SWITZERLAND VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,877	1	10,713	- 1,837
War	2	5,658	67	1	+ 5,657
Stroke	3	4,209	3	3,918	+ 292
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,235	8	1,949	+ 1,286
Low Birth Weight	5	2,789	43	105	+ 2,684
Birth Trauma	6	2,368	52	32	+ 2,336
Tuberculosis	7	2,173	56	21	+ 2,152
Hypertension	8	1,766	6	2,471	- 706
Maternal Conditions	9	1,724	64	4	+ 1,720
Kidney Disease	10	1,455	13	1,261	+ 194
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,332	34	193	+ 1,139
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,270	17	1,022	+ 248
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,227	35	186	+ 1,041
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,104	31	305	+ 799
Lung Disease	15	1,027	5	2,902	- 1,875
Liver Disease	16	1,016	21	677	+ 339
Asthma	17	751	46	95	+ 657
Other Injuries	18	716	30	410	+ 306
Violence	19	710	51	42	+ 668
Meningitis	20	580	57	20	+ 560
Pertussis	21	465	73	0	+ 465
Breast Cancer	22	402	11	1,577	- 1,175
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	390	2	7,192	- 6,802
Suicide	24	347	14	1,249	- 902
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	332	41	122	+ 210
Stomach Cancer	26	331	24	614	- 282
Oral Cancer	27	324	26	500	- 176
Endocrine Disorders	28	301	25	593	- 292
Oesophagus Cancer	29	290	28	491	- 201
Tetanus	30	277	70	0	+ 277
Encephalitis	31	263	68	1	+ 262
Lung Cancers	32	238	4	3,520	- 3,282
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	230	48	78	+ 152
Drownings	34	220	50	49	+ 171
Epilepsy	35	219	39	159	+ 61
Lymphomas	36	209	15	1,131	- 922
Falls	37	200	9	1,919	- 1,719
Hepatitis B	38	191	63	5	+ 186
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	164	7	1,995	- 1,831
Liver Cancer	40	145	19	805	- 660
Parkinson's Disease	41	139	18	857	- 719
Leukemia	42	135	22	671	- 536
Malnutrition	43	130	47	84	+ 46
Cervical Cancer	44	119	42	105	+ 14
Inflammatory/Heart	45	116	16	1,027	- 910
HIV/AIDS	46	102	54	29	+ 73
Poisonings	47	85	60	13	+ 72
Ovary Cancer	48	82	29	457	- 376
Measles	49	77	75	0	+ 77
Fires	50	77	55	21	+ 56
Drug Use	51	72	36	176	- 104
Appendicitis	52	66	59	15	+ 51
Uterin Cancer	53	64	33	224	- 160
Bladder Cancer	54	60	23	669	- 609
Prostate Cancer	55	57	10	1,579	- 1,522
Pancreas Cancer	56	51	12	1,486	- 1,435
Malaria	57	41	77	0	+ 41
Alcohol	58	33	32	229	- 196
Skin Cancers	59	32	27	493	- 461
Syphilis	60	21	65	2	+ 19
Skin Disease	61	21	40	129	- 109
Multiple Sclerosis	62	19	38	160	- 141
Other Neoplasms	63	6	20	681	- 675
Hepatitis C	64	6	58	15	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	6	49	68	- 62
Ascariasis	66	4	82	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	67	4	74	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	68	2	61	11	- 9
Chlamydia	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	66	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	45	96	- 96
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	102	- 102
Osteoarthritis	84	0	37	170	- 170
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Afghanistan

Switzerland

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.