SURINAME VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	648	1	650	- 2
War	2	413	66	0	+ 413
Stroke	3	307	2	615	- 308
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	236	5	171	+ 66
Low Birth Weight	5	204	19	51	+ 152
Birth Trauma	6	173	30	28	+ 145
Tuberculosis	7	159	37	17	+ 142
Hypertension	8	129	9	134	- 5
Maternal Conditions	9	126	41	14	+ 112
Kidney Disease	10	106	4	281	- 175
Road Traffic Accidents	11	97	13	89	+ 8
Diabetes Mellitus	12	93	3	286	- 194
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	90	27	31	+ 58
Congenital Anomalies	14	81	22	40	+ 41
Lung Disease	15	75	12	93	- 18
Liver Disease	16	74	8	134	- 60
Asthma	17	55	39	16	+ 39
Other Injuries	18	52	15	73	- 20
Violence	19	52	26	34	+ 18
Meningitis	20	42	50	5	+ 37
Pertussis	21	34	59	1	+ 33
Breast Cancer	22	29	17	55	- 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	28	10	117	- 89
Suicide	24	25	6	148	- 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	24	28	29	- 4
Stomach Cancer	26	24	33	25	- 1
Oral Cancer	27	24	40	16	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	28	22	24	37	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	29	21	56	2	+ 19
Tetanus	30	20	62	1	+ 19
Encephalitis	31	19	51	4	+ 15
Lung Cancers	32	17	11	102	- 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	17	47	6	+ 10
Drownings	34	16	29	28	- 12
Epilepsy	35	16	36	18	- 2
Lymphomas	36	15	34	23	- 7
Falls	37	15	25	34	- 20
Hepatitis B	38	14	63	1	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	12	16	72	- 61
Liver Cancer	40	11	21	45	- 34
Parkinson's Disease	41	10	31	28	- 18
Leukemia	42	10	35	20	- 10
Malnutrition	43	9	43	13	- 4
Cervical Cancer	44	9	20	48	- 39
Inflammatory/Heart	45	8	23	37	- 29
HIV/AIDS	46	7	7	138	- 131
Poisonings	47	6	57	2	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	48	6	42	14	- 8
Measles	49	6	73	0	+ 6
Fires	50	6	44	13	- 7
Drug Use	51	5	45	7	- 2
Appendicitis	52	5	53	3	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	53	5	49	5	- 1
Bladder Cancer	54	4	48	5	- 1
Prostate Cancer	55	4	14	78	- 74
Pancreas Cancer	56	4	32	26	- 23
Malaria	57	3	78	0	+ 3
Alcohol	58	2	38	16	- 14
Skin Cancers	59	2	60	1	+ 1
Syphilis	60	2	52	3	- 2
Skin Disease	61	2	18	53	- 52
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	61	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	63	0	54	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	0	58	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	46	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	55	2	- 2
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	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 SURINAME

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.