URUGUAY VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,432	1	4,265	- 833
War	2	2,187	70	0	+ 2,187
Stroke	3	1,627	2	2,850	- 1,223
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,251	6	1,370	- 120
Low Birth Weight	5	1,078	42	73	+ 1,005
Birth Trauma	6	915	53	22	+ 893
Tuberculosis	7	840	41	81	+ 759
Hypertension	8	683	15	648	+ 34
Maternal Conditions	9	667	60	9	+ 658
Kidney Disease	10	563	8	1,040	- 477
Road Traffic Accidents	11	515	16	512	+ 3
Diabetes Mellitus	12	491	11	747	- 256
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	474	35	134	+ 340
Congenital Anomalies	14	427	30	170	+ 257
Lung Disease	15	397	4	1,706	- 1,309
Liver Disease	16	393	27	206	+ 187
Asthma	17	291	37	127	+ 164
Other Injuries	18	277	10	774	- 497
Violence	19	275	23	295	- 20
Meningitis	20	224	58	10	+ 214
Pertussis	21	180	72	0	+ 180
Breast Cancer	22	156	9	848	- 692
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	151	3	1,899	- 1,748
Suicide	24	134	12	735	- 601
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	128	46	57	+ 72
Stomach Cancer	26	128	18	480	- 352
Oral Cancer	27	125	31	167	- 42
Endocrine Disorders	28	116	17	487	- 371
Oesophagus Cancer	29	112	24	286	- 174
Tetanus	30	107	71	0	+ 107
Encephalitis	31	102	64	4	+ 98
Lung Cancers	32	92	5	1,463	- 1,371
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	89	50	39	+ 50
Drownings	34	85	45	65	+ 20
Epilepsy	35	85	40	86	- 1
Lymphomas	36	81	20	457	- 377
Falls	37	77	47	55	+ 22
Hepatitis B	38	74	63	4	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	63	7	1,245	- 1,182
Liver Cancer	40	56	34	147	- 91
Parkinson's Disease	41	54	21	320	- 267
Leukemia	42	52	25	280	- 228
Malnutrition	43	50	43	73	- 23
Cervical Cancer	44	46	29	172	- 126
Inflammatory/Heart	45	45	22	314	- 269
HIV/AIDS	46	40	28	195	- 156
Poisonings	47	33	55	17	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	48	32	32	160	- 129
Measles	49	30	74	0	+ 30
Fires	50	30	48	54	- 25
Drug Use	51	28	49	41	- 13
Appendicitis	52	25	59	9	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	53	25	38	115	- 91
Bladder Cancer	54	23	26	276	- 253
Prostate Cancer	55	22	13	707	- 685
Pancreas Cancer	56	20	14	656	- 636
Malaria	57	16	79	0	+ 16
Alcohol	58	13	39	104	- 92
Skin Cancers	59	12	33	149	- 137
Syphilis	60	8	66	3	+ 5
Skin Disease	61	8	36	130	- 122
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	56	13	- 6
Other Neoplasms	63	2	19	464	- 461
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	51	35	- 32
Ascariasis	66	1	80	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	5	- 4
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Afghanistan

Uruguay

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.