NORWAY VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,520	1	5,321	+ 199
War	2	3,518	68	1	+ 3,518
Stroke	3	2,617	4	2,475	+ 142
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,012	6	1,797	+ 215
Low Birth Weight	5	1,735	52	23	+ 1,711
Birth Trauma	6	1,473	54	17	+ 1,455
Tuberculosis	7	1,351	56	15	+ 1,336
Hypertension	8	1,098	28	230	+ 868
Maternal Conditions	9	1,072	66	1	+ 1,071
Kidney Disease	10	905	14	611	+ 294
Road Traffic Accidents	11	829	42	114	+ 714
Diabetes Mellitus	12	790	16	560	+ 230
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	763	37	128	+ 635
Congenital Anomalies	14	687	34	136	+ 550
Lung Disease	15	639	3	2,723	- 2,084
Liver Disease	16	632	30	214	+ 418
Asthma	17	467	43	85	+ 383
Other Injuries	18	445	15	583	- 138
Violence	19	442	50	32	+ 410
Meningitis	20	361	58	14	+ 347
Pertussis	21	289	64	1	+ 288
Breast Cancer	22	250	11	698	- 448
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	242	2	4,464	- 4,222
Suicide	24	216	13	633	- 417
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	207	33	160	+ 47
Stomach Cancer	26	206	22	343	- 137
Oral Cancer	27	201	32	168	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	28	187	19	359	- 172
Oesophagus Cancer	29	180	27	248	- 67
Tetanus	30	172	69	0	+ 172
Encephalitis	31	163	70	0	+ 163
Lung Cancers	32	148	5	2,320	- 2,172
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	143	46	61	+ 82
Drownings	34	137	45	65	+ 72
Epilepsy	35	136	40	119	+ 17
Lymphomas	36	130	12	646	- 516
Falls	37	124	9	777	- 653
Hepatitis B	38	119	63	3	+ 115
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	102	7	1,787	- 1,685
Liver Cancer	40	90	26	259	- 169
Parkinson's Disease	41	86	17	554	- 468
Leukemia	42	84	21	354	- 270
Malnutrition	43	81	35	135	- 54
Cervical Cancer	44	74	39	125	- 51
Inflammatory/Heart	45	72	29	221	- 149
HIV/AIDS	46	64	61	10	+ 53
Poisonings	47	53	57	14	+ 38
Ovary Cancer	48	51	24	309	- 258
Measles	49	48	72	0	+ 48
Fires	50	48	48	45	+ 3
Drug Use	51	45	25	264	- 219
Appendicitis	52	41	59	12	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	53	40	36	134	- 94
Bladder Cancer	54	37	20	356	- 319
Prostate Cancer	55	35	8	1,172	- 1,137
Pancreas Cancer	56	31	10	770	- 739
Malaria	57	25	84	0	+ 25
Alcohol	58	21	31	205	- 184
Skin Cancers	59	20	18	407	- 388
Syphilis	60	13	67	1	+ 12
Skin Disease	61	13	38	128	- 115
Multiple Sclerosis	62	12	41	119	- 108
Other Neoplasms	63	4	23	324	- 320
Hepatitis C	64	4	55	17	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	47	60	- 57
Ascariasis	66	2	76	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	60	12	- 10
Chlamydia	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Afghanistan

Norway

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.