ERITREA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,356	4	2,154	+ 4,202
War	2	4,051	71	0	+ 4,051
Stroke	3	3,014	2	2,564	+ 450
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,316	1	3,277	- 960
Low Birth Weight	5	1,997	16	531	+ 1,466
Birth Trauma	6	1,695	11	616	+ 1,079
Tuberculosis	7	1,556	14	543	+ 1,012
Hypertension	8	1,264	8	926	+ 338
Maternal Conditions	9	1,234	13	544	+ 691
Kidney Disease	10	1,042	12	578	+ 464
Road Traffic Accidents	11	954	5	1,326	- 372
Diabetes Mellitus	12	909	7	944	- 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	878	3	2,292	- 1,414
Congenital Anomalies	14	791	18	432	+ 359
Lung Disease	15	735	9	662	+ 73
Liver Disease	16	727	6	1,215	- 487
Asthma	17	538	22	326	+ 212
Other Injuries	18	513	15	540	- 27
Violence	19	509	20	384	+ 124
Meningitis	20	415	19	404	+ 11
Pertussis	21	333	36	90	+ 244
Breast Cancer	22	288	23	311	- 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	279	24	310	- 31
Suicide	24	249	21	382	- 133
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	238	27	147	+ 91
Stomach Cancer	26	237	48	48	+ 189
Oral Cancer	27	232	44	71	+ 161
Endocrine Disorders	28	216	43	71	+ 144
Oesophagus Cancer	29	208	39	81	+ 127
Tetanus	30	198	52	37	+ 161
Encephalitis	31	188	62	16	+ 173
Lung Cancers	32	170	46	62	+ 108
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	165	41	77	+ 88
Drownings	34	157	33	118	+ 40
Epilepsy	35	157	38	81	+ 75
Lymphomas	36	150	28	147	+ 3
Falls	37	143	26	168	- 25
Hepatitis B	38	137	57	28	+ 109
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	117	35	113	+ 4
Liver Cancer	40	104	45	69	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	41	99	37	85	+ 14
Leukemia	42	96	29	144	- 48
Malnutrition	43	93	10	660	- 566
Cervical Cancer	44	86	30	132	- 47
Inflammatory/Heart	45	83	32	123	- 40
HIV/AIDS	46	73	25	308	- 234
Poisonings	47	61	34	114	- 54
Ovary Cancer	48	58	40	79	- 21
Measles	49	55	63	13	+ 43
Fires	50	55	31	132	- 77
Drug Use	51	52	53	36	+ 16
Appendicitis	52	47	55	31	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	53	46	61	18	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	54	43	51	42	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	55	41	47	54	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	56	36	58	20	+ 17
Malaria	57	29	17	437	- 408
Alcohol	58	24	49	45	- 22
Skin Cancers	59	23	56	30	- 7
Syphilis	60	15	54	35	- 20
Skin Disease	61	15	50	45	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	62	13	67	4	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	63	5	66	6	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	4	65	6	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	64	12	- 8
Ascariasis	66	3	68	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	3	72	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	60	18	- 16
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	59	19	- 19
Otitis Media	71	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	42	73	- 73
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Afghanistan

Eritrea

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.