ETHIOPIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		ETHIOPIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	118,766	4	36,530	+ 82,237
War	2	75,700	64	281	+ 75,420
Stroke	3	56,319	3	39,362	+ 16,957
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	43,286	1	59,931	- 16,645
Low Birth Weight	5	37,321	7	28,020	+ 9,300
Birth Trauma	6	31,683	6	31,107	+ 576
Tuberculosis	7	29,072	9	21,455	+ 7,617
Hypertension	8	23,623	12	13,470	+ 10,153
Maternal Conditions	9	23,068	18	8,887	+ 14,181
Kidney Disease	10	19,473	13	12,103	+ 7,370
Road Traffic Accidents	11	17,827	5	31,564	- 13,738
Diabetes Mellitus	12	16,989	10	16,258	+ 731
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	16,415	2	44,361	- 27,946
Congenital Anomalies	14	14,776	11	15,638	- 862
Lung Disease	15	13,740	15	11,870	+ 1,869
Liver Disease	16	13,591	8	27,270	- 13,679
Asthma	17	10,054	29	4,484	+ 5,571
Other Injuries	18	9,578	16	11,735	- 2,157
Violence	19	9,505	22	8,076	+ 1,429
Meningitis	20	7,758	14	12,019	- 4,261
Pertussis	21	6,227	23	6,896	- 669
Breast Cancer	22	5,384	20	8,485	- 3,102
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	5,215	21	8,258	- 3,043
Suicide	24	4,647	25	6,030	- 1,384
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	4,447	41	1,758	+ 2,689
Stomach Cancer	26	4,434	47	1,519	+ 2,915
Oral Cancer	27	4,336	48	1,477	+ 2,859
Endocrine Disorders	28	4,030	45	1,623	+ 2,407
Oesophagus Cancer	29	3,884	40	1,839	+ 2,045
Tetanus	30	3,706	37	2,203	+ 1,503
Encephalitis	31	3,516	63	386	+ 3,131
Lung Cancers	32	3,179	38	2,202	+ 977
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	3,075	49	1,339	+ 1,736
Drownings	34	2,943	35	3,133	- 190
Epilepsy	35	2,933	44	1,625	+ 1,308
Lymphomas	36	2,795	33	3,590	- 794
Falls	37	2,675	28	4,510	- 1,835
Hepatitis B	38	2,551	56	742	+ 1,810
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	2,191	31	3,755	- 1,564
Liver Cancer	40	1,942	42	1,730	+ 212
Parkinson's Disease	41	1,854	46	1,578	+ 276
Leukemia	42	1,803	30	4,222	- 2,419
Malnutrition	43	1,741	19	8,643	- 6,902
Cervical Cancer	44	1,598	27	5,019	- 3,421
Inflammatory/Heart	45	1,557	39	2,168	- 612
HIV/AIDS	46	1,371	17	11,471	- 10,101
Poisonings	47	1,133	32	3,668	- 2,535
Ovary Cancer	48	1,091	36	2,424	- 1,333
Measles	49	1,035	24	6,324	- 5,289
Fires	50	1,028	34	3,255	- 2,226
Drug Use	51	970	60	513	+ 457
Appendicitis	52	882	58	677	+ 204
Uterin Cancer	53	852	62	421	+ 431
Bladder Cancer	54	804	51	1,080	- 276
Prostate Cancer	55	762	50	1,244	- 482
Pancreas Cancer	56	677	61	488	+ 190
Malaria	57	548	26	5,626	- 5,078
Alcohol	58	443	55	750	- 307
Skin Cancers	59	428	52	1,006	- 578
Syphilis	60	278	43	1,699	- 1,421
Skin Disease	61	278	53	904	- 626
Multiple Sclerosis	62	248	70	61	+ 187
Other Neoplasms	63	85	66	148	- 63
Hepatitis C	64	82	69	115	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	75	65	221	- 145
Ascariasis	66	50	68	130	- 80
Diphtheria	67	49	67	146	- 97
Upper Respiratory	68	27	57	709	- 682
Chlamydia	69	4	72	21	- 17
Leishmaniasis	70	4	59	579	- 575
Otitis Media	71	2	71	39	- 37
Dengue	72	0	73	20	- 20
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	54	839	- 839
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	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 ETHIOPIA

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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.