COMOROS VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	902	4	349	+ 553
War	2	575	67	0	+ 575
Stroke	3	428	3	356	+ 72
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	329	1	594	- 266
Low Birth Weight	5	283	5	328	- 45
Birth Trauma	6	241	7	211	+ 30
Tuberculosis	7	221	19	79	+ 142
Hypertension	8	179	12	115	+ 64
Maternal Conditions	9	175	22	47	+ 128
Kidney Disease	10	148	14	101	+ 46
Road Traffic Accidents	11	135	6	226	- 91
Diabetes Mellitus	12	129	9	136	- 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	125	2	363	- 239
Congenital Anomalies	14	112	10	131	- 18
Lung Disease	15	104	17	83	+ 21
Liver Disease	16	103	8	160	- 56
Asthma	17	76	21	49	+ 27
Other Injuries	18	73	16	90	- 17
Violence	19	72	20	63	+ 9
Meningitis	20	59	11	115	- 57
Pertussis	21	47	18	80	- 33
Breast Cancer	22	41	33	23	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	40	23	46	- 7
Suicide	24	35	24	46	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	34	34	21	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	26	34	45	11	+ 22
Oral Cancer	27	33	41	15	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	28	31	36	19	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	29	29	26	34	- 4
Tetanus	30	28	43	12	+ 16
Encephalitis	31	27	54	4	+ 23
Lung Cancers	32	24	60	1	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	23	47	10	+ 13
Drownings	34	22	25	35	- 12
Epilepsy	35	22	40	17	+ 5
Lymphomas	36	21	37	19	+ 2
Falls	37	20	32	26	- 6
Hepatitis B	38	19	52	5	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	17	39	19	- 2
Liver Cancer	40	15	28	29	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	41	14	44	11	+ 3
Leukemia	42	14	57	3	+ 11
Malnutrition	43	13	15	96	- 83
Cervical Cancer	44	12	13	104	- 92
Inflammatory/Heart	45	12	31	26	- 14
HIV/AIDS	46	10	76	0	+ 10
Poisonings	47	9	35	20	- 11
Ovary Cancer	48	8	56	3	+ 5
Measles	49	8	78	0	+ 8
Fires	50	8	30	27	- 19
Drug Use	51	7	49	7	+ 1
Appendicitis	52	7	50	6	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	53	6	55	3	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	54	6	46	10	- 4
Prostate Cancer	55	6	27	33	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	56	5	82	0	+ 5
Malaria	57	4	29	29	- 25
Alcohol	58	3	51	6	- 2
Skin Cancers	59	3	42	12	- 9
Syphilis	60	2	38	19	- 17
Skin Disease	61	2	48	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	62	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	59	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	1	61	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	58	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	53	4	- 4
Chlamydia	69	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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Comoros

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.