HONDURAS VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		HONDURAS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,547	1	8,063	+ 1,484
War	2	6,085	65	4	+ 6,081
Stroke	3	4,527	3	5,667	- 1,140
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,479	9	1,335	+ 2,144
Low Birth Weight	5	3,000	16	755	+ 2,245
Birth Trauma	6	2,547	33	310	+ 2,236
Tuberculosis	7	2,337	22	453	+ 1,884
Hypertension	8	1,899	13	838	+ 1,061
Maternal Conditions	9	1,854	48	90	+ 1,764
Kidney Disease	10	1,565	4	3,056	- 1,491
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,433	7	1,572	- 139
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,366	10	1,075	+ 290
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,319	11	923	+ 397
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,188	15	793	+ 395
Lung Disease	15	1,104	5	2,997	- 1,892
Liver Disease	16	1,092	6	2,721	- 1,629
Asthma	17	808	30	346	+ 462
Other Injuries	18	770	12	845	- 75
Violence	19	764	2	6,520	- 5,756
Meningitis	20	624	46	92	+ 532
Pertussis	21	501	53	58	+ 443
Breast Cancer	22	433	20	478	- 45
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	419	8	1,413	- 993
Suicide	24	374	37	201	+ 173
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	357	17	657	- 299
Stomach Cancer	26	356	18	643	- 286
Oral Cancer	27	348	44	99	+ 250
Endocrine Disorders	28	324	31	334	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	29	312	50	81	+ 231
Tetanus	30	298	59	26	+ 272
Encephalitis	31	283	51	79	+ 204
Lung Cancers	32	256	27	369	- 114
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	247	54	47	+ 201
Drownings	34	237	38	183	+ 54
Epilepsy	35	236	36	201	+ 34
Lymphomas	36	225	24	390	- 165
Falls	37	215	35	289	- 74
Hepatitis B	38	205	64	5	+ 200
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	176	29	354	- 177
Liver Cancer	40	156	26	376	- 220
Parkinson's Disease	41	149	23	429	- 280
Leukemia	42	145	21	475	- 330
Malnutrition	43	140	39	181	- 41
Cervical Cancer	44	128	19	493	- 364
Inflammatory/Heart	45	125	28	366	- 241
HIV/AIDS	46	110	14	794	- 684
Poisonings	47	91	55	45	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	48	88	45	98	- 10
Measles	49	83	79	0	+ 83
Fires	50	83	57	40	+ 43
Drug Use	51	78	42	129	- 51
Appendicitis	52	71	41	139	- 68
Uterin Cancer	53	69	60	23	+ 46
Bladder Cancer	54	65	49	82	- 17
Prostate Cancer	55	61	25	378	- 317
Pancreas Cancer	56	54	32	325	- 271
Malaria	57	44	71	0	+ 44
Alcohol	58	36	34	308	- 273
Skin Cancers	59	34	52	68	- 33
Syphilis	60	22	61	18	+ 4
Skin Disease	61	22	40	167	- 145
Multiple Sclerosis	62	20	62	11	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	63	7	56	41	- 34
Hepatitis C	64	7	66	3	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	6	47	91	- 85
Ascariasis	66	4	67	2	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	4	70	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	68	2	63	9	- 7
Chlamydia	69	0	68	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	43	120	- 120
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	58	27	- 27
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HONDURAS

Afghanistan

Honduras

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.