KYRGYZSTAN VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		KYRGYZSTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,183	1	9,152	- 2,969
War	2	3,941	61	1	+ 3,940
Stroke	3	2,932	2	3,706	- 774
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,254	8	696	+ 1,557
Low Birth Weight	5	1,943	5	900	+ 1,043
Birth Trauma	6	1,650	13	470	+ 1,179
Tuberculosis	7	1,514	17	350	+ 1,164
Hypertension	8	1,230	14	413	+ 817
Maternal Conditions	9	1,201	39	78	+ 1,123
Kidney Disease	10	1,014	16	393	+ 621
Road Traffic Accidents	11	928	6	812	+ 116
Diabetes Mellitus	12	884	25	260	+ 625
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	855	38	88	+ 767
Congenital Anomalies	14	769	10	582	+ 187
Lung Disease	15	715	4	1,139	- 423
Liver Disease	16	708	3	1,695	- 987
Asthma	17	523	50	46	+ 477
Other Injuries	18	499	23	277	+ 221
Violence	19	495	22	294	+ 201
Meningitis	20	404	52	30	+ 374
Pertussis	21	324	65	0	+ 324
Breast Cancer	22	280	21	294	- 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	271	11	535	- 263
Suicide	24	242	12	474	- 232
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	232	41	72	+ 159
Stomach Cancer	26	231	7	770	- 539
Oral Cancer	27	226	36	122	+ 104
Endocrine Disorders	28	210	48	51	+ 159
Oesophagus Cancer	29	202	30	150	+ 53
Tetanus	30	193	63	0	+ 193
Encephalitis	31	183	49	50	+ 133
Lung Cancers	32	166	9	605	- 439
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	160	33	139	+ 21
Drownings	34	153	26	226	- 73
Epilepsy	35	153	29	176	- 23
Lymphomas	36	146	42	66	+ 79
Falls	37	139	34	137	+ 2
Hepatitis B	38	133	56	7	+ 125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	114	24	270	- 156
Liver Cancer	40	101	15	403	- 302
Parkinson's Disease	41	97	37	94	+ 2
Leukemia	42	94	32	143	- 49
Malnutrition	43	91	58	6	+ 85
Cervical Cancer	44	83	19	313	- 230
Inflammatory/Heart	45	81	18	335	- 254
HIV/AIDS	46	71	28	198	- 127
Poisonings	47	59	45	61	- 2
Ovary Cancer	48	57	31	149	- 92
Measles	49	54	71	0	+ 54
Fires	50	54	43	65	- 12
Drug Use	51	50	35	127	- 77
Appendicitis	52	46	55	8	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	53	44	44	62	- 17
Bladder Cancer	54	42	47	56	- 15
Prostate Cancer	55	40	40	78	- 38
Pancreas Cancer	56	35	27	211	- 176
Malaria	57	29	73	0	+ 29
Alcohol	58	23	20	311	- 288
Skin Cancers	59	22	46	58	- 36
Syphilis	60	14	64	0	+ 14
Skin Disease	61	14	54	16	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	13	60	5	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	63	4	57	6	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	4	62	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	51	38	- 34
Ascariasis	66	3	67	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	67	3	68	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	1	53	18	- 17
Chlamydia	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	59	5	- 5
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
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 KYRGYZSTAN

Afghanistan

Kyrgyzstan

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.