SWAZILAND VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,140	5	755	+ 385
War	2	727	71	0	+ 727
Stroke	3	541	4	800	- 260
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	416	2	921	- 505
Low Birth Weight	5	358	14	233	+ 125
Birth Trauma	6	304	18	166	+ 138
Tuberculosis	7	279	13	256	+ 23
Hypertension	8	227	10	292	- 65
Maternal Conditions	9	221	21	116	+ 106
Kidney Disease	10	187	8	381	- 194
Road Traffic Accidents	11	171	7	384	- 213
Diabetes Mellitus	12	163	3	892	- 729
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	158	6	517	- 360
Congenital Anomalies	14	142	19	160	- 19
Lung Disease	15	132	12	264	- 133
Liver Disease	16	130	11	274	- 143
Asthma	17	97	20	150	- 53
Other Injuries	18	92	17	190	- 98
Violence	19	91	16	212	- 121
Meningitis	20	74	23	97	- 23
Pertussis	21	60	33	39	+ 21
Breast Cancer	22	52	35	37	+ 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	50	27	77	- 27
Suicide	24	45	9	338	- 293
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	43	29	51	- 8
Stomach Cancer	26	43	53	7	+ 36
Oral Cancer	27	42	51	10	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	28	39	28	74	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	29	37	44	18	+ 19
Tetanus	30	36	62	4	+ 32
Encephalitis	31	34	59	5	+ 29
Lung Cancers	32	31	46	17	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	30	39	26	+ 3
Drownings	34	28	25	87	- 59
Epilepsy	35	28	30	46	- 18
Lymphomas	36	27	36	31	- 4
Falls	37	26	32	41	- 16
Hepatitis B	38	24	57	6	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	21	43	19	+ 2
Liver Cancer	40	19	37	29	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	41	18	41	24	- 6
Leukemia	42	17	47	16	+ 1
Malnutrition	43	17	22	106	- 89
Cervical Cancer	44	15	15	215	- 200
Inflammatory/Heart	45	15	24	94	- 79
HIV/AIDS	46	13	1	2,314	- 2,300
Poisonings	47	11	34	37	- 27
Ovary Cancer	48	10	52	10	+ 1
Measles	49	10	64	1	+ 9
Fires	50	10	26	84	- 74
Drug Use	51	9	38	27	- 18
Appendicitis	52	8	54	7	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	53	8	50	11	- 3
Bladder Cancer	54	8	55	6	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	55	7	31	45	- 38
Pancreas Cancer	56	7	56	6	+ 0
Malaria	57	5	67	0	+ 5
Alcohol	58	4	48	16	- 12
Skin Cancers	59	4	42	20	- 16
Syphilis	60	3	45	17	- 15
Skin Disease	61	3	40	25	- 23
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	63	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	61	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	58	5	- 4
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	4	- 4
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	49	13	- 13
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Afghanistan

Swaziland

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.