NEW GUINEA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,065	1	6,835	+ 3,229
War	2	6,415	69	1	+ 6,414
Stroke	3	4,773	2	5,095	- 322
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,668	6	2,595	+ 1,073
Low Birth Weight	5	3,163	10	1,661	+ 1,501
Birth Trauma	6	2,685	11	1,504	+ 1,181
Tuberculosis	7	2,464	5	3,969	- 1,505
Hypertension	8	2,002	13	1,096	+ 906
Maternal Conditions	9	1,955	30	421	+ 1,534
Kidney Disease	10	1,650	18	687	+ 963
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,511	12	1,105	+ 405
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,440	4	4,533	- 3,093
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,391	8	2,295	- 904
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,252	16	951	+ 302
Lung Disease	15	1,164	3	4,538	- 3,373
Liver Disease	16	1,152	22	624	+ 527
Asthma	17	852	9	1,842	- 990
Other Injuries	18	812	20	647	+ 165
Violence	19	805	15	969	- 163
Meningitis	20	657	34	324	+ 334
Pertussis	21	528	39	248	+ 280
Breast Cancer	22	456	17	764	- 307
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	442	33	343	+ 99
Suicide	24	394	37	259	+ 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	377	35	302	+ 75
Stomach Cancer	26	376	28	447	- 71
Oral Cancer	27	367	25	580	- 213
Endocrine Disorders	28	342	47	153	+ 188
Oesophagus Cancer	29	329	44	199	+ 130
Tetanus	30	314	56	48	+ 266
Encephalitis	31	298	57	31	+ 267
Lung Cancers	32	269	23	622	- 352
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	261	14	1,072	- 811
Drownings	34	249	40	240	+ 10
Epilepsy	35	249	51	111	+ 138
Lymphomas	36	237	32	353	- 116
Falls	37	227	26	502	- 275
Hepatitis B	38	216	58	27	+ 189
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	186	29	445	- 259
Liver Cancer	40	165	21	644	- 480
Parkinson's Disease	41	157	45	185	- 27
Leukemia	42	153	38	253	- 100
Malnutrition	43	148	48	134	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	44	135	19	665	- 529
Inflammatory/Heart	45	132	43	229	- 97
HIV/AIDS	46	116	24	611	- 495
Poisonings	47	96	50	121	- 25
Ovary Cancer	48	92	46	179	- 87
Measles	49	88	41	238	- 150
Fires	50	87	27	488	- 401
Drug Use	51	82	61	13	+ 70
Appendicitis	52	75	59	20	+ 55
Uterin Cancer	53	72	55	81	- 9
Bladder Cancer	54	68	54	82	- 14
Prostate Cancer	55	65	36	285	- 220
Pancreas Cancer	56	57	52	107	- 49
Malaria	57	46	7	2,446	- 2,400
Alcohol	58	38	53	93	- 56
Skin Cancers	59	36	31	417	- 380
Syphilis	60	24	42	234	- 210
Skin Disease	61	24	49	126	- 103
Multiple Sclerosis	62	21	66	5	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	63	7	60	15	- 8
Hepatitis C	64	7	62	8	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	6	65	5	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	4	63	7	- 3
Diphtheria	67	4	67	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	2	68	2	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Afghanistan

New Guinea

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.