ESTONIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,196	1	3,009	- 1,813
War	2	762	64	0	+ 762
Stroke	3	567	3	1,116	- 549
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	436	6	349	+ 87
Low Birth Weight	5	376	55	7	+ 369
Birth Trauma	6	319	57	5	+ 314
Tuberculosis	7	293	47	16	+ 276
Hypertension	8	238	2	2,700	- 2,462
Maternal Conditions	9	232	61	1	+ 231
Kidney Disease	10	196	17	176	+ 20
Road Traffic Accidents	11	180	35	59	+ 120
Diabetes Mellitus	12	171	19	146	+ 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	165	53	8	+ 157
Congenital Anomalies	14	149	43	25	+ 124
Lung Disease	15	138	13	229	- 90
Liver Disease	16	137	7	328	- 192
Asthma	17	101	44	24	+ 77
Other Injuries	18	96	20	141	- 45
Violence	19	96	42	28	+ 67
Meningitis	20	78	54	7	+ 71
Pertussis	21	63	83	0	+ 63
Breast Cancer	22	54	11	260	- 206
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	53	12	229	- 177
Suicide	24	47	16	197	- 151
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	45	36	55	- 10
Stomach Cancer	26	45	9	290	- 245
Oral Cancer	27	44	25	110	- 67
Endocrine Disorders	28	41	33	66	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	29	39	27	99	- 59
Tetanus	30	37	81	0	+ 37
Encephalitis	31	35	63	0	+ 35
Lung Cancers	32	32	4	657	- 625
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	31	45	22	+ 9
Drownings	34	30	40	30	- 0
Epilepsy	35	30	37	45	- 15
Lymphomas	36	28	15	213	- 185
Falls	37	27	24	119	- 92
Hepatitis B	38	26	65	0	+ 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	22	5	527	- 505
Liver Cancer	40	20	26	107	- 88
Parkinson's Disease	41	19	29	82	- 63
Leukemia	42	18	22	126	- 107
Malnutrition	43	18	79	0	+ 18
Cervical Cancer	44	16	32	68	- 51
Inflammatory/Heart	45	16	14	217	- 201
HIV/AIDS	46	14	39	40	- 26
Poisonings	47	11	52	8	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	48	11	28	87	- 76
Measles	49	10	84	0	+ 10
Fires	50	10	38	41	- 31
Drug Use	51	10	31	75	- 65
Appendicitis	52	9	59	2	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	53	9	34	60	- 52
Bladder Cancer	54	8	21	126	- 118
Prostate Cancer	55	8	8	298	- 291
Pancreas Cancer	56	7	10	268	- 262
Malaria	57	6	73	0	+ 6
Alcohol	58	4	18	148	- 144
Skin Cancers	59	4	30	79	- 75
Syphilis	60	3	62	1	+ 2
Skin Disease	61	3	41	29	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	48	16	- 14
Other Neoplasms	63	1	23	123	- 122
Hepatitis C	64	1	58	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	46	17	- 16
Ascariasis	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.