CYPRUS VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		CYPRUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,323	1	1,120	+ 203
War	2	843	68	0	+ 843
Stroke	3	627	2	462	+ 165
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	482	15	98	+ 385
Low Birth Weight	5	416	47	6	+ 409
Birth Trauma	6	353	53	2	+ 350
Tuberculosis	7	324	52	4	+ 320
Hypertension	8	263	11	127	+ 136
Maternal Conditions	9	257	63	1	+ 256
Kidney Disease	10	217	7	213	+ 4
Road Traffic Accidents	11	199	18	69	+ 130
Diabetes Mellitus	12	189	5	332	- 142
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	183	22	56	+ 126
Congenital Anomalies	14	165	38	18	+ 147
Lung Disease	15	153	4	355	- 202
Liver Disease	16	151	26	50	+ 101
Asthma	17	112	35	24	+ 88
Other Injuries	18	107	10	136	- 29
Violence	19	106	40	15	+ 91
Meningitis	20	86	55	2	+ 85
Pertussis	21	69	70	0	+ 69
Breast Cancer	22	60	9	155	- 95
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	58	3	400	- 342
Suicide	24	52	29	44	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	50	42	11	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	26	49	21	63	- 14
Oral Cancer	27	48	36	21	+ 27
Endocrine Disorders	28	45	12	126	- 81
Oesophagus Cancer	29	43	43	10	+ 33
Tetanus	30	41	71	0	+ 41
Encephalitis	31	39	69	0	+ 39
Lung Cancers	32	35	6	319	- 284
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	34	32	35	- 0
Drownings	34	33	33	33	- 1
Epilepsy	35	33	44	10	+ 23
Lymphomas	36	31	16	97	- 66
Falls	37	30	25	51	- 21
Hepatitis B	38	28	54	2	+ 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	24	8	167	- 143
Liver Cancer	40	22	20	64	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	41	21	28	44	- 23
Leukemia	42	20	17	83	- 63
Malnutrition	43	19	56	2	+ 18
Cervical Cancer	44	18	37	18	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	45	17	24	51	- 34
HIV/AIDS	46	15	64	0	+ 15
Poisonings	47	13	51	4	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	48	12	27	45	- 33
Measles	49	12	72	0	+ 12
Fires	50	11	50	5	+ 7
Drug Use	51	11	41	13	- 3
Appendicitis	52	10	66	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	53	9	34	27	- 18
Bladder Cancer	54	9	19	67	- 58
Prostate Cancer	55	8	13	118	- 109
Pancreas Cancer	56	8	14	104	- 97
Malaria	57	6	79	0	+ 6
Alcohol	58	5	49	5	- 0
Skin Cancers	59	5	31	39	- 34
Syphilis	60	3	62	1	+ 2
Skin Disease	61	3	30	44	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	46	9	- 6
Other Neoplasms	63	1	23	53	- 53
Hepatitis C	64	1	58	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	45	10	- 9
Ascariasis	66	1	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	59	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	39	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	48	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	61	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CYPRUS

Afghanistan

Cyprus

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.