IRELAND VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,243	1	4,762	+ 481
War	2	3,342	65	0	+ 3,341
Stroke	3	2,486	5	1,770	+ 716
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,911	6	1,298	+ 613
Low Birth Weight	5	1,648	44	56	+ 1,592
Birth Trauma	6	1,399	56	10	+ 1,389
Tuberculosis	7	1,283	50	23	+ 1,260
Hypertension	8	1,043	29	175	+ 868
Maternal Conditions	9	1,018	61	3	+ 1,015
Kidney Disease	10	860	10	566	+ 293
Road Traffic Accidents	11	787	33	153	+ 634
Diabetes Mellitus	12	750	16	414	+ 336
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	725	45	53	+ 672
Congenital Anomalies	14	652	32	153	+ 499
Lung Disease	15	607	4	1,915	- 1,309
Liver Disease	16	600	19	279	+ 321
Asthma	17	444	41	58	+ 386
Other Injuries	18	423	30	171	+ 252
Violence	19	420	47	38	+ 381
Meningitis	20	342	58	7	+ 335
Pertussis	21	275	67	0	+ 275
Breast Cancer	22	238	8	760	- 522
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	230	2	3,209	- 2,979
Suicide	24	205	14	470	- 265
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	196	38	67	+ 129
Stomach Cancer	26	196	17	357	- 161
Oral Cancer	27	191	28	183	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	28	178	24	249	- 71
Oesophagus Cancer	29	171	15	419	- 247
Tetanus	30	164	81	0	+ 164
Encephalitis	31	155	66	0	+ 155
Lung Cancers	32	140	3	1,916	- 1,776
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	136	46	50	+ 86
Drownings	34	130	43	57	+ 73
Epilepsy	35	129	36	85	+ 44
Lymphomas	36	123	13	513	- 389
Falls	37	118	25	247	- 129
Hepatitis B	38	113	59	6	+ 107
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	97	7	1,095	- 998
Liver Cancer	40	86	18	318	- 232
Parkinson's Disease	41	82	12	530	- 448
Leukemia	42	80	20	274	- 194
Malnutrition	43	77	63	2	+ 75
Cervical Cancer	44	71	35	103	- 32
Inflammatory/Heart	45	69	26	240	- 171
HIV/AIDS	46	61	57	9	+ 52
Poisonings	47	50	53	14	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	48	48	21	273	- 225
Measles	49	46	83	0	+ 46
Fires	50	45	48	30	+ 15
Drug Use	51	43	31	167	- 124
Appendicitis	52	39	60	3	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	53	38	34	126	- 89
Bladder Cancer	54	35	22	256	- 220
Prostate Cancer	55	34	9	585	- 551
Pancreas Cancer	56	30	11	530	- 501
Malaria	57	24	75	0	+ 24
Alcohol	58	20	39	64	- 45
Skin Cancers	59	19	23	252	- 233
Syphilis	60	12	68	0	+ 12
Skin Disease	61	12	42	58	- 45
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	37	83	- 72
Other Neoplasms	63	4	27	218	- 214
Hepatitis C	64	4	52	19	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	40	59	- 56
Ascariasis	66	2	77	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	2	82	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	64	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	49	29	- 29
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Afghanistan

Ireland

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.