SINGAPORE VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,039	1	5,292	+ 748
War	2	3,849	59	2	+ 3,847
Stroke	3	2,864	3	1,559	+ 1,305
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,201	2	5,189	- 2,988
Low Birth Weight	5	1,898	41	25	+ 1,872
Birth Trauma	6	1,611	55	3	+ 1,608
Tuberculosis	7	1,478	40	26	+ 1,453
Hypertension	8	1,201	8	732	+ 469
Maternal Conditions	9	1,173	53	3	+ 1,170
Kidney Disease	10	990	6	1,028	- 38
Road Traffic Accidents	11	907	26	121	+ 785
Diabetes Mellitus	12	864	28	108	+ 756
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	835	39	28	+ 807
Congenital Anomalies	14	751	31	80	+ 672
Lung Disease	15	699	14	383	+ 316
Liver Disease	16	691	20	209	+ 482
Asthma	17	511	35	37	+ 474
Other Injuries	18	487	32	79	+ 408
Violence	19	483	46	15	+ 469
Meningitis	20	395	48	8	+ 386
Pertussis	21	317	62	0	+ 317
Breast Cancer	22	274	10	605	- 332
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	265	36	32	+ 233
Suicide	24	236	9	650	- 414
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	226	33	69	+ 157
Stomach Cancer	26	225	12	405	- 179
Oral Cancer	27	220	15	317	- 96
Endocrine Disorders	28	205	37	30	+ 175
Oesophagus Cancer	29	197	24	137	+ 61
Tetanus	30	188	73	0	+ 188
Encephalitis	31	179	61	0	+ 179
Lung Cancers	32	162	4	1,540	- 1,379
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	156	43	22	+ 134
Drownings	34	150	38	29	+ 121
Epilepsy	35	149	42	25	+ 124
Lymphomas	36	142	13	397	- 255
Falls	37	136	18	218	- 82
Hepatitis B	38	130	52	4	+ 126
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	111	5	1,203	- 1,091
Liver Cancer	40	99	7	746	- 647
Parkinson's Disease	41	94	29	90	+ 5
Leukemia	42	92	17	249	- 158
Malnutrition	43	89	63	0	+ 89
Cervical Cancer	44	81	30	85	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	45	79	19	215	- 136
HIV/AIDS	46	70	45	18	+ 52
Poisonings	47	58	60	1	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	48	55	21	204	- 148
Measles	49	53	72	0	+ 53
Fires	50	52	49	7	+ 45
Drug Use	51	49	44	19	+ 30
Appendicitis	52	45	50	6	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	53	43	23	147	- 104
Bladder Cancer	54	41	27	120	- 79
Prostate Cancer	55	39	16	303	- 264
Pancreas Cancer	56	34	11	537	- 503
Malaria	57	28	75	0	+ 28
Alcohol	58	23	47	10	+ 12
Skin Cancers	59	22	34	56	- 34
Syphilis	60	14	65	0	+ 14
Skin Disease	61	14	25	136	- 122
Multiple Sclerosis	62	13	57	3	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	63	4	22	195	- 191
Hepatitis C	64	4	56	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	58	2	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	3	67	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	67	2	64	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	54	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Afghanistan

Singapore

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.