JORDAN VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,194	1	4,856	+ 6,338
War	2	7,135	59	6	+ 7,129
Stroke	3	5,308	2	2,908	+ 2,400
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,080	8	937	+ 3,142
Low Birth Weight	5	3,518	10	857	+ 2,661
Birth Trauma	6	2,986	20	271	+ 2,715
Tuberculosis	7	2,740	53	12	+ 2,728
Hypertension	8	2,227	5	1,532	+ 695
Maternal Conditions	9	2,174	44	53	+ 2,122
Kidney Disease	10	1,835	6	1,494	+ 341
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,680	3	1,717	- 37
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,601	4	1,684	- 83
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,547	30	152	+ 1,395
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,393	9	934	+ 458
Lung Disease	15	1,295	15	444	+ 851
Liver Disease	16	1,281	14	494	+ 788
Asthma	17	948	35	114	+ 833
Other Injuries	18	903	19	294	+ 609
Violence	19	896	21	269	+ 627
Meningitis	20	731	37	78	+ 653
Pertussis	21	587	43	55	+ 532
Breast Cancer	22	507	12	686	- 178
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	492	11	706	- 215
Suicide	24	438	28	165	+ 273
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	419	40	67	+ 353
Stomach Cancer	26	418	17	365	+ 53
Oral Cancer	27	409	31	143	+ 266
Endocrine Disorders	28	380	26	180	+ 200
Oesophagus Cancer	29	366	42	63	+ 303
Tetanus	30	349	56	11	+ 339
Encephalitis	31	331	52	14	+ 318
Lung Cancers	32	300	7	1,059	- 759
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	290	50	22	+ 267
Drownings	34	277	36	107	+ 170
Epilepsy	35	276	46	49	+ 227
Lymphomas	36	263	18	323	- 60
Falls	37	252	24	191	+ 62
Hepatitis B	38	240	60	4	+ 236
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	206	13	616	- 410
Liver Cancer	40	183	25	186	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	41	175	27	169	+ 6
Leukemia	42	170	16	370	- 200
Malnutrition	43	164	51	15	+ 149
Cervical Cancer	44	151	41	64	+ 87
Inflammatory/Heart	45	147	38	74	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	46	129	63	2	+ 127
Poisonings	47	107	47	47	+ 60
Ovary Cancer	48	103	32	139	- 36
Measles	49	98	65	1	+ 97
Fires	50	97	29	153	- 56
Drug Use	51	91	34	115	- 23
Appendicitis	52	83	58	8	+ 75
Uterin Cancer	53	80	39	74	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	54	76	23	213	- 137
Prostate Cancer	55	72	33	131	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	56	64	22	245	- 182
Malaria	57	52	77	0	+ 52
Alcohol	58	42	55	11	+ 31
Skin Cancers	59	40	49	38	+ 3
Syphilis	60	26	45	52	- 26
Skin Disease	61	26	48	42	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	62	23	54	12	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	63	8	57	9	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	8	64	1	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	7	61	4	+ 3
Ascariasis	66	5	68	0	+ 5
Diphtheria	67	5	67	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	68	3	69	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	62	3	- 3
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Afghanistan

Jordan

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.