DR CONGO VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	115,613	7	34,713	+ 80,900
War	2	73,690	45	1,658	+ 72,032
Stroke	3	54,824	6	36,596	+ 18,227
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	42,137	1	73,546	- 31,409
Low Birth Weight	5	36,330	8	34,668	+ 1,661
Birth Trauma	6	30,842	9	33,075	- 2,233
Tuberculosis	7	28,300	2	43,759	- 15,459
Hypertension	8	22,996	12	15,743	+ 7,253
Maternal Conditions	9	22,455	19	10,513	+ 11,942
Kidney Disease	10	18,956	20	9,077	+ 9,879
Road Traffic Accidents	11	17,353	10	30,256	- 12,903
Diabetes Mellitus	12	16,538	16	12,902	+ 3,635
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	15,979	5	41,301	- 25,322
Congenital Anomalies	14	14,384	11	16,256	- 1,872
Lung Disease	15	13,375	14	13,527	- 152
Liver Disease	16	13,230	13	15,044	- 1,814
Asthma	17	9,788	24	7,733	+ 2,054
Other Injuries	18	9,324	22	8,272	+ 1,052
Violence	19	9,252	18	11,120	- 1,868
Meningitis	20	7,552	17	11,568	- 4,016
Pertussis	21	6,062	23	7,921	- 1,859
Breast Cancer	22	5,241	35	3,416	+ 1,825
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	5,076	28	4,548	+ 529
Suicide	24	4,523	26	5,812	- 1,289
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	4,329	40	1,923	+ 2,406
Stomach Cancer	26	4,316	37	2,579	+ 1,737
Oral Cancer	27	4,220	51	1,003	+ 3,218
Endocrine Disorders	28	3,923	25	7,380	- 3,457
Oesophagus Cancer	29	3,780	53	790	+ 2,990
Tetanus	30	3,608	46	1,166	+ 2,442
Encephalitis	31	3,423	57	680	+ 2,743
Lung Cancers	32	3,095	47	1,158	+ 1,937
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	2,994	43	1,728	+ 1,266
Drownings	34	2,865	34	3,454	- 589
Epilepsy	35	2,855	44	1,727	+ 1,129
Lymphomas	36	2,721	38	2,061	+ 660
Falls	37	2,604	33	3,483	- 879
Hepatitis B	38	2,484	61	456	+ 2,028
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	2,132	36	2,966	- 834
Liver Cancer	40	1,890	31	3,840	- 1,950
Parkinson's Disease	41	1,805	49	1,035	+ 770
Leukemia	42	1,755	41	1,871	- 116
Malnutrition	43	1,695	21	8,910	- 7,215
Cervical Cancer	44	1,555	27	4,823	- 3,267
Inflammatory/Heart	45	1,515	29	4,045	- 2,530
HIV/AIDS	46	1,334	15	13,286	- 11,952
Poisonings	47	1,103	42	1,729	- 625
Ovary Cancer	48	1,062	58	656	+ 406
Measles	49	1,008	3	42,254	- 41,246
Fires	50	1,001	39	2,007	- 1,006
Drug Use	51	944	59	638	+ 305
Appendicitis	52	858	56	703	+ 155
Uterin Cancer	53	830	63	352	+ 478
Bladder Cancer	54	782	65	270	+ 512
Prostate Cancer	55	742	30	3,948	- 3,207
Pancreas Cancer	56	660	50	1,017	- 357
Malaria	57	533	4	41,813	- 41,279
Alcohol	58	431	60	635	- 204
Skin Cancers	59	417	55	765	- 349
Syphilis	60	271	32	3,751	- 3,480
Skin Disease	61	270	54	781	- 511
Multiple Sclerosis	62	241	71	44	+ 198
Other Neoplasms	63	83	67	88	- 5
Hepatitis C	64	80	69	69	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	73	66	217	- 144
Ascariasis	66	49	68	80	- 31
Diphtheria	67	47	70	47	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	27	62	370	- 344
Chlamydia	69	4	73	15	- 11
Leishmaniasis	70	4	52	869	- 865
Otitis Media	71	2	72	38	- 37
Dengue	72	0	74	1	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	64	347	- 347
Schistosomiasis	79	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Afghanistan

DR 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.