SLOVAKIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SLOVAKIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,574	1	10,654	- 5,080
War	2	3,553	68	1	+ 3,552
Stroke	3	2,643	3	3,756	- 1,113
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,031	6	2,024	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	5	1,751	39	97	+ 1,654
Birth Trauma	6	1,487	52	15	+ 1,472
Tuberculosis	7	1,364	50	26	+ 1,338
Hypertension	8	1,109	11	1,034	+ 74
Maternal Conditions	9	1,083	63	3	+ 1,080
Kidney Disease	10	914	14	830	+ 84
Road Traffic Accidents	11	837	27	331	+ 506
Diabetes Mellitus	12	797	16	750	+ 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	770	47	34	+ 736
Congenital Anomalies	14	693	36	167	+ 527
Lung Disease	15	645	9	1,121	- 477
Liver Disease	16	638	7	1,425	- 788
Asthma	17	472	44	47	+ 425
Other Injuries	18	449	20	554	- 104
Violence	19	446	42	59	+ 387
Meningitis	20	364	51	25	+ 339
Pertussis	21	292	61	4	+ 289
Breast Cancer	22	253	10	1,071	- 818
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	245	2	4,482	- 4,237
Suicide	24	218	19	660	- 442
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	209	31	274	- 65
Stomach Cancer	26	208	15	827	- 619
Oral Cancer	27	203	18	716	- 512
Endocrine Disorders	28	189	37	163	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	29	182	28	314	- 131
Tetanus	30	174	71	0	+ 174
Encephalitis	31	165	67	1	+ 164
Lung Cancers	32	149	4	2,562	- 2,413
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	144	41	70	+ 75
Drownings	34	138	38	144	- 5
Epilepsy	35	138	35	168	- 30
Lymphomas	36	131	17	736	- 605
Falls	37	126	8	1,277	- 1,152
Hepatitis B	38	120	56	8	+ 112
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	103	5	2,528	- 2,425
Liver Cancer	40	91	22	469	- 378
Parkinson's Disease	41	87	29	310	- 223
Leukemia	42	85	23	448	- 364
Malnutrition	43	82	49	29	+ 53
Cervical Cancer	44	75	32	273	- 198
Inflammatory/Heart	45	73	25	339	- 265
HIV/AIDS	46	64	65	2	+ 62
Poisonings	47	53	48	30	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	48	51	26	334	- 283
Measles	49	49	72	0	+ 49
Fires	50	48	46	39	+ 10
Drug Use	51	46	45	45	+ 1
Appendicitis	52	41	55	9	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	53	40	30	280	- 240
Bladder Cancer	54	38	21	489	- 451
Prostate Cancer	55	36	12	968	- 932
Pancreas Cancer	56	32	13	876	- 844
Malaria	57	26	77	0	+ 26
Alcohol	58	21	33	219	- 198
Skin Cancers	59	20	24	357	- 337
Syphilis	60	13	62	3	+ 10
Skin Disease	61	13	34	170	- 157
Multiple Sclerosis	62	12	43	55	- 43
Other Neoplasms	63	4	40	93	- 89
Hepatitis C	64	4	54	12	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	53	15	- 11
Ascariasis	66	2	80	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	2	70	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	58	6	- 5
Chlamydia	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	64	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	60	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	59	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	7	- 7
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVAKIA

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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.