SOUTH AFRICA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	60,553	3	32,739	+ 27,814
War	2	38,596	64	66	+ 38,530
Stroke	3	28,714	4	30,693	- 1,979
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	22,069	2	39,341	- 17,272
Low Birth Weight	5	19,028	16	6,250	+ 12,778
Birth Trauma	6	16,154	30	3,004	+ 13,150
Tuberculosis	7	14,822	6	21,965	- 7,143
Hypertension	8	12,044	12	12,789	- 744
Maternal Conditions	9	11,761	38	1,700	+ 10,061
Kidney Disease	10	9,928	9	15,302	- 5,374
Road Traffic Accidents	11	9,089	11	13,014	- 3,925
Diabetes Mellitus	12	8,662	5	30,188	- 21,526
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	8,369	8	15,843	- 7,474
Congenital Anomalies	14	7,534	25	4,351	+ 3,183
Lung Disease	15	7,005	13	11,895	- 4,890
Liver Disease	16	6,929	14	9,013	- 2,084
Asthma	17	5,126	18	5,966	- 840
Other Injuries	18	4,883	17	6,014	- 1,130
Violence	19	4,846	7	21,000	- 16,154
Meningitis	20	3,955	26	3,660	+ 295
Pertussis	21	3,175	43	1,142	+ 2,033
Breast Cancer	22	2,745	23	4,533	- 1,789
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	2,659	22	4,676	- 2,017
Suicide	24	2,369	10	13,774	- 11,405
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	2,267	36	1,894	+ 373
Stomach Cancer	26	2,261	39	1,535	+ 726
Oral Cancer	27	2,210	41	1,406	+ 805
Endocrine Disorders	28	2,055	19	5,890	- 3,835
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,980	29	3,486	- 1,506
Tetanus	30	1,889	65	38	+ 1,852
Encephalitis	31	1,793	59	234	+ 1,559
Lung Cancers	32	1,621	15	7,705	- 6,084
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	1,568	47	1,015	+ 553
Drownings	34	1,501	32	2,403	- 903
Epilepsy	35	1,495	37	1,870	- 374
Lymphomas	36	1,425	31	2,818	- 1,392
Falls	37	1,364	42	1,399	- 35
Hepatitis B	38	1,301	61	139	+ 1,161
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	1,117	28	3,587	- 2,470
Liver Cancer	40	990	33	2,383	- 1,393
Parkinson's Disease	41	945	46	1,077	- 132
Leukemia	42	919	40	1,464	- 544
Malnutrition	43	888	34	2,381	- 1,493
Cervical Cancer	44	815	20	5,555	- 4,741
Inflammatory/Heart	45	794	21	5,408	- 4,615
HIV/AIDS	46	699	1	71,996	- 71,297
Poisonings	47	578	50	975	- 398
Ovary Cancer	48	556	51	951	- 394
Measles	49	528	57	270	+ 257
Fires	50	524	27	3,618	- 3,093
Drug Use	51	494	53	770	- 275
Appendicitis	52	450	56	274	+ 176
Uterin Cancer	53	435	54	512	- 78
Bladder Cancer	54	410	52	829	- 419
Prostate Cancer	55	389	24	4,374	- 3,985
Pancreas Cancer	56	345	35	2,007	- 1,662
Malaria	57	279	63	83	+ 197
Alcohol	58	226	49	987	- 761
Skin Cancers	59	218	48	993	- 775
Syphilis	60	142	44	1,130	- 988
Skin Disease	61	142	45	1,101	- 960
Multiple Sclerosis	62	126	62	113	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	63	43	58	267	- 223
Hepatitis C	64	42	70	8	+ 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	38	55	376	- 337
Ascariasis	66	25	71	3	+ 23
Diphtheria	67	25	69	16	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	68	14	60	223	- 209
Chlamydia	69	2	68	18	- 16
Leishmaniasis	70	2	77	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	1	67	19	- 18
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	66	35	- 35
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Afghanistan

South Africa

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.