AFGHANISTAN VS AZERBAIJAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AZERBAIJAN		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	125,518	1	40,195	+ 85,323
Stroke	2	48,745	3	19,060	+ 29,685
Liver Disease	3	13,331	16	4,600	+ 8,731
Diabetes Mellitus	4	8,976	12	5,750	+ 3,227
Hypertension	5	8,927	8	7,995	+ 932
Lung Disease	6	6,928	15	4,650	+ 2,278
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	6,711	4	14,649	- 7,939
Inflammatory/Heart	8	6,332	45	527	+ 5,805
Kidney Disease	9	5,991	10	6,590	- 600
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,162	23	1,765	+ 3,397
Lung Cancers	11	5,059	32	1,076	+ 3,983
Stomach Cancer	12	4,894	26	1,501	+ 3,393
Breast Cancer	13	3,455	22	1,822	+ 1,633
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,968	39	741	+ 2,227
Low Birth Weight	15	2,732	5	12,631	- 9,899
Road Traffic Accidents	16	2,548	11	6,033	- 3,485
Tuberculosis	17	2,236	7	9,839	- 7,603
Oesophagus Cancer	18	2,153	29	1,314	+ 839
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,043	14	5,001	- 2,958
Fires	20	1,781	50	348	+ 1,433
Other Injuries	21	1,753	18	3,241	- 1,489
Birth Trauma	22	1,729	6	10,723	- 8,994
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,641	41	628	+ 1,013
Asthma	24	1,619	17	3,403	- 1,784
Suicide	25	1,549	24	1,573	- 23
HIV/AIDS	26	1,499	46	464	+ 1,035
Liver Cancer	27	1,428	40	657	+ 771
Drownings	28	1,262	34	996	+ 266
Falls	29	1,154	37	905	+ 248
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,131	28	1,364	- 233
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,095	56	229	+ 865
Cervical Cancer	32	1,048	44	541	+ 507
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	986	13	5,555	- 4,569
Violence	34	948	19	3,217	- 2,269
Ovary Cancer	35	945	48	369	+ 576
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	927	25	1,505	- 578
Alcohol	37	919	58	150	+ 769
Lymphomas	38	863	36	946	- 83
Epilepsy	39	842	35	993	- 150
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	763	33	1,041	- 278
Bladder Cancer	41	683	54	272	+ 411
Oral Cancer	42	600	27	1,467	- 867
Prostate Cancer	43	589	55	258	+ 331
Leukemia	44	538	42	610	- 72
Skin Cancers	45	475	59	145	+ 331
Encephalitis	46	408	31	1,190	- 782
Uterin Cancer	47	366	53	289	+ 78
Poisonings	48	350	47	384	- 34
Pertussis	49	257	21	2,107	- 1,851
Meningitis	50	239	20	2,626	- 2,387
Maternal Conditions	51	186	9	7,807	- 7,621
Drug Use	52	185	51	328	- 143
Syphilis	53	122	60	94	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	54	74	63	29	+ 45
Malnutrition	55	69	43	589	- 520
Upper Respiratory	56	63	68	9	+ 54
Hepatitis B	57	61	38	863	- 802
Skin Disease	58	52	61	94	- 42
Multiple Sclerosis	59	49	62	84	- 35
Appendicitis	60	48	52	298	- 251
Tetanus	61	27	30	1,254	- 1,227
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	27	65	25	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	63	17	70	1	+ 15
Chlamydia	64	4	69	1	+ 3
War	65	4	2	25,620	- 25,616
Hepatitis C	66	2	64	28	- 26
Diphtheria	67	2	67	16	- 15
Measles	68	1	49	350	- 349
Ascariasis	69	1	66	17	- 16
Otitis Media	70	0	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	57	185	- 185
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Azerbaijan

Afghanistan

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.