SOLOMON ISL. VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	728	1	975	- 247
War	2	464	65	0	+ 464
Stroke	3	345	2	670	- 325
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	265	3	371	- 105
Low Birth Weight	5	229	14	65	+ 164
Birth Trauma	6	194	21	51	+ 143
Tuberculosis	7	178	23	45	+ 134
Hypertension	8	145	13	76	+ 69
Maternal Conditions	9	141	22	46	+ 96
Kidney Disease	10	119	15	64	+ 56
Road Traffic Accidents	11	109	8	111	- 1
Diabetes Mellitus	12	104	4	322	- 218
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	101	5	218	- 118
Congenital Anomalies	14	91	16	63	+ 28
Lung Disease	15	84	6	209	- 124
Liver Disease	16	83	10	89	- 6
Asthma	17	62	12	78	- 17
Other Injuries	18	59	17	60	- 1
Violence	19	58	30	26	+ 32
Meningitis	20	48	43	13	+ 35
Pertussis	21	38	50	7	+ 31
Breast Cancer	22	33	26	34	- 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	32	28	32	+ 0
Suicide	24	28	9	98	- 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	27	32	22	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	26	27	44	12	+ 15
Oral Cancer	27	27	49	8	+ 19
Endocrine Disorders	28	25	39	15	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	29	24	57	1	+ 23
Tetanus	30	23	59	1	+ 22
Encephalitis	31	22	54	2	+ 20
Lung Cancers	32	19	27	33	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	19	19	59	- 40
Drownings	34	18	11	80	- 62
Epilepsy	35	18	45	11	+ 7
Lymphomas	36	17	42	13	+ 4
Falls	37	16	20	55	- 38
Hepatitis B	38	16	53	3	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	13	31	23	- 10
Liver Cancer	40	12	18	60	- 48
Parkinson's Disease	41	11	34	21	- 10
Leukemia	42	11	35	20	- 9
Malnutrition	43	11	36	19	- 8
Cervical Cancer	44	10	25	41	- 32
Inflammatory/Heart	45	10	37	17	- 8
HIV/AIDS	46	8	80	0	+ 8
Poisonings	47	7	38	15	- 8
Ovary Cancer	48	7	33	21	- 15
Measles	49	6	75	0	+ 6
Fires	50	6	40	14	- 8
Drug Use	51	6	58	1	+ 5
Appendicitis	52	5	55	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	53	5	47	9	- 3
Bladder Cancer	54	5	52	4	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	55	5	41	13	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	56	4	51	4	- 0
Malaria	57	3	7	146	- 142
Alcohol	58	3	48	9	- 6
Skin Cancers	59	3	69	0	+ 3
Syphilis	60	2	29	28	- 26
Skin Disease	61	2	46	10	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	61	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	56	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	62	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	0	60	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	24	41	- 41
Hookworm Disease	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	71	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Afghanistan

Solomon Isl.

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.