NAMIBIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,809	5	1,221	+ 1,588
War	2	1,790	67	0	+ 1,790
Stroke	3	1,332	4	1,333	- 1
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,024	2	1,464	- 441
Low Birth Weight	5	883	9	516	+ 367
Birth Trauma	6	749	13	345	+ 405
Tuberculosis	7	688	3	1,416	- 729
Hypertension	8	559	12	428	+ 131
Maternal Conditions	9	546	25	110	+ 435
Kidney Disease	10	461	15	322	+ 139
Road Traffic Accidents	11	422	6	868	- 447
Diabetes Mellitus	12	402	7	724	- 323
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	388	8	645	- 257
Congenital Anomalies	14	349	16	283	+ 66
Lung Disease	15	325	10	461	- 136
Liver Disease	16	321	14	336	- 14
Asthma	17	238	20	200	+ 37
Other Injuries	18	227	19	207	+ 20
Violence	19	225	11	450	- 225
Meningitis	20	183	27	109	+ 75
Pertussis	21	147	37	54	+ 93
Breast Cancer	22	127	24	121	+ 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	123	21	176	- 52
Suicide	24	110	17	243	- 133
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	105	32	76	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	26	105	45	33	+ 72
Oral Cancer	27	103	30	100	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	28	95	33	73	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	29	92	52	21	+ 71
Tetanus	30	88	62	6	+ 82
Encephalitis	31	83	59	8	+ 75
Lung Cancers	32	75	35	59	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	73	44	33	+ 40
Drownings	34	70	26	110	- 40
Epilepsy	35	69	38	49	+ 20
Lymphomas	36	66	40	46	+ 20
Falls	37	63	34	62	+ 1
Hepatitis B	38	60	63	4	+ 56
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	52	36	54	- 3
Liver Cancer	40	46	41	45	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	41	44	42	43	+ 0
Leukemia	42	43	49	24	+ 19
Malnutrition	43	41	18	224	- 182
Cervical Cancer	44	38	23	133	- 95
Inflammatory/Heart	45	37	22	162	- 125
HIV/AIDS	46	32	1	2,928	- 2,896
Poisonings	47	27	39	46	- 20
Ovary Cancer	48	26	50	23	+ 3
Measles	49	24	65	2	+ 22
Fires	50	24	28	109	- 84
Drug Use	51	23	46	32	- 9
Appendicitis	52	21	58	9	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	53	20	56	11	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	54	19	54	16	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	55	18	31	94	- 76
Pancreas Cancer	56	16	53	18	- 1
Malaria	57	13	51	22	- 9
Alcohol	58	10	48	28	- 18
Skin Cancers	59	10	29	108	- 98
Syphilis	60	7	43	35	- 28
Skin Disease	61	7	47	31	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	64	2	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	63	2	60	8	- 6
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	57	9	- 8
Ascariasis	66	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	61	6	- 6
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	55	14	- 14
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Afghanistan

Namibia

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.