SERBIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SERBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,664	1	21,776	- 15,112
War	2	4,248	71	1	+ 4,247
Stroke	3	3,160	2	16,241	- 13,081
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,429	11	1,832	+ 597
Low Birth Weight	5	2,094	38	187	+ 1,907
Birth Trauma	6	1,778	52	45	+ 1,733
Tuberculosis	7	1,631	46	100	+ 1,531
Hypertension	8	1,326	12	1,621	- 295
Maternal Conditions	9	1,294	59	12	+ 1,282
Kidney Disease	10	1,093	5	4,169	- 3,076
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,000	24	655	+ 345
Diabetes Mellitus	12	953	7	3,611	- 2,658
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	921	39	167	+ 754
Congenital Anomalies	14	829	40	162	+ 667
Lung Disease	15	771	6	3,853	- 3,082
Liver Disease	16	763	19	887	- 125
Asthma	17	564	31	390	+ 174
Other Injuries	18	537	30	406	+ 131
Violence	19	533	45	108	+ 426
Meningitis	20	435	54	35	+ 400
Pertussis	21	349	63	6	+ 343
Breast Cancer	22	302	10	2,284	- 1,982
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	293	9	2,876	- 2,583
Suicide	24	261	16	996	- 736
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	250	28	594	- 345
Stomach Cancer	26	249	15	1,203	- 954
Oral Cancer	27	243	23	680	- 437
Endocrine Disorders	28	226	36	309	- 82
Oesophagus Cancer	29	218	35	332	- 114
Tetanus	30	208	65	2	+ 206
Encephalitis	31	197	66	2	+ 195
Lung Cancers	32	178	4	6,539	- 6,360
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	173	47	78	+ 94
Drownings	34	165	48	73	+ 92
Epilepsy	35	165	37	223	- 58
Lymphomas	36	157	20	831	- 674
Falls	37	150	33	362	- 211
Hepatitis B	38	143	53	36	+ 107
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	123	8	3,429	- 3,306
Liver Cancer	40	109	17	918	- 809
Parkinson's Disease	41	104	21	804	- 700
Leukemia	42	101	22	710	- 609
Malnutrition	43	98	61	10	+ 88
Cervical Cancer	44	90	25	638	- 549
Inflammatory/Heart	45	87	3	15,274	- 15,186
HIV/AIDS	46	77	56	25	+ 52
Poisonings	47	64	57	23	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	48	61	29	555	- 494
Measles	49	58	72	1	+ 57
Fires	50	58	50	64	- 6
Drug Use	51	54	49	72	- 17
Appendicitis	52	49	58	16	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	53	48	32	369	- 321
Bladder Cancer	54	45	18	893	- 848
Prostate Cancer	55	43	14	1,317	- 1,274
Pancreas Cancer	56	38	13	1,402	- 1,364
Malaria	57	31	77	0	+ 31
Alcohol	58	25	34	341	- 316
Skin Cancers	59	24	26	638	- 614
Syphilis	60	16	67	2	+ 14
Skin Disease	61	16	43	113	- 97
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	42	146	- 132
Other Neoplasms	63	5	27	601	- 597
Hepatitis C	64	5	60	12	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	55	34	- 30
Ascariasis	66	3	84	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	67	3	75	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	2	64	3	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	85	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	70	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	44	109	- 109
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	41	152	- 152
Osteoarthritis	84	0	62	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	51	- 51
Oral conditions	86	0	69	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SERBIA

Afghanistan

Serbia

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.