YEMEN VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,199	1	30,158	+ 2,041
War	2	20,523	3	12,915	+ 7,608
Stroke	3	15,269	2	13,570	+ 1,699
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	11,735	4	11,978	- 243
Low Birth Weight	5	10,118	5	8,810	+ 1,308
Birth Trauma	6	8,590	7	5,939	+ 2,650
Tuberculosis	7	7,882	18	1,899	+ 5,982
Hypertension	8	6,405	8	5,293	+ 1,111
Maternal Conditions	9	6,254	32	890	+ 5,364
Kidney Disease	10	5,279	15	2,679	+ 2,601
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,833	6	8,561	- 3,728
Diabetes Mellitus	12	4,606	19	1,794	+ 2,811
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	4,450	9	4,372	+ 78
Congenital Anomalies	14	4,006	10	4,291	- 285
Lung Disease	15	3,725	11	3,196	+ 529
Liver Disease	16	3,685	13	2,891	+ 793
Asthma	17	2,726	17	2,106	+ 620
Other Injuries	18	2,597	16	2,225	+ 371
Violence	19	2,577	14	2,839	- 262
Meningitis	20	2,103	28	1,018	+ 1,085
Pertussis	21	1,688	23	1,239	+ 449
Breast Cancer	22	1,460	26	1,134	+ 326
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,414	22	1,405	+ 9
Suicide	24	1,260	21	1,699	- 439
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,206	33	833	+ 372
Stomach Cancer	26	1,202	31	902	+ 300
Oral Cancer	27	1,175	42	547	+ 628
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,093	36	738	+ 355
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,053	35	765	+ 288
Tetanus	30	1,005	47	395	+ 610
Encephalitis	31	953	48	369	+ 585
Lung Cancers	32	862	41	569	+ 293
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	834	37	707	+ 127
Drownings	34	798	25	1,142	- 344
Epilepsy	35	795	43	539	+ 256
Lymphomas	36	758	45	433	+ 325
Falls	37	725	24	1,170	- 445
Hepatitis B	38	692	50	299	+ 392
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	594	30	913	- 319
Liver Cancer	40	526	39	609	- 83
Parkinson's Disease	41	503	49	362	+ 141
Leukemia	42	489	34	776	- 288
Malnutrition	43	472	27	1,058	- 586
Cervical Cancer	44	433	57	119	+ 314
Inflammatory/Heart	45	422	40	585	- 163
HIV/AIDS	46	372	46	396	- 24
Poisonings	47	307	44	532	- 224
Ovary Cancer	48	296	52	188	+ 108
Measles	49	281	12	3,019	- 2,739
Fires	50	279	29	991	- 712
Drug Use	51	263	38	613	- 350
Appendicitis	52	239	54	162	+ 77
Uterin Cancer	53	231	69	5	+ 226
Bladder Cancer	54	218	55	160	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	55	207	63	39	+ 167
Pancreas Cancer	56	184	51	283	- 99
Malaria	57	149	20	1,719	- 1,570
Alcohol	58	120	59	78	+ 42
Skin Cancers	59	116	58	100	+ 16
Syphilis	60	75	53	175	- 100
Skin Disease	61	75	61	44	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	62	67	62	42	+ 26
Other Neoplasms	63	23	64	21	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	22	68	8	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	20	66	14	+ 6
Ascariasis	66	14	65	17	- 3
Diphtheria	67	13	67	14	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	7	70	5	+ 3
Chlamydia	69	1	72	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	1	71	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	60	71	- 71
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	56	124	- 124
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	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 YEMEN

Afghanistan

Yemen

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.