ZAMBIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,837	10	4,432	+ 16,405
War	2	13,281	69	6	+ 13,275
Stroke	3	9,881	3	7,948	+ 1,933
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,594	2	9,517	- 1,923
Low Birth Weight	5	6,548	8	4,857	+ 1,691
Birth Trauma	6	5,559	7	5,062	+ 497
Tuberculosis	7	5,101	6	5,941	- 841
Hypertension	8	4,145	13	2,616	+ 1,528
Maternal Conditions	9	4,047	22	1,188	+ 2,859
Kidney Disease	10	3,416	18	1,760	+ 1,656
Road Traffic Accidents	11	3,128	11	3,654	- 526
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,981	14	2,395	+ 586
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	2,880	5	6,275	- 3,395
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,592	12	3,146	- 553
Lung Disease	15	2,411	21	1,273	+ 1,138
Liver Disease	16	2,385	9	4,501	- 2,116
Asthma	17	1,764	26	741	+ 1,023
Other Injuries	18	1,680	19	1,729	- 48
Violence	19	1,668	23	1,153	+ 514
Meningitis	20	1,361	16	1,976	- 615
Pertussis	21	1,093	25	743	+ 350
Breast Cancer	22	945	35	366	+ 579
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	915	29	590	+ 325
Suicide	24	815	20	1,303	- 487
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	780	40	246	+ 535
Stomach Cancer	26	778	42	206	+ 571
Oral Cancer	27	761	48	155	+ 605
Endocrine Disorders	28	707	37	354	+ 353
Oesophagus Cancer	29	681	36	359	+ 323
Tetanus	30	650	44	190	+ 460
Encephalitis	31	617	59	70	+ 547
Lung Cancers	32	558	41	226	+ 332
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	540	45	190	+ 350
Drownings	34	516	27	689	- 173
Epilepsy	35	515	38	332	+ 183
Lymphomas	36	490	31	548	- 57
Falls	37	469	28	596	- 127
Hepatitis B	38	448	55	104	+ 343
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	384	43	203	+ 182
Liver Cancer	40	341	46	177	+ 164
Parkinson's Disease	41	325	47	164	+ 161
Leukemia	42	316	39	261	+ 55
Malnutrition	43	305	15	2,303	- 1,997
Cervical Cancer	44	280	17	1,799	- 1,518
Inflammatory/Heart	45	273	33	501	- 228
HIV/AIDS	46	241	1	17,234	- 16,994
Poisonings	47	199	34	456	- 257
Ovary Cancer	48	191	57	82	+ 109
Measles	49	182	61	48	+ 133
Fires	50	180	32	546	- 366
Drug Use	51	170	53	122	+ 48
Appendicitis	52	155	56	84	+ 71
Uterin Cancer	53	150	64	30	+ 120
Bladder Cancer	54	141	50	132	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	55	134	30	561	- 428
Pancreas Cancer	56	119	62	42	+ 77
Malaria	57	96	4	7,882	- 7,786
Alcohol	58	78	49	140	- 62
Skin Cancers	59	75	54	108	- 33
Syphilis	60	49	24	885	- 836
Skin Disease	61	49	52	126	- 77
Multiple Sclerosis	62	44	67	13	+ 30
Other Neoplasms	63	15	65	20	- 5
Hepatitis C	64	14	66	18	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	13	63	30	- 17
Ascariasis	66	9	68	9	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	9	73	3	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	68	5	60	68	- 63
Chlamydia	69	1	71	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	70	1	58	72	- 72
Otitis Media	71	0	70	5	- 5
Dengue	72	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	128	- 128
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Afghanistan

Zambia

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.