41	+ 271
Maternal Conditions	9	305	52	4	+ 301
Kidney Disease	10	257	4	195	+ 63
Road Traffic Accidents	11	236	11	85	+ 151
Diabetes Mellitus	12	225	2	745	- 521
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	217	35	17	+ 200
Congenital Anomalies	14	195	15	64	+ 132
Lung Disease	15	182	8	130	+ 51
Liver Disease	16	180	5	158	+ 22
Asthma	17	133	24	36	+ 97
Other Injuries	18	127	17	55	+ 71
Violence	19	126	45	5	+ 121
Meningitis	20	103	48	5	+ 98
Pertussis	21	82	60	1	+ 82
Breast Cancer	22	71	14	69	+ 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	69	10	96	- 27
Suicide	24	61	7	145	- 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	59	31	25	+ 34
Stomach Cancer	26	59	27	29	+ 30
Oral Cancer	27	57	36	16	+ 42
Endocrine Disorders	28	53	6	154	- 100
Oesophagus Cancer	29	51	40	10	+ 42
Tetanus	30	49	61	0	+ 49
Encephalitis	31	46	54	3	+ 43
Lung Cancers	32	42	12	83	- 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	41	41	9	+ 31
Drownings	34	39	34	22	+ 17
Epilepsy	35	39	32	25	+ 14
Lymphomas	36	37	19	41	- 4
Falls	37	35	18	47	- 12
Hepatitis B	38	34	53	4	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	29	13	74	- 46
Liver Cancer	40	26	26	30	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	41	25	30	26	- 1
Leukemia	42	24	20	41	- 17
Malnutrition	43	23	49	5	+ 18
Cervical Cancer	44	21	39	12	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	45	21	23	40	- 20
HIV/AIDS	46	18	46	5	+ 13
Poisonings	47	15	51	4	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	48	14	29	26	- 12
Measles	49	14	72	0	+ 14
Fires	50	14	33	24	- 10
Drug Use	51	13	38	15	- 2
Appendicitis	52	12	57	2	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	53	11	44	8	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	54	11	28	27	- 16
Prostate Cancer	55	10	37	15	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	56	9	25	32	- 23
Malaria	57	7	76	0	+ 7
Alcohol	58	6	42	9	- 3
Skin Cancers	59	6	59	1	+ 5
Syphilis	60	4	58	2	+ 2
Skin Disease	61	4	21	41	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	56	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	47	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	55	3	- 2
Ascariasis	66	1	64	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BAHRAIN

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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.