QATAR VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		QATAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,557	1	1,082	+ 1,475
War	2	1,630	61	0	+ 1,629
Stroke	3	1,212	3	255	+ 957
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	932	10	108	+ 824
Low Birth Weight	5	803	20	45	+ 759
Birth Trauma	6	682	38	13	+ 670
Tuberculosis	7	626	44	8	+ 618
Hypertension	8	509	28	26	+ 482
Maternal Conditions	9	497	52	3	+ 494
Kidney Disease	10	419	6	179	+ 240
Road Traffic Accidents	11	384	4	206	+ 178
Diabetes Mellitus	12	366	2	459	- 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	353	41	10	+ 343
Congenital Anomalies	14	318	14	70	+ 248
Lung Disease	15	296	15	68	+ 227
Liver Disease	16	293	5	202	+ 90
Asthma	17	216	40	10	+ 206
Other Injuries	18	206	9	115	+ 91
Violence	19	205	34	14	+ 191
Meningitis	20	167	47	7	+ 160
Pertussis	21	134	54	2	+ 132
Breast Cancer	22	116	17	53	+ 63
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	112	12	75	+ 37
Suicide	24	100	7	165	- 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	96	46	7	+ 88
Stomach Cancer	26	95	23	42	+ 54
Oral Cancer	27	93	29	25	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	28	87	24	39	+ 48
Oesophagus Cancer	29	84	37	13	+ 71
Tetanus	30	80	60	0	+ 79
Encephalitis	31	76	50	5	+ 71
Lung Cancers	32	68	13	73	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	66	45	8	+ 58
Drownings	34	63	19	45	+ 18
Epilepsy	35	63	35	13	+ 50
Lymphomas	36	60	18	48	+ 12
Falls	37	58	8	129	- 71
Hepatitis B	38	55	56	2	+ 53
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	47	11	83	- 36
Liver Cancer	40	42	21	44	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	41	40	26	28	+ 12
Leukemia	42	39	16	57	- 18
Malnutrition	43	37	58	1	+ 37
Cervical Cancer	44	34	36	13	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	45	34	25	32	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	46	30	71	0	+ 30
Poisonings	47	24	42	9	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	48	23	32	17	+ 6
Measles	49	22	67	0	+ 22
Fires	50	22	22	42	- 20
Drug Use	51	21	39	12	+ 9
Appendicitis	52	19	57	1	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	53	18	49	6	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	54	17	27	27	- 10
Prostate Cancer	55	16	31	18	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	56	15	30	25	- 10
Malaria	57	12	76	0	+ 12
Alcohol	58	10	48	7	+ 3
Skin Cancers	59	9	43	8	+ 1
Syphilis	60	6	53	2	+ 4
Skin Disease	61	6	33	16	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	55	2	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	63	2	51	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	2	63	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	59	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	64	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	65	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	62	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to QATAR

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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.