SLOVENIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,102	1	3,617	- 1,515
War	2	1,340	61	0	+ 1,339
Stroke	3	997	2	1,977	- 981
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	766	13	412	+ 354
Low Birth Weight	5	660	43	17	+ 644
Birth Trauma	6	561	57	1	+ 559
Tuberculosis	7	514	46	15	+ 500
Hypertension	8	418	4	881	- 463
Maternal Conditions	9	408	56	1	+ 407
Kidney Disease	10	345	28	143	+ 201
Road Traffic Accidents	11	315	31	105	+ 210
Diabetes Mellitus	12	301	18	340	- 40
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	290	52	4	+ 286
Congenital Anomalies	14	261	38	49	+ 212
Lung Disease	15	243	7	675	- 432
Liver Disease	16	241	12	429	- 189
Asthma	17	178	45	16	+ 162
Other Injuries	18	169	23	203	- 33
Violence	19	168	42	19	+ 149
Meningitis	20	137	50	5	+ 132
Pertussis	21	110	66	0	+ 110
Breast Cancer	22	95	9	484	- 389
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	92	16	375	- 283
Suicide	24	82	14	411	- 329
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	79	37	55	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	26	78	17	341	- 262
Oral Cancer	27	77	27	145	- 68
Endocrine Disorders	28	71	33	93	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	29	69	32	93	- 24
Tetanus	30	66	59	1	+ 65
Encephalitis	31	62	65	0	+ 62
Lung Cancers	32	56	3	1,261	- 1,205
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	54	26	151	- 97
Drownings	34	52	44	17	+ 35
Epilepsy	35	52	35	62	- 10
Lymphomas	36	49	11	465	- 416
Falls	37	47	6	708	- 660
Hepatitis B	38	45	58	1	+ 44
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	39	5	743	- 704
Liver Cancer	40	34	19	285	- 250
Parkinson's Disease	41	33	24	196	- 164
Leukemia	42	32	21	225	- 193
Malnutrition	43	31	64	0	+ 31
Cervical Cancer	44	28	36	60	- 32
Inflammatory/Heart	45	28	20	239	- 212
HIV/AIDS	46	24	70	0	+ 24
Poisonings	47	20	51	4	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	48	19	29	122	- 103
Measles	49	18	76	0	+ 18
Fires	50	18	48	8	+ 10
Drug Use	51	17	41	24	- 7
Appendicitis	52	16	54	2	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	53	15	30	106	- 90
Bladder Cancer	54	14	22	211	- 197
Prostate Cancer	55	13	10	476	- 463
Pancreas Cancer	56	12	15	409	- 397
Malaria	57	10	81	0	+ 10
Alcohol	58	8	8	511	- 503
Skin Cancers	59	8	25	191	- 183
Syphilis	60	5	55	2	+ 3
Skin Disease	61	5	49	5	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	39	35	- 30
Other Neoplasms	63	2	34	69	- 68
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	40	30	- 28
Ascariasis	66	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	62	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	47	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	60	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	53	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

Afghanistan

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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.