TANZANIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	67,585	9	13,215	+ 54,371
War	2	43,078	67	30	+ 43,048
Stroke	3	32,049	7	16,894	+ 15,155
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	24,632	2	26,028	- 1,396
Low Birth Weight	5	21,238	10	12,173	+ 9,065
Birth Trauma	6	18,030	8	15,086	+ 2,944
Tuberculosis	7	16,544	4	20,269	- 3,725
Hypertension	8	13,443	17	5,209	+ 8,234
Maternal Conditions	9	13,127	12	6,835	+ 6,292
Kidney Disease	10	11,081	19	4,547	+ 6,534
Road Traffic Accidents	11	10,144	5	18,054	- 7,909
Diabetes Mellitus	12	9,668	15	6,247	+ 3,421
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	9,341	6	17,587	- 8,246
Congenital Anomalies	14	8,408	11	9,791	- 1,382
Lung Disease	15	7,819	22	3,051	+ 4,767
Liver Disease	16	7,734	13	6,586	+ 1,148
Asthma	17	5,722	30	1,700	+ 4,021
Other Injuries	18	5,450	20	4,270	+ 1,180
Violence	19	5,409	18	4,713	+ 696
Meningitis	20	4,415	21	3,188	+ 1,227
Pertussis	21	3,544	23	2,774	+ 770
Breast Cancer	22	3,064	37	1,285	+ 1,779
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	2,968	27	2,048	+ 920
Suicide	24	2,644	24	2,474	+ 170
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	2,530	46	462	+ 2,068
Stomach Cancer	26	2,523	39	1,190	+ 1,333
Oral Cancer	27	2,467	31	1,646	+ 821
Endocrine Disorders	28	2,293	29	1,778	+ 515
Oesophagus Cancer	29	2,210	25	2,247	- 37
Tetanus	30	2,109	49	402	+ 1,707
Encephalitis	31	2,001	59	199	+ 1,803
Lung Cancers	32	1,809	61	159	+ 1,650
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	1,750	50	401	+ 1,349
Drownings	34	1,675	32	1,642	+ 33
Epilepsy	35	1,669	43	707	+ 962
Lymphomas	36	1,591	41	805	+ 785
Falls	37	1,522	34	1,533	- 11
Hepatitis B	38	1,452	60	168	+ 1,284
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	1,247	33	1,567	- 321
Liver Cancer	40	1,105	36	1,413	- 309
Parkinson's Disease	41	1,055	45	513	+ 542
Leukemia	42	1,026	47	416	+ 610
Malnutrition	43	991	16	5,574	- 4,584
Cervical Cancer	44	909	14	6,424	- 5,514
Inflammatory/Heart	45	886	38	1,227	- 342
HIV/AIDS	46	780	1	27,402	- 26,622
Poisonings	47	645	40	1,170	- 525
Ovary Cancer	48	621	53	337	+ 284
Measles	49	589	55	295	+ 295
Fires	50	585	35	1,424	- 839
Drug Use	51	552	48	404	+ 148
Appendicitis	52	502	58	218	+ 284
Uterin Cancer	53	485	57	218	+ 267
Bladder Cancer	54	457	44	667	- 210
Prostate Cancer	55	434	28	1,819	- 1,385
Pancreas Cancer	56	386	62	158	+ 228
Malaria	57	312	3	21,758	- 21,446
Alcohol	58	252	56	270	- 18
Skin Cancers	59	244	42	744	- 501
Syphilis	60	158	26	2,115	- 1,957
Skin Disease	61	158	52	359	- 201
Multiple Sclerosis	62	141	68	27	+ 115
Other Neoplasms	63	48	64	58	- 9
Hepatitis C	64	47	66	40	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	43	63	81	- 38
Ascariasis	66	28	65	56	- 27
Diphtheria	67	28	70	11	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	68	16	54	299	- 283
Chlamydia	69	2	71	9	- 7
Leishmaniasis	70	2	77	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	1	69	17	- 16
Dengue	72	0	73	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	371	- 371
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	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 TANZANIA

Afghanistan

Tanzania

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.