ISRAEL VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		ISRAEL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,420	1	5,122	+ 4,297
War	2	6,004	60	7	+ 5,997
Stroke	3	4,467	4	2,431	+ 2,036
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,433	8	1,519	+ 1,914
Low Birth Weight	5	2,960	42	94	+ 2,866
Birth Trauma	6	2,513	50	35	+ 2,478
Tuberculosis	7	2,306	57	16	+ 2,290
Hypertension	8	1,874	21	400	+ 1,473
Maternal Conditions	9	1,830	61	6	+ 1,824
Kidney Disease	10	1,544	3	2,437	- 892
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,414	26	333	+ 1,081
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,347	6	1,913	- 566
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,302	32	166	+ 1,136
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,172	29	291	+ 881
Lung Disease	15	1,090	7	1,546	- 456
Liver Disease	16	1,078	28	292	+ 786
Asthma	17	797	36	142	+ 656
Other Injuries	18	760	14	828	- 68
Violence	19	754	41	104	+ 650
Meningitis	20	615	55	20	+ 595
Pertussis	21	494	69	0	+ 494
Breast Cancer	22	427	10	1,237	- 810
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	414	2	2,996	- 2,582
Suicide	24	369	19	453	- 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	353	51	33	+ 319
Stomach Cancer	26	352	16	565	- 214
Oral Cancer	27	344	33	150	+ 194
Endocrine Disorders	28	320	12	1,002	- 683
Oesophagus Cancer	29	308	37	138	+ 170
Tetanus	30	294	73	0	+ 294
Encephalitis	31	279	66	3	+ 275
Lung Cancers	32	252	5	2,026	- 1,774
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	244	35	144	+ 100
Drownings	34	233	45	39	+ 194
Epilepsy	35	233	40	109	+ 124
Lymphomas	36	222	13	925	- 703
Falls	37	212	39	123	+ 89
Hepatitis B	38	202	58	16	+ 187
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	174	9	1,510	- 1,337
Liver Cancer	40	154	25	345	- 191
Parkinson's Disease	41	147	22	398	- 251
Leukemia	42	143	15	612	- 469
Malnutrition	43	138	48	39	+ 99
Cervical Cancer	44	127	38	133	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	45	123	30	214	- 91
HIV/AIDS	46	109	52	25	+ 83
Poisonings	47	90	63	4	+ 86
Ovary Cancer	48	87	27	323	- 236
Measles	49	82	74	0	+ 82
Fires	50	82	53	24	+ 57
Drug Use	51	77	43	67	+ 9
Appendicitis	52	70	64	4	+ 66
Uterin Cancer	53	68	31	202	- 134
Bladder Cancer	54	64	18	496	- 433
Prostate Cancer	55	60	17	521	- 461
Pancreas Cancer	56	54	11	1,023	- 969
Malaria	57	43	77	0	+ 43
Alcohol	58	35	49	39	- 3
Skin Cancers	59	34	23	379	- 345
Syphilis	60	22	71	0	+ 22
Skin Disease	61	22	24	368	- 346
Multiple Sclerosis	62	20	47	39	- 19
Other Neoplasms	63	7	20	420	- 413
Hepatitis C	64	7	46	39	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	6	54	23	- 17
Ascariasis	66	4	83	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	67	4	72	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	68	2	62	5	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	44	66	- 66
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	34	149	- 149
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	65	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ISRAEL

Afghanistan

Israel

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.