MONGOLIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		MONGOLIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,288	1	5,202	- 1,914
War	2	2,096	63	0	+ 2,095
Stroke	3	1,559	2	4,401	- 2,842
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,198	11	410	+ 789
Low Birth Weight	5	1,033	20	204	+ 829
Birth Trauma	6	877	24	160	+ 717
Tuberculosis	7	805	14	327	+ 477
Hypertension	8	654	21	199	+ 455
Maternal Conditions	9	639	40	49	+ 590
Kidney Disease	10	539	12	408	+ 131
Road Traffic Accidents	11	493	5	679	- 185
Diabetes Mellitus	12	470	27	145	+ 325
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	454	36	66	+ 388
Congenital Anomalies	14	409	17	262	+ 147
Lung Disease	15	380	15	327	+ 53
Liver Disease	16	376	4	1,723	- 1,346
Asthma	17	278	29	112	+ 166
Other Injuries	18	265	9	442	- 177
Violence	19	263	22	197	+ 66
Meningitis	20	215	48	21	+ 193
Pertussis	21	172	53	15	+ 158
Breast Cancer	22	149	38	61	+ 88
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	144	19	243	- 99
Suicide	24	129	8	577	- 448
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	123	23	192	- 69
Stomach Cancer	26	123	6	617	- 495
Oral Cancer	27	120	37	61	+ 59
Endocrine Disorders	28	112	35	69	+ 42
Oesophagus Cancer	29	108	13	366	- 258
Tetanus	30	103	60	2	+ 101
Encephalitis	31	97	43	40	+ 57
Lung Cancers	32	88	10	411	- 323
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	85	28	129	- 43
Drownings	34	81	26	151	- 70
Epilepsy	35	81	34	80	+ 1
Lymphomas	36	77	42	43	+ 34
Falls	37	74	18	244	- 170
Hepatitis B	38	71	55	10	+ 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	61	32	93	- 33
Liver Cancer	40	54	3	1,834	- 1,780
Parkinson's Disease	41	51	39	55	- 4
Leukemia	42	50	46	30	+ 20
Malnutrition	43	48	64	0	+ 48
Cervical Cancer	44	44	25	155	- 111
Inflammatory/Heart	45	43	16	263	- 220
HIV/AIDS	46	38	49	21	+ 17
Poisonings	47	31	33	89	- 58
Ovary Cancer	48	30	41	45	- 15
Measles	49	29	69	0	+ 29
Fires	50	28	31	94	- 66
Drug Use	51	27	45	33	- 6
Appendicitis	52	24	47	25	- 1
Uterin Cancer	53	24	57	7	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	54	22	50	19	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	55	21	52	18	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	56	19	30	94	- 76
Malaria	57	15	79	0	+ 15
Alcohol	58	12	7	582	- 570
Skin Cancers	59	12	54	13	- 1
Syphilis	60	8	44	34	- 27
Skin Disease	61	8	51	18	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	59	3	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	63	2	58	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	2	62	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	56	8	- 6
Ascariasis	66	1	67	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	61	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
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	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONGOLIA

Afghanistan

Mongolia

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.