HAITI VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,775	1	13,208	- 1,433
War	2	7,505	66	5	+ 7,500
Stroke	3	5,584	2	11,779	- 6,195
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,292	3	7,064	- 2,772
Low Birth Weight	5	3,700	9	2,516	+ 1,184
Birth Trauma	6	3,141	14	2,100	+ 1,041
Tuberculosis	7	2,882	22	1,007	+ 1,875
Hypertension	8	2,342	7	2,632	- 290
Maternal Conditions	9	2,287	18	1,349	+ 938
Kidney Disease	10	1,931	6	2,701	- 770
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,767	13	2,115	- 347
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,684	4	5,026	- 3,341
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,627	8	2,540	- 912
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,465	15	1,819	- 354
Lung Disease	15	1,362	11	2,334	- 972
Liver Disease	16	1,348	10	2,425	- 1,077
Asthma	17	997	20	1,107	- 110
Other Injuries	18	950	16	1,499	- 549
Violence	19	942	12	2,330	- 1,387
Meningitis	20	769	28	780	- 11
Pertussis	21	617	38	446	+ 171
Breast Cancer	22	534	30	705	- 171
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	517	23	955	- 438
Suicide	24	461	21	1,085	- 625
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	441	31	704	- 263
Stomach Cancer	26	440	26	863	- 423
Oral Cancer	27	430	45	261	+ 169
Endocrine Disorders	28	400	24	951	- 552
Oesophagus Cancer	29	385	49	155	+ 230
Tetanus	30	367	53	119	+ 249
Encephalitis	31	349	54	118	+ 231
Lung Cancers	32	315	36	492	- 176
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	305	27	814	- 509
Drownings	34	292	19	1,306	- 1,014
Epilepsy	35	291	41	409	- 118
Lymphomas	36	277	47	235	+ 42
Falls	37	265	35	549	- 284
Hepatitis B	38	253	62	26	+ 227
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	217	32	680	- 463
Liver Cancer	40	193	33	662	- 470
Parkinson's Disease	41	184	42	329	- 146
Leukemia	42	179	43	300	- 122
Malnutrition	43	173	29	717	- 544
Cervical Cancer	44	158	34	573	- 414
Inflammatory/Heart	45	154	25	941	- 787
HIV/AIDS	46	136	5	2,706	- 2,570
Poisonings	47	112	50	154	- 42
Ovary Cancer	48	108	51	153	- 45
Measles	49	103	74	0	+ 103
Fires	50	102	37	470	- 368
Drug Use	51	96	52	140	- 44
Appendicitis	52	87	48	172	- 84
Uterin Cancer	53	85	57	42	+ 43
Bladder Cancer	54	80	55	92	- 12
Prostate Cancer	55	76	17	1,356	- 1,281
Pancreas Cancer	56	67	44	268	- 201
Malaria	57	54	59	36	+ 18
Alcohol	58	44	39	428	- 384
Skin Cancers	59	42	56	56	- 14
Syphilis	60	28	46	251	- 224
Skin Disease	61	28	40	425	- 397
Multiple Sclerosis	62	25	61	28	- 4
Other Neoplasms	63	8	60	31	- 22
Hepatitis C	64	8	65	7	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	7	58	37	- 30
Ascariasis	66	5	67	5	- 0
Diphtheria	67	5	69	3	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	3	63	19	- 16
Chlamydia	69	0	68	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	64	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	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 HAITI

Afghanistan

Haiti

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.