GUINEA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,012	6	5,665	+ 8,346
War	2	8,931	64	20	+ 8,911
Stroke	3	6,644	5	5,777	+ 867
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,107	1	12,790	- 7,683
Low Birth Weight	5	4,403	8	4,319	+ 84
Birth Trauma	6	3,738	7	4,797	- 1,059
Tuberculosis	7	3,430	13	2,369	+ 1,061
Hypertension	8	2,787	21	1,348	+ 1,439
Maternal Conditions	9	2,721	17	1,793	+ 928
Kidney Disease	10	2,297	16	1,939	+ 358
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,103	9	3,788	- 1,685
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,004	15	2,138	- 134
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,937	3	6,788	- 4,851
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,743	14	2,181	- 438
Lung Disease	15	1,621	20	1,373	+ 248
Liver Disease	16	1,603	12	2,550	- 947
Asthma	17	1,186	22	1,179	+ 7
Other Injuries	18	1,130	18	1,504	- 374
Violence	19	1,121	26	1,128	- 7
Meningitis	20	915	11	2,633	- 1,718
Pertussis	21	735	24	1,165	- 431
Breast Cancer	22	635	38	345	+ 290
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	615	30	579	+ 36
Suicide	24	548	29	892	- 344
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	525	34	448	+ 77
Stomach Cancer	26	523	41	245	+ 278
Oral Cancer	27	511	52	122	+ 390
Endocrine Disorders	28	475	25	1,140	- 664
Oesophagus Cancer	29	458	63	20	+ 438
Tetanus	30	437	45	170	+ 268
Encephalitis	31	415	56	81	+ 334
Lung Cancers	32	375	50	128	+ 247
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	363	42	238	+ 125
Drownings	34	347	31	528	- 181
Epilepsy	35	346	37	350	- 4
Lymphomas	36	330	48	158	+ 172
Falls	37	316	33	480	- 164
Hepatitis B	38	301	47	162	+ 139
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	258	53	100	+ 158
Liver Cancer	40	229	23	1,167	- 938
Parkinson's Disease	41	219	44	212	+ 7
Leukemia	42	213	67	17	+ 196
Malnutrition	43	205	28	1,032	- 827
Cervical Cancer	44	188	19	1,491	- 1,303
Inflammatory/Heart	45	184	35	439	- 256
HIV/AIDS	46	162	10	3,020	- 2,858
Poisonings	47	134	40	295	- 161
Ovary Cancer	48	129	54	93	+ 36
Measles	49	122	4	6,025	- 5,903
Fires	50	121	36	410	- 289
Drug Use	51	114	46	169	- 54
Appendicitis	52	104	57	41	+ 63
Uterin Cancer	53	101	59	38	+ 63
Bladder Cancer	54	95	60	32	+ 63
Prostate Cancer	55	90	32	525	- 435
Pancreas Cancer	56	80	65	19	+ 61
Malaria	57	65	2	8,180	- 8,115
Alcohol	58	52	55	83	- 31
Skin Cancers	59	50	49	152	- 102
Syphilis	60	33	39	328	- 295
Skin Disease	61	33	51	127	- 94
Multiple Sclerosis	62	29	66	18	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	63	10	68	16	- 6
Hepatitis C	64	10	61	22	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	9	70	13	- 4
Ascariasis	66	6	62	22	- 16
Diphtheria	67	6	58	40	- 34
Upper Respiratory	68	3	69	15	- 12
Chlamydia	69	0	71	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Schistosomiasis	79	0	43	232	- 232
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	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 GUINEA

Afghanistan

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.