MONTENEGRO VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		MONTENEGRO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	601	2	1,748	- 1,147
War	2	383	63	0	+ 383
Stroke	3	285	1	2,208	- 1,923
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	219	12	81	+ 138
Low Birth Weight	5	189	43	5	+ 184
Birth Trauma	6	160	41	6	+ 154
Tuberculosis	7	147	51	1	+ 146
Hypertension	8	120	18	55	+ 64
Maternal Conditions	9	117	58	0	+ 116
Kidney Disease	10	99	7	147	- 49
Road Traffic Accidents	11	90	21	48	+ 42
Diabetes Mellitus	12	86	6	174	- 88
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	83	56	1	+ 82
Congenital Anomalies	14	75	45	4	+ 71
Lung Disease	15	70	11	90	- 21
Liver Disease	16	69	17	57	+ 12
Asthma	17	51	46	4	+ 47
Other Injuries	18	48	23	29	+ 20
Violence	19	48	29	18	+ 31
Meningitis	20	39	49	1	+ 38
Pertussis	21	32	55	1	+ 31
Breast Cancer	22	27	9	127	- 99
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	26	5	227	- 200
Suicide	24	24	8	132	- 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	22	26	21	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	26	22	19	50	- 28
Oral Cancer	27	22	37	10	+ 12
Endocrine Disorders	28	20	40	7	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	29	20	30	17	+ 3
Tetanus	30	19	62	0	+ 19
Encephalitis	31	18	50	1	+ 16
Lung Cancers	32	16	3	340	- 324
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	16	34	13	+ 2
Drownings	34	15	36	11	+ 4
Epilepsy	35	15	42	6	+ 9
Lymphomas	36	14	24	27	- 13
Falls	37	14	14	67	- 53
Hepatitis B	38	13	61	0	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	11	10	113	- 102
Liver Cancer	40	10	20	50	- 41
Parkinson's Disease	41	9	15	66	- 57
Leukemia	42	9	25	23	- 14
Malnutrition	43	9	53	1	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	44	8	27	20	- 12
Inflammatory/Heart	45	8	4	311	- 303
HIV/AIDS	46	7	73	0	+ 7
Poisonings	47	6	44	4	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	48	6	28	19	- 13
Measles	49	5	67	0	+ 5
Fires	50	5	32	14	- 9
Drug Use	51	5	31	14	- 9
Appendicitis	52	4	52	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	53	4	33	14	- 9
Bladder Cancer	54	4	22	35	- 31
Prostate Cancer	55	4	13	75	- 72
Pancreas Cancer	56	3	16	64	- 60
Malaria	57	3	70	0	+ 3
Alcohol	58	2	38	9	- 7
Skin Cancers	59	2	35	12	- 10
Syphilis	60	1	59	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	61	1	54	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	39	8	- 6
Other Neoplasms	63	0	47	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	0	48	2	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	64	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	57	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	69	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 MONTENEGRO

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.