MAURITIUS VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,313	2	1,805	- 492
War	2	837	62	0	+ 837
Stroke	3	623	3	985	- 362
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	479	7	346	+ 132
Low Birth Weight	5	413	35	37	+ 376
Birth Trauma	6	350	36	37	+ 314
Tuberculosis	7	321	45	17	+ 304
Hypertension	8	261	6	592	- 331
Maternal Conditions	9	255	48	11	+ 244
Kidney Disease	10	215	4	724	- 509
Road Traffic Accidents	11	197	11	155	+ 42
Diabetes Mellitus	12	188	1	1,873	- 1,685
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	181	42	23	+ 159
Congenital Anomalies	14	163	25	57	+ 107
Lung Disease	15	152	5	646	- 495
Liver Disease	16	150	12	145	+ 5
Asthma	17	111	17	107	+ 4
Other Injuries	18	106	21	66	+ 40
Violence	19	105	41	30	+ 75
Meningitis	20	86	57	2	+ 83
Pertussis	21	69	66	0	+ 69
Breast Cancer	22	60	8	232	- 173
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	58	34	42	+ 16
Suicide	24	51	14	120	- 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	49	43	22	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	26	49	18	104	- 55
Oral Cancer	27	48	23	63	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	28	45	19	101	- 56
Oesophagus Cancer	29	43	37	35	+ 7
Tetanus	30	41	76	0	+ 41
Encephalitis	31	39	61	1	+ 38
Lung Cancers	32	35	9	182	- 147
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	34	56	3	+ 31
Drownings	34	33	33	43	- 11
Epilepsy	35	32	38	35	- 2
Lymphomas	36	31	24	57	- 26
Falls	37	30	26	57	- 27
Hepatitis B	38	28	65	0	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	24	10	182	- 158
Liver Cancer	40	21	27	56	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	41	20	47	12	+ 9
Leukemia	42	20	31	48	- 28
Malnutrition	43	19	54	4	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	44	18	30	49	- 31
Inflammatory/Heart	45	17	16	108	- 91
HIV/AIDS	46	15	13	141	- 126
Poisonings	47	13	49	11	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	48	12	32	46	- 34
Measles	49	11	77	0	+ 11
Fires	50	11	50	10	+ 1
Drug Use	51	11	46	16	- 5
Appendicitis	52	10	59	1	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	53	9	40	32	- 22
Bladder Cancer	54	9	44	21	- 12
Prostate Cancer	55	8	15	115	- 107
Pancreas Cancer	56	7	28	55	- 47
Malaria	57	6	70	0	+ 6
Alcohol	58	5	29	53	- 48
Skin Cancers	59	5	53	5	+ 0
Syphilis	60	3	67	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	61	3	22	64	- 61
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	84	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	63	1	20	77	- 76
Hepatitis C	64	1	51	9	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	60	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	64	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	52	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	39	33	- 33
Osteoarthritis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Afghanistan

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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.