MALI VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		MALI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,031	7	5,907	+ 16,123
War	2	14,042	26	1,099	+ 12,944
Stroke	3	10,447	6	6,163	+ 4,284
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,029	1	14,885	- 6,855
Low Birth Weight	5	6,923	4	8,880	- 1,957
Birth Trauma	6	5,877	5	8,310	- 2,433
Tuberculosis	7	5,393	24	1,491	+ 3,901
Hypertension	8	4,382	25	1,291	+ 3,091
Maternal Conditions	9	4,279	13	2,858	+ 1,421
Kidney Disease	10	3,612	17	2,185	+ 1,427
Road Traffic Accidents	11	3,307	11	4,465	- 1,158
Diabetes Mellitus	12	3,151	16	2,289	+ 862
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	3,045	2	13,419	- 10,374
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,741	12	3,743	- 1,002
Lung Disease	15	2,549	19	1,973	+ 576
Liver Disease	16	2,521	14	2,733	- 211
Asthma	17	1,865	23	1,492	+ 373
Other Injuries	18	1,777	15	2,310	- 533
Violence	19	1,763	18	2,095	- 332
Meningitis	20	1,439	10	4,531	- 3,092
Pertussis	21	1,155	29	1,006	+ 149
Breast Cancer	22	999	30	947	+ 52
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	967	34	756	+ 212
Suicide	24	862	32	806	+ 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	825	37	625	+ 199
Stomach Cancer	26	822	27	1,063	- 240
Oral Cancer	27	804	48	252	+ 553
Endocrine Disorders	28	748	21	1,618	- 871
Oesophagus Cancer	29	720	58	159	+ 561
Tetanus	30	687	43	427	+ 261
Encephalitis	31	652	55	193	+ 459
Lung Cancers	32	590	49	252	+ 338
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	570	46	283	+ 288
Drownings	34	546	28	1,053	- 507
Epilepsy	35	544	41	485	+ 59
Lymphomas	36	519	45	316	+ 203
Falls	37	496	31	867	- 371
Hepatitis B	38	473	52	207	+ 266
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	406	36	703	- 297
Liver Cancer	40	360	38	562	- 202
Parkinson's Disease	41	344	50	236	+ 108
Leukemia	42	334	56	192	+ 143
Malnutrition	43	323	8	5,848	- 5,525
Cervical Cancer	44	296	20	1,735	- 1,438
Inflammatory/Heart	45	289	40	549	- 260
HIV/AIDS	46	254	9	5,785	- 5,530
Poisonings	47	210	39	561	- 351
Ovary Cancer	48	202	53	197	+ 5
Measles	49	192	22	1,548	- 1,355
Fires	50	191	35	750	- 559
Drug Use	51	180	59	139	+ 41
Appendicitis	52	164	62	70	+ 94
Uterin Cancer	53	158	61	80	+ 78
Bladder Cancer	54	149	42	431	- 282
Prostate Cancer	55	141	44	362	- 221
Pancreas Cancer	56	126	47	258	- 132
Malaria	57	102	3	11,678	- 11,576
Alcohol	58	82	60	83	- 1
Skin Cancers	59	79	54	194	- 114
Syphilis	60	52	33	770	- 719
Skin Disease	61	52	57	170	- 118
Multiple Sclerosis	62	46	68	20	+ 26
Other Neoplasms	63	16	67	21	- 5
Hepatitis C	64	15	64	32	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	14	69	16	- 2
Ascariasis	66	9	63	56	- 47
Diphtheria	67	9	66	22	- 12
Upper Respiratory	68	5	65	31	- 26
Chlamydia	69	1	70	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	70	1	78	0	+ 1
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	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	220	- 220
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALI

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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.