DENMARK VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,984	1	5,341	+ 643
War	2	3,814	66	1	+ 3,814
Stroke	3	2,838	5	3,662	- 825
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,181	6	2,244	- 63
Low Birth Weight	5	1,880	41	116	+ 1,764
Birth Trauma	6	1,596	56	21	+ 1,575
Tuberculosis	7	1,465	57	16	+ 1,449
Hypertension	8	1,190	15	642	+ 548
Maternal Conditions	9	1,162	64	2	+ 1,160
Kidney Disease	10	981	12	911	+ 70
Road Traffic Accidents	11	898	33	213	+ 685
Diabetes Mellitus	12	856	10	1,284	- 428
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	827	38	145	+ 682
Congenital Anomalies	14	744	36	153	+ 591
Lung Disease	15	692	3	4,387	- 3,694
Liver Disease	16	685	14	692	- 7
Asthma	17	507	44	82	+ 424
Other Injuries	18	483	30	347	+ 135
Violence	19	479	47	63	+ 416
Meningitis	20	391	52	25	+ 366
Pertussis	21	314	72	0	+ 314
Breast Cancer	22	271	9	1,299	- 1,028
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	263	2	5,218	- 4,955
Suicide	24	234	16	617	- 383
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	224	32	216	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	26	223	23	484	- 261
Oral Cancer	27	218	28	371	- 152
Endocrine Disorders	28	203	19	575	- 372
Oesophagus Cancer	29	196	24	477	- 281
Tetanus	30	187	68	0	+ 186
Encephalitis	31	177	67	1	+ 177
Lung Cancers	32	160	4	3,721	- 3,561
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	155	42	96	+ 59
Drownings	34	148	50	37	+ 111
Epilepsy	35	148	40	125	+ 23
Lymphomas	36	141	13	730	- 589
Falls	37	135	22	541	- 406
Hepatitis B	38	129	61	6	+ 122
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	110	7	2,147	- 2,036
Liver Cancer	40	98	25	464	- 367
Parkinson's Disease	41	93	17	600	- 507
Leukemia	42	91	20	558	- 468
Malnutrition	43	88	59	14	+ 74
Cervical Cancer	44	81	37	153	- 72
Inflammatory/Heart	45	78	31	284	- 206
HIV/AIDS	46	69	55	23	+ 47
Poisonings	47	57	62	6	+ 52
Ovary Cancer	48	55	29	367	- 312
Measles	49	52	71	0	+ 52
Fires	50	52	49	53	- 1
Drug Use	51	49	34	197	- 148
Appendicitis	52	44	54	23	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	53	43	35	156	- 113
Bladder Cancer	54	40	21	545	- 505
Prostate Cancer	55	38	8	1,480	- 1,442
Pancreas Cancer	56	34	11	1,096	- 1,062
Malaria	57	28	79	0	+ 28
Alcohol	58	22	18	598	- 576
Skin Cancers	59	22	26	388	- 367
Syphilis	60	14	70	0	+ 14
Skin Disease	61	14	45	79	- 65
Multiple Sclerosis	62	12	39	132	- 119
Other Neoplasms	63	4	27	378	- 374
Hepatitis C	64	4	60	9	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	43	84	- 81
Ascariasis	66	3	81	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	67	2	73	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	58	15	- 14
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	48	57	- 57
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	73	- 73
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	25	- 25
Oral conditions	86	0	63	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Afghanistan

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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.