CONGO VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,109	4	2,494	+ 3,614
War	2	3,894	72	1	+ 3,893
Stroke	3	2,897	5	2,267	+ 630
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,226	3	2,576	- 350
Low Birth Weight	5	1,920	9	1,283	+ 637
Birth Trauma	6	1,630	11	997	+ 632
Tuberculosis	7	1,495	2	2,781	- 1,286
Hypertension	8	1,215	12	933	+ 283
Maternal Conditions	9	1,186	16	578	+ 609
Kidney Disease	10	1,002	15	613	+ 389
Road Traffic Accidents	11	917	7	1,598	- 681
Diabetes Mellitus	12	874	10	1,050	- 176
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	844	8	1,304	- 460
Congenital Anomalies	14	760	14	729	+ 31
Lung Disease	15	707	17	541	+ 166
Liver Disease	16	699	13	931	- 231
Asthma	17	517	23	291	+ 226
Other Injuries	18	493	20	333	+ 160
Violence	19	489	18	539	- 50
Meningitis	20	399	22	299	+ 100
Pertussis	21	320	21	329	- 9
Breast Cancer	22	277	32	159	+ 118
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	268	25	230	+ 38
Suicide	24	239	19	349	- 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	229	35	105	+ 124
Stomach Cancer	26	228	39	88	+ 140
Oral Cancer	27	223	54	33	+ 190
Endocrine Disorders	28	207	27	208	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	29	200	57	19	+ 180
Tetanus	30	191	55	23	+ 168
Encephalitis	31	181	56	20	+ 161
Lung Cancers	32	164	47	54	+ 110
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	158	43	67	+ 92
Drownings	34	151	36	104	+ 48
Epilepsy	35	151	40	76	+ 75
Lymphomas	36	144	45	61	+ 83
Falls	37	138	33	149	- 11
Hepatitis B	38	131	62	14	+ 117
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	113	38	89	+ 24
Liver Cancer	40	100	30	169	- 70
Parkinson's Disease	41	95	42	69	+ 26
Leukemia	42	93	46	57	+ 35
Malnutrition	43	90	24	272	- 182
Cervical Cancer	44	82	29	196	- 114
Inflammatory/Heart	45	80	26	220	- 139
HIV/AIDS	46	71	1	4,509	- 4,439
Poisonings	47	58	41	71	- 12
Ovary Cancer	48	56	48	49	+ 7
Measles	49	53	31	159	- 106
Fires	50	53	37	90	- 37
Drug Use	51	50	44	65	- 16
Appendicitis	52	45	58	18	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	53	44	60	15	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	54	41	61	15	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	55	39	28	198	- 159
Pancreas Cancer	56	35	52	42	- 7
Malaria	57	28	6	1,977	- 1,949
Alcohol	58	23	49	46	- 23
Skin Cancers	59	22	53	36	- 14
Syphilis	60	14	34	107	- 92
Skin Disease	61	14	50	46	- 31
Multiple Sclerosis	62	13	66	4	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	63	4	63	8	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	4	67	2	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	59	15	- 11
Ascariasis	66	3	69	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	3	68	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	64	7	- 5
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	45	- 45
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Afghanistan

Congo

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.