MADAGASCAR VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,506	3	12,388	+ 17,118
War	2	18,807	54	155	+ 18,652
Stroke	3	13,992	1	17,964	- 3,972
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	10,754	2	14,605	- 3,851
Low Birth Weight	5	9,272	10	5,353	+ 3,919
Birth Trauma	6	7,871	11	5,347	+ 2,524
Tuberculosis	7	7,223	4	11,606	- 4,383
Hypertension	8	5,869	8	6,208	- 339
Maternal Conditions	9	5,731	18	2,776	+ 2,955
Kidney Disease	10	4,838	22	2,202	+ 2,636
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,429	7	7,880	- 3,451
Diabetes Mellitus	12	4,221	16	3,278	+ 943
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	4,078	5	11,085	- 7,007
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,671	15	3,380	+ 290
Lung Disease	15	3,413	14	3,957	- 544
Liver Disease	16	3,377	12	4,803	- 1,426
Asthma	17	2,498	19	2,507	- 9
Other Injuries	18	2,380	21	2,359	+ 20
Violence	19	2,361	23	1,749	+ 613
Meningitis	20	1,927	20	2,391	- 463
Pertussis	21	1,547	41	519	+ 1,028
Breast Cancer	22	1,338	37	629	+ 709
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,296	26	1,120	+ 175
Suicide	24	1,154	24	1,476	- 321
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,105	42	495	+ 610
Stomach Cancer	26	1,102	47	368	+ 734
Oral Cancer	27	1,077	32	697	+ 380
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,001	44	463	+ 538
Oesophagus Cancer	29	965	27	1,080	- 115
Tetanus	30	921	52	186	+ 734
Encephalitis	31	874	60	94	+ 780
Lung Cancers	32	790	55	147	+ 643
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	764	38	627	+ 137
Drownings	34	731	31	825	- 93
Epilepsy	35	729	46	385	+ 344
Lymphomas	36	694	34	675	+ 20
Falls	37	665	36	653	+ 11
Hepatitis B	38	634	58	98	+ 536
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	544	39	606	- 61
Liver Cancer	40	482	30	933	- 451
Parkinson's Disease	41	461	49	266	+ 195
Leukemia	42	448	45	401	+ 47
Malnutrition	43	433	13	4,236	- 3,803
Cervical Cancer	44	397	17	3,028	- 2,631
Inflammatory/Heart	45	387	28	1,046	- 660
HIV/AIDS	46	341	25	1,341	- 1,001
Poisonings	47	282	40	571	- 289
Ovary Cancer	48	271	57	135	+ 136
Measles	49	257	6	9,172	- 8,915
Fires	50	255	35	661	- 406
Drug Use	51	241	62	58	+ 183
Appendicitis	52	219	56	147	+ 72
Uterin Cancer	53	212	59	95	+ 117
Bladder Cancer	54	200	48	286	- 86
Prostate Cancer	55	189	29	996	- 807
Pancreas Cancer	56	168	61	80	+ 88
Malaria	57	136	9	5,507	- 5,371
Alcohol	58	110	53	161	- 51
Skin Cancers	59	106	43	467	- 361
Syphilis	60	69	33	680	- 611
Skin Disease	61	69	51	187	- 118
Multiple Sclerosis	62	62	66	18	+ 44
Other Neoplasms	63	21	65	24	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	20	67	16	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	19	64	47	- 29
Ascariasis	66	12	70	5	+ 7
Diphtheria	67	12	71	3	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	68	7	63	49	- 42
Chlamydia	69	1	69	7	- 6
Leishmaniasis	70	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	10	- 10
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	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	50	260	- 260
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	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 MADAGASCAR

Afghanistan

Madagascar

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.