TRINIDAD/TOB. VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,412	1	1,476	- 64
War	2	900	46	17	+ 883
Stroke	3	669	3	822	- 153
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	514	10	205	+ 309
Low Birth Weight	5	444	23	83	+ 361
Birth Trauma	6	377	40	25	+ 351
Tuberculosis	7	346	43	22	+ 324
Hypertension	8	281	11	201	+ 79
Maternal Conditions	9	274	50	10	+ 264
Kidney Disease	10	231	5	439	- 208
Road Traffic Accidents	11	212	15	130	+ 82
Diabetes Mellitus	12	202	2	1,275	- 1,073
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	195	45	18	+ 177
Congenital Anomalies	14	176	22	93	+ 82
Lung Disease	15	163	16	129	+ 34
Liver Disease	16	162	14	136	+ 26
Asthma	17	119	35	40	+ 79
Other Injuries	18	114	30	61	+ 53
Violence	19	113	4	549	- 436
Meningitis	20	92	52	9	+ 83
Pertussis	21	74	67	0	+ 74
Breast Cancer	22	64	7	258	- 194
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	62	9	215	- 153
Suicide	24	55	17	121	- 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	53	31	52	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	26	53	26	69	- 16
Oral Cancer	27	52	38	31	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	28	48	18	119	- 71
Oesophagus Cancer	29	46	41	24	+ 22
Tetanus	30	44	65	0	+ 44
Encephalitis	31	42	54	6	+ 36
Lung Cancers	32	38	8	217	- 179
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	37	49	11	+ 25
Drownings	34	35	39	31	+ 4
Epilepsy	35	35	37	32	+ 3
Lymphomas	36	33	20	111	- 78
Falls	37	32	33	43	- 11
Hepatitis B	38	30	60	0	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	26	13	196	- 170
Liver Cancer	40	23	28	66	- 43
Parkinson's Disease	41	22	32	51	- 29
Leukemia	42	21	29	62	- 41
Malnutrition	43	21	47	17	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	44	19	21	97	- 78
Inflammatory/Heart	45	19	25	72	- 54
HIV/AIDS	46	16	12	196	- 180
Poisonings	47	13	59	1	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	48	13	24	80	- 67
Measles	49	12	76	0	+ 12
Fires	50	12	48	16	- 4
Drug Use	51	12	44	19	- 7
Appendicitis	52	10	56	4	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	53	10	27	68	- 58
Bladder Cancer	54	10	34	41	- 31
Prostate Cancer	55	9	6	330	- 321
Pancreas Cancer	56	8	19	114	- 106
Malaria	57	7	72	0	+ 7
Alcohol	58	5	42	23	- 18
Skin Cancers	59	5	57	4	+ 1
Syphilis	60	3	61	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	61	3	36	39	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	58	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	51	10	- 9
Hepatitis C	64	1	62	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	53	8	- 7
Ascariasis	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	63	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	55	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Afghanistan

Trinidad/Tob.

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.