NO MACEDONIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,140	2	4,420	- 2,280
War	2	1,364	63	0	+ 1,363
Stroke	3	1,015	1	5,521	- 4,506
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	780	19	157	+ 623
Low Birth Weight	5	672	28	73	+ 599
Birth Trauma	6	571	48	7	+ 564
Tuberculosis	7	524	35	32	+ 492
Hypertension	8	426	7	627	- 202
Maternal Conditions	9	416	54	2	+ 414
Kidney Disease	10	351	9	516	- 165
Road Traffic Accidents	11	321	24	107	+ 214
Diabetes Mellitus	12	306	4	1,104	- 797
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	296	56	1	+ 295
Congenital Anomalies	14	266	37	29	+ 238
Lung Disease	15	248	6	807	- 559
Liver Disease	16	245	15	218	+ 27
Asthma	17	181	33	53	+ 128
Other Injuries	18	173	17	183	- 10
Violence	19	171	36	31	+ 140
Meningitis	20	140	51	4	+ 136
Pertussis	21	112	50	4	+ 109
Breast Cancer	22	97	11	386	- 289
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	94	30	71	+ 23
Suicide	24	84	16	196	- 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	80	32	56	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	26	80	10	455	- 375
Oral Cancer	27	78	29	72	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	28	73	44	12	+ 60
Oesophagus Cancer	29	70	34	45	+ 25
Tetanus	30	67	75	0	+ 67
Encephalitis	31	63	59	1	+ 63
Lung Cancers	32	57	5	1,055	- 998
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	55	43	13	+ 43
Drownings	34	53	41	18	+ 35
Epilepsy	35	53	38	23	+ 30
Lymphomas	36	50	25	96	- 45
Falls	37	48	27	78	- 30
Hepatitis B	38	46	49	7	+ 39
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	39	8	560	- 521
Liver Cancer	40	35	13	260	- 225
Parkinson's Disease	41	33	20	141	- 107
Leukemia	42	32	22	114	- 82
Malnutrition	43	31	58	1	+ 31
Cervical Cancer	44	29	31	68	- 39
Inflammatory/Heart	45	28	3	4,249	- 4,221
HIV/AIDS	46	25	61	0	+ 24
Poisonings	47	20	45	11	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	48	20	26	93	- 74
Measles	49	19	74	0	+ 19
Fires	50	19	46	11	+ 8
Drug Use	51	17	47	9	+ 8
Appendicitis	52	16	55	1	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	53	15	23	108	- 93
Bladder Cancer	54	14	18	163	- 148
Prostate Cancer	55	14	14	259	- 245
Pancreas Cancer	56	12	12	267	- 254
Malaria	57	10	78	0	+ 10
Alcohol	58	8	42	14	- 6
Skin Cancers	59	8	21	126	- 118
Syphilis	60	5	62	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	61	5	57	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	39	21	- 17
Other Neoplasms	63	2	40	19	- 17
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	60	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	52	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Afghanistan

No Macedonia

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.