EQU. GUINEA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,799	7	419	+ 1,380
War	2	1,147	71	0	+ 1,147
Stroke	3	853	6	437	+ 416
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	656	2	913	- 257
Low Birth Weight	5	565	4	457	+ 108
Birth Trauma	6	480	5	441	+ 39
Tuberculosis	7	440	10	321	+ 120
Hypertension	8	358	16	165	+ 193
Maternal Conditions	9	349	17	139	+ 211
Kidney Disease	10	295	14	198	+ 97
Road Traffic Accidents	11	270	8	368	- 98
Diabetes Mellitus	12	257	11	299	- 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	249	9	349	- 100
Congenital Anomalies	14	224	12	249	- 25
Lung Disease	15	208	20	120	+ 88
Liver Disease	16	206	13	199	+ 7
Asthma	17	152	26	65	+ 87
Other Injuries	18	145	23	105	+ 40
Violence	19	144	33	45	+ 99
Meningitis	20	118	19	127	- 10
Pertussis	21	94	21	109	- 15
Breast Cancer	22	82	24	84	- 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	79	29	55	+ 24
Suicide	24	70	22	107	- 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	67	43	22	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	26	67	49	16	+ 52
Oral Cancer	27	66	37	35	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	28	61	25	73	- 12
Oesophagus Cancer	29	59	54	12	+ 47
Tetanus	30	56	42	23	+ 33
Encephalitis	31	53	57	8	+ 46
Lung Cancers	32	48	41	27	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	47	50	14	+ 32
Drownings	34	45	36	39	+ 5
Epilepsy	35	44	38	32	+ 12
Lymphomas	36	42	45	19	+ 23
Falls	37	41	32	46	- 5
Hepatitis B	38	39	65	3	+ 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	33	40	29	+ 5
Liver Cancer	40	29	34	43	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	41	28	46	18	+ 10
Leukemia	42	27	61	4	+ 24
Malnutrition	43	26	31	48	- 22
Cervical Cancer	44	24	28	56	- 32
Inflammatory/Heart	45	24	27	63	- 40
HIV/AIDS	46	21	1	1,838	- 1,818
Poisonings	47	17	44	21	- 4
Ovary Cancer	48	17	52	13	+ 4
Measles	49	16	15	181	- 165
Fires	50	16	39	30	- 15
Drug Use	51	15	30	50	- 36
Appendicitis	52	13	59	6	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	53	13	58	8	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	54	12	56	9	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	55	12	35	43	- 31
Pancreas Cancer	56	10	55	11	- 1
Malaria	57	8	3	668	- 659
Alcohol	58	7	53	12	- 5
Skin Cancers	59	6	48	16	- 10
Syphilis	60	4	18	134	- 130
Skin Disease	61	4	51	13	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	67	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	1	63	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	62	4	- 3
Ascariasis	66	1	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	1	64	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Schistosomiasis	79	0	60	4	- 4
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Afghanistan

Equ. Guinea

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.