CENTRAL AFRICA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,661	7	2,900	+ 2,761
War	2	3,608	28	314	+ 3,295
Stroke	3	2,685	5	3,284	- 599
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,063	1	5,231	- 3,168
Low Birth Weight	5	1,779	8	2,228	- 449
Birth Trauma	6	1,510	9	2,192	- 681
Tuberculosis	7	1,386	2	4,704	- 3,318
Hypertension	8	1,126	12	1,252	- 126
Maternal Conditions	9	1,100	13	1,174	- 75
Kidney Disease	10	928	21	710	+ 218
Road Traffic Accidents	11	850	10	1,790	- 940
Diabetes Mellitus	12	810	15	1,141	- 332
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	782	3	4,684	- 3,901
Congenital Anomalies	14	704	19	776	- 71
Lung Disease	15	655	18	956	- 301
Liver Disease	16	648	14	1,153	- 505
Asthma	17	479	20	761	- 282
Other Injuries	18	457	23	621	- 164
Violence	19	453	17	1,009	- 555
Meningitis	20	370	16	1,015	- 645
Pertussis	21	297	31	265	+ 32
Breast Cancer	22	257	26	344	- 88
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	249	33	204	+ 45
Suicide	24	221	24	585	- 363
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	212	27	317	- 105
Stomach Cancer	26	211	49	65	+ 146
Oral Cancer	27	207	46	91	+ 116
Endocrine Disorders	28	192	25	423	- 231
Oesophagus Cancer	29	185	53	48	+ 137
Tetanus	30	177	29	280	- 104
Encephalitis	31	168	62	28	+ 140
Lung Cancers	32	152	55	47	+ 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	147	35	194	- 47
Drownings	34	140	34	202	- 62
Epilepsy	35	140	43	119	+ 21
Lymphomas	36	133	42	119	+ 14
Falls	37	128	36	181	- 54
Hepatitis B	38	122	61	33	+ 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	104	45	116	- 12
Liver Cancer	40	93	44	117	- 24
Parkinson's Disease	41	88	48	67	+ 21
Leukemia	42	86	47	88	- 2
Malnutrition	43	83	22	691	- 608
Cervical Cancer	44	76	32	230	- 154
Inflammatory/Heart	45	74	30	270	- 196
HIV/AIDS	46	65	4	3,753	- 3,687
Poisonings	47	54	40	134	- 80
Ovary Cancer	48	52	50	64	- 12
Measles	49	49	11	1,625	- 1,576
Fires	50	49	39	142	- 93
Drug Use	51	46	57	44	+ 2
Appendicitis	52	42	51	62	- 20
Uterin Cancer	53	41	65	20	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	54	38	64	23	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	55	36	38	156	- 120
Pancreas Cancer	56	32	60	37	- 4
Malaria	57	26	6	3,279	- 3,253
Alcohol	58	21	52	62	- 41
Skin Cancers	59	20	58	43	- 22
Syphilis	60	13	41	120	- 107
Skin Disease	61	13	54	48	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	62	12	72	4	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	63	4	70	5	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	4	69	6	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	66	15	- 11
Ascariasis	66	2	71	5	- 2
Diphtheria	67	2	67	11	- 8
Upper Respiratory	68	1	63	24	- 23
Chlamydia	69	0	73	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	70	0	56	46	- 45
Otitis Media	71	0	68	6	- 6
Dengue	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	59	40	- 40
Schistosomiasis	79	0	37	169	- 169
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	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 CENTRAL AFRICA

Afghanistan

Central Africa

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.