BOSNIA/HERZEG. VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		BOSNIA/HERZEG.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,806	1	9,201	- 5,395
War	2	2,426	62	0	+ 2,425
Stroke	3	1,805	2	7,871	- 6,067
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,387	17	440	+ 947
Low Birth Weight	5	1,196	41	48	+ 1,148
Birth Trauma	6	1,015	49	14	+ 1,001
Tuberculosis	7	932	32	93	+ 838
Hypertension	8	757	11	546	+ 211
Maternal Conditions	9	739	58	2	+ 737
Kidney Disease	10	624	9	689	- 65
Road Traffic Accidents	11	571	16	446	+ 125
Diabetes Mellitus	12	544	3	2,406	- 1,861
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	526	54	8	+ 518
Congenital Anomalies	14	473	35	69	+ 405
Lung Disease	15	440	5	1,163	- 723
Liver Disease	16	435	10	613	- 178
Asthma	17	322	37	60	+ 263
Other Injuries	18	307	26	157	+ 150
Violence	19	305	40	49	+ 256
Meningitis	20	249	53	10	+ 239
Pertussis	21	200	59	2	+ 197
Breast Cancer	22	173	13	528	- 355
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	167	6	1,144	- 976
Suicide	24	149	19	361	- 212
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	142	30	121	+ 21
Stomach Cancer	26	142	12	532	- 390
Oral Cancer	27	139	27	146	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	28	129	39	53	+ 76
Oesophagus Cancer	29	124	31	110	+ 14
Tetanus	30	119	60	1	+ 118
Encephalitis	31	113	51	13	+ 100
Lung Cancers	32	102	4	2,076	- 1,974
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	99	43	36	+ 62
Drownings	34	94	42	48	+ 47
Epilepsy	35	94	36	60	+ 34
Lymphomas	36	90	24	184	- 95
Falls	37	86	21	267	- 181
Hepatitis B	38	82	56	3	+ 79
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	70	7	998	- 928
Liver Cancer	40	62	14	480	- 417
Parkinson's Disease	41	59	20	341	- 281
Leukemia	42	58	23	186	- 128
Malnutrition	43	56	57	2	+ 53
Cervical Cancer	44	51	29	132	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	45	50	8	874	- 824
HIV/AIDS	46	44	70	0	+ 44
Poisonings	47	36	50	13	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	48	35	25	182	- 147
Measles	49	33	55	5	+ 28
Fires	50	33	38	54	- 21
Drug Use	51	31	44	25	+ 6
Appendicitis	52	28	52	11	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	53	27	33	92	- 65
Bladder Cancer	54	26	22	232	- 207
Prostate Cancer	55	24	18	413	- 388
Pancreas Cancer	56	22	15	463	- 442
Malaria	57	18	79	0	+ 18
Alcohol	58	14	34	90	- 76
Skin Cancers	59	14	28	133	- 120
Syphilis	60	9	61	1	+ 8
Skin Disease	61	9	47	21	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	46	22	- 14
Other Neoplasms	63	3	45	23	- 20
Hepatitis C	64	3	65	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	48	19	- 17
Ascariasis	66	2	73	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	2	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	63	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	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 BOSNIA/HERZEG.

Afghanistan

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.