NEW ZEALAND VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,171	1	5,095	+ 75
War	2	3,296	68	1	+ 3,295
Stroke	3	2,452	3	2,378	+ 74
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,884	7	920	+ 964
Low Birth Weight	5	1,625	38	78	+ 1,546
Birth Trauma	6	1,379	54	15	+ 1,365
Tuberculosis	7	1,266	52	17	+ 1,249
Hypertension	8	1,028	20	327	+ 702
Maternal Conditions	9	1,004	63	5	+ 999
Kidney Disease	10	848	17	432	+ 416
Road Traffic Accidents	11	776	16	458	+ 318
Diabetes Mellitus	12	740	8	769	- 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	715	37	81	+ 634
Congenital Anomalies	14	643	30	176	+ 468
Lung Disease	15	598	5	1,815	- 1,217
Liver Disease	16	592	32	158	+ 434
Asthma	17	438	36	91	+ 347
Other Injuries	18	417	28	218	+ 199
Violence	19	414	42	57	+ 356
Meningitis	20	338	59	9	+ 329
Pertussis	21	271	65	1	+ 270
Breast Cancer	22	234	10	737	- 502
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	227	2	3,032	- 2,805
Suicide	24	202	15	528	- 326
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	194	39	70	+ 123
Stomach Cancer	26	193	22	323	- 130
Oral Cancer	27	189	31	164	+ 25
Endocrine Disorders	28	175	21	325	- 149
Oesophagus Cancer	29	169	25	279	- 110
Tetanus	30	161	69	0	+ 161
Encephalitis	31	153	66	1	+ 152
Lung Cancers	32	138	4	1,873	- 1,735
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	134	35	113	+ 21
Drownings	34	128	44	54	+ 74
Epilepsy	35	128	43	55	+ 73
Lymphomas	36	122	13	608	- 486
Falls	37	116	11	627	- 510
Hepatitis B	38	111	56	14	+ 97
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	95	6	1,495	- 1,399
Liver Cancer	40	85	24	288	- 203
Parkinson's Disease	41	81	19	353	- 272
Leukemia	42	79	18	391	- 313
Malnutrition	43	76	55	14	+ 62
Cervical Cancer	44	70	41	61	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	45	68	23	313	- 245
HIV/AIDS	46	60	57	10	+ 49
Poisonings	47	49	58	9	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	48	47	29	207	- 159
Measles	49	45	82	0	+ 45
Fires	50	45	53	17	+ 28
Drug Use	51	42	40	69	- 27
Appendicitis	52	38	62	6	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	53	37	33	145	- 107
Bladder Cancer	54	35	26	267	- 232
Prostate Cancer	55	33	9	739	- 706
Pancreas Cancer	56	29	14	543	- 513
Malaria	57	24	78	0	+ 24
Alcohol	58	19	45	51	- 32
Skin Cancers	59	19	12	612	- 593
Syphilis	60	12	70	0	+ 12
Skin Disease	61	12	34	118	- 106
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	47	43	- 33
Other Neoplasms	63	4	27	245	- 241
Hepatitis C	64	4	48	30	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	46	47	- 44
Ascariasis	66	2	76	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	2	83	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	64	4	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	84	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Afghanistan

New Zealand

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.