LIBERIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,447	7	1,885	+ 3,562
War	2	3,472	70	1	+ 3,471
Stroke	3	2,583	11	1,578	+ 1,005
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,985	2	2,693	- 708
Low Birth Weight	5	1,712	8	1,652	+ 60
Birth Trauma	6	1,453	9	1,601	- 148
Tuberculosis	7	1,333	1	2,766	- 1,433
Hypertension	8	1,083	23	371	+ 713
Maternal Conditions	9	1,058	12	870	+ 188
Kidney Disease	10	893	16	609	+ 285
Road Traffic Accidents	11	818	5	1,920	- 1,103
Diabetes Mellitus	12	779	15	650	+ 129
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	753	10	1,592	- 839
Congenital Anomalies	14	678	14	833	- 155
Lung Disease	15	630	26	294	+ 337
Liver Disease	16	623	13	858	- 235
Asthma	17	461	31	200	+ 262
Other Injuries	18	439	22	380	+ 59
Violence	19	436	18	477	- 41
Meningitis	20	356	17	552	- 196
Pertussis	21	286	32	197	+ 88
Breast Cancer	22	247	27	246	+ 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	239	29	235	+ 5
Suicide	24	213	30	220	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	204	36	126	+ 78
Stomach Cancer	26	203	37	122	+ 82
Oral Cancer	27	199	48	50	+ 149
Endocrine Disorders	28	185	28	245	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	29	178	60	16	+ 163
Tetanus	30	170	54	31	+ 139
Encephalitis	31	161	56	27	+ 134
Lung Cancers	32	146	44	66	+ 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	141	49	50	+ 91
Drownings	34	135	35	127	+ 8
Epilepsy	35	135	42	81	+ 54
Lymphomas	36	128	39	93	+ 35
Falls	37	123	33	155	- 33
Hepatitis B	38	117	52	39	+ 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	100	40	90	+ 11
Liver Cancer	40	89	20	439	- 350
Parkinson's Disease	41	85	43	72	+ 13
Leukemia	42	83	58	23	+ 60
Malnutrition	43	80	24	353	- 274
Cervical Cancer	44	73	19	474	- 400
Inflammatory/Heart	45	71	38	115	- 44
HIV/AIDS	46	63	6	1,919	- 1,856
Poisonings	47	52	41	82	- 30
Ovary Cancer	48	50	47	50	- 0
Measles	49	47	3	2,554	- 2,507
Fires	50	47	34	153	- 106
Drug Use	51	44	50	42	+ 2
Appendicitis	52	40	61	12	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	53	39	55	28	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	54	37	59	19	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	55	35	25	297	- 262
Pancreas Cancer	56	31	53	38	- 7
Malaria	57	25	4	2,428	- 2,403
Alcohol	58	20	57	25	- 5
Skin Cancers	59	20	46	51	- 31
Syphilis	60	13	21	394	- 381
Skin Disease	61	13	51	41	- 28
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	63	4	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	63	4	62	6	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	4	65	4	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	64	4	- 1
Ascariasis	66	2	66	4	- 1
Diphtheria	67	2	68	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	67	3	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	69	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	45	51	- 51
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Afghanistan

Liberia

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.