SOMALIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,041	7	7,233	+ 5,808
War	2	8,312	24	1,318	+ 6,994
Stroke	3	6,184	6	8,595	- 2,411
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,753	1	21,712	- 16,959
Low Birth Weight	5	4,098	8	6,250	- 2,152
Birth Trauma	6	3,479	5	9,573	- 6,094
Tuberculosis	7	3,192	4	10,261	- 7,069
Hypertension	8	2,594	18	2,643	- 49
Maternal Conditions	9	2,533	12	4,127	- 1,594
Kidney Disease	10	2,138	21	2,051	+ 87
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,957	11	4,231	- 2,274
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,865	16	2,888	- 1,022
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,802	2	15,363	- 13,560
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,622	15	3,410	- 1,788
Lung Disease	15	1,509	19	2,442	- 934
Liver Disease	16	1,492	13	3,917	- 2,424
Asthma	17	1,104	23	1,878	- 774
Other Injuries	18	1,052	14	3,602	- 2,550
Violence	19	1,044	29	828	+ 215
Meningitis	20	852	9	5,381	- 4,529
Pertussis	21	684	20	2,054	- 1,370
Breast Cancer	22	591	26	1,232	- 640
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	573	32	647	- 75
Suicide	24	510	27	1,219	- 709
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	488	36	559	- 71
Stomach Cancer	26	487	49	310	+ 177
Oral Cancer	27	476	46	328	+ 148
Endocrine Disorders	28	443	44	406	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	29	426	40	516	- 90
Tetanus	30	407	17	2,648	- 2,241
Encephalitis	31	386	63	91	+ 295
Lung Cancers	32	349	54	233	+ 116
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	338	41	446	- 108
Drownings	34	323	25	1,272	- 948
Epilepsy	35	322	43	419	- 97
Lymphomas	36	307	34	605	- 298
Falls	37	294	37	548	- 254
Hepatitis B	38	280	48	315	- 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	241	38	546	- 306
Liver Cancer	40	213	53	256	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	41	204	56	184	+ 20
Leukemia	42	198	35	562	- 364
Malnutrition	43	191	10	4,825	- 4,633
Cervical Cancer	44	175	28	883	- 707
Inflammatory/Heart	45	171	39	521	- 350
HIV/AIDS	46	151	33	610	- 459
Poisonings	47	124	31	758	- 634
Ovary Cancer	48	120	50	295	- 175
Measles	49	114	3	11,576	- 11,462
Fires	50	113	30	810	- 698
Drug Use	51	106	65	54	+ 52
Appendicitis	52	97	55	188	- 91
Uterin Cancer	53	94	64	78	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	54	88	61	149	- 61
Prostate Cancer	55	84	52	285	- 201
Pancreas Cancer	56	74	62	108	- 33
Malaria	57	60	22	1,942	- 1,882
Alcohol	58	49	59	151	- 102
Skin Cancers	59	47	57	164	- 117
Syphilis	60	31	45	378	- 347
Skin Disease	61	30	58	151	- 121
Multiple Sclerosis	62	27	71	8	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	63	9	70	12	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	9	67	34	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	8	66	35	- 27
Ascariasis	66	5	69	30	- 24
Diphtheria	67	5	60	150	- 144
Upper Respiratory	68	3	47	326	- 323
Chlamydia	69	0	72	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	70	0	51	290	- 289
Otitis Media	71	0	68	32	- 31
Dengue	72	0	73	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	42	435	- 435
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Afghanistan

Somalia

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.