CROATIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,158	1	12,307	- 8,150
War	2	2,650	67	0	+ 2,650
Stroke	3	1,972	2	6,275	- 4,304
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,515	10	1,021	+ 494
Low Birth Weight	5	1,306	56	10	+ 1,296
Birth Trauma	6	1,109	55	11	+ 1,098
Tuberculosis	7	1,018	44	61	+ 956
Hypertension	8	827	8	1,102	- 275
Maternal Conditions	9	808	61	2	+ 805
Kidney Disease	10	682	7	1,392	- 711
Road Traffic Accidents	11	624	27	328	+ 296
Diabetes Mellitus	12	595	6	1,963	- 1,368
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	575	39	82	+ 493
Congenital Anomalies	14	517	37	94	+ 423
Lung Disease	15	481	5	2,111	- 1,630
Liver Disease	16	476	13	924	- 449
Asthma	17	352	41	74	+ 278
Other Injuries	18	335	23	428	- 92
Violence	19	333	48	45	+ 288
Meningitis	20	272	52	16	+ 255
Pertussis	21	218	69	0	+ 218
Breast Cancer	22	188	11	1,019	- 830
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	183	9	1,066	- 884
Suicide	24	163	17	676	- 513
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	156	31	207	- 51
Stomach Cancer	26	155	15	786	- 631
Oral Cancer	27	152	25	338	- 186
Endocrine Disorders	28	141	42	72	+ 69
Oesophagus Cancer	29	136	33	189	- 53
Tetanus	30	130	68	0	+ 129
Encephalitis	31	123	65	1	+ 122
Lung Cancers	32	111	3	2,842	- 2,731
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	108	35	137	- 29
Drownings	34	103	38	86	+ 17
Epilepsy	35	103	36	94	+ 8
Lymphomas	36	98	18	556	- 458
Falls	37	94	12	974	- 881
Hepatitis B	38	89	51	17	+ 72
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	77	4	2,189	- 2,112
Liver Cancer	40	68	19	501	- 433
Parkinson's Disease	41	65	24	423	- 358
Leukemia	42	63	22	435	- 372
Malnutrition	43	61	70	0	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	44	56	34	156	- 100
Inflammatory/Heart	45	54	21	457	- 402
HIV/AIDS	46	48	59	8	+ 40
Poisonings	47	40	54	16	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	48	38	28	308	- 270
Measles	49	36	73	0	+ 36
Fires	50	36	50	34	+ 2
Drug Use	51	34	43	70	- 37
Appendicitis	52	31	57	9	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	53	30	32	199	- 169
Bladder Cancer	54	28	20	499	- 471
Prostate Cancer	55	27	14	852	- 825
Pancreas Cancer	56	24	16	754	- 731
Malaria	57	19	77	0	+ 19
Alcohol	58	16	30	219	- 203
Skin Cancers	59	15	26	332	- 317
Syphilis	60	10	71	0	+ 10
Skin Disease	61	10	58	8	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	9	45	55	- 46
Other Neoplasms	63	3	29	283	- 280
Hepatitis C	64	3	47	45	- 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	46	47	- 44
Ascariasis	66	2	83	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	2	72	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	63	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	60	3	- 3
Dengue	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	62	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	40	79	- 79
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	16	- 16
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	43	- 43
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Afghanistan

Croatia

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.