FINLAND VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,637	2	9,831	- 4,194
War	2	3,593	65	1	+ 3,592
Stroke	3	2,673	3	4,115	- 1,442
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,054	21	436	+ 1,618
Low Birth Weight	5	1,771	48	26	+ 1,745
Birth Trauma	6	1,504	56	8	+ 1,496
Tuberculosis	7	1,380	46	32	+ 1,348
Hypertension	8	1,121	5	2,030	- 909
Maternal Conditions	9	1,095	64	2	+ 1,093
Kidney Disease	10	924	26	342	+ 582
Road Traffic Accidents	11	846	33	215	+ 631
Diabetes Mellitus	12	806	22	418	+ 388
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	779	52	15	+ 764
Congenital Anomalies	14	701	35	192	+ 509
Lung Disease	15	652	8	1,289	- 637
Liver Disease	16	645	10	1,068	- 423
Asthma	17	477	40	85	+ 392
Other Injuries	18	455	20	437	+ 18
Violence	19	451	43	64	+ 387
Meningitis	20	368	55	9	+ 359
Pertussis	21	296	69	0	+ 296
Breast Cancer	22	256	12	948	- 693
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	247	1	11,120	- 10,873
Suicide	24	221	15	846	- 626
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	211	36	151	+ 60
Stomach Cancer	26	210	19	447	- 236
Oral Cancer	27	206	34	207	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	28	191	31	257	- 65
Oesophagus Cancer	29	184	27	320	- 135
Tetanus	30	176	70	0	+ 176
Encephalitis	31	167	66	0	+ 166
Lung Cancers	32	151	4	2,312	- 2,161
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	146	50	19	+ 127
Drownings	34	140	37	106	+ 34
Epilepsy	35	139	38	104	+ 35
Lymphomas	36	133	14	851	- 718
Falls	37	127	7	1,325	- 1,198
Hepatitis B	38	121	63	2	+ 119
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	104	6	1,433	- 1,329
Liver Cancer	40	92	16	545	- 453
Parkinson's Disease	41	88	13	853	- 765
Leukemia	42	86	24	371	- 286
Malnutrition	43	83	57	7	+ 76
Cervical Cancer	44	76	44	62	+ 14
Inflammatory/Heart	45	74	17	518	- 444
HIV/AIDS	46	65	59	6	+ 59
Poisonings	47	54	49	25	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	48	52	25	344	- 293
Measles	49	49	72	0	+ 49
Fires	50	49	45	62	- 13
Drug Use	51	46	30	269	- 223
Appendicitis	52	42	54	10	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	53	40	32	225	- 185
Bladder Cancer	54	38	28	308	- 270
Prostate Cancer	55	36	11	970	- 934
Pancreas Cancer	56	32	9	1,247	- 1,215
Malaria	57	26	74	0	+ 26
Alcohol	58	21	18	464	- 443
Skin Cancers	59	20	29	297	- 277
Syphilis	60	13	67	0	+ 13
Skin Disease	61	13	47	27	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	62	12	42	80	- 68
Other Neoplasms	63	4	23	377	- 373
Hepatitis C	64	4	60	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	41	83	- 79
Ascariasis	66	2	81	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	39	93	- 93
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	58	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Afghanistan

Finland

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.