LUXEMBOURG VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		LUXEMBOURG		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	672	1	655	+ 18
War	2	429	67	0	+ 429
Stroke	3	319	4	257	+ 62
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	245	8	111	+ 134
Low Birth Weight	5	211	49	3	+ 208
Birth Trauma	6	179	59	1	+ 179
Tuberculosis	7	165	55	2	+ 163
Hypertension	8	134	19	54	+ 80
Maternal Conditions	9	131	63	0	+ 130
Kidney Disease	10	110	9	91	+ 19
Road Traffic Accidents	11	101	30	25	+ 76
Diabetes Mellitus	12	96	17	61	+ 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	93	42	6	+ 87
Congenital Anomalies	14	84	37	10	+ 73
Lung Disease	15	78	5	242	- 165
Liver Disease	16	77	12	75	+ 2
Asthma	17	57	45	5	+ 52
Other Injuries	18	54	10	88	- 34
Violence	19	54	48	3	+ 51
Meningitis	20	44	58	1	+ 43
Pertussis	21	35	68	0	+ 35
Breast Cancer	22	30	7	113	- 83
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	30	2	298	- 268
Suicide	24	26	13	69	- 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	25	41	7	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	26	25	22	51	- 26
Oral Cancer	27	25	33	19	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	28	23	21	53	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	29	22	28	32	- 10
Tetanus	30	21	69	0	+ 21
Encephalitis	31	20	65	0	+ 20
Lung Cancers	32	18	3	260	- 242
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	17	34	19	- 1
Drownings	34	17	54	2	+ 15
Epilepsy	35	17	35	17	- 0
Lymphomas	36	16	14	64	- 49
Falls	37	15	18	61	- 45
Hepatitis B	38	14	60	1	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	12	6	131	- 119
Liver Cancer	40	11	25	49	- 38
Parkinson's Disease	41	10	16	62	- 51
Leukemia	42	10	20	53	- 43
Malnutrition	43	10	32	19	- 10
Cervical Cancer	44	9	38	10	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	45	9	23	49	- 40
HIV/AIDS	46	8	52	2	+ 5
Poisonings	47	6	56	1	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	48	6	27	35	- 29
Measles	49	6	70	0	+ 6
Fires	50	6	51	3	+ 3
Drug Use	51	5	39	9	- 4
Appendicitis	52	5	62	0	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	53	5	36	16	- 11
Bladder Cancer	54	5	26	44	- 39
Prostate Cancer	55	4	15	64	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	56	4	11	82	- 78
Malaria	57	3	81	0	+ 3
Alcohol	58	3	29	25	- 23
Skin Cancers	59	2	31	22	- 19
Syphilis	60	2	66	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	61	2	44	5	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	46	4	- 3
Other Neoplasms	63	0	24	49	- 48
Hepatitis C	64	0	47	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	0	53	2	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	61	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	43	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	40	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	64	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LUXEMBOURG

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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.