AFGHANISTAN VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	62,707	1	40,195	+ 22,512
Liver Disease	2	21,683	16	4,600	+ 17,084
Stroke	3	15,811	3	19,060	- 3,250
Liver Cancer	4	8,840	40	657	+ 8,183
Hypertension	5	7,608	8	7,995	- 387
Kidney Disease	6	7,605	10	6,590	+ 1,015
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	7,464	4	14,649	- 7,186
Diabetes Mellitus	8	6,900	12	5,750	+ 1,150
Lung Disease	9	4,830	15	4,650	+ 180
Congenital Anomalies	10	4,387	14	5,001	- 614
Low Birth Weight	11	4,108	5	12,631	- 8,522
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,657	11	6,033	- 2,376
Breast Cancer	13	3,311	22	1,822	+ 1,489
Lymphomas	14	2,719	36	946	+ 1,773
Asthma	15	2,562	17	3,403	- 841
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	2,516	23	1,765	+ 751
Birth Trauma	17	2,203	6	10,723	- 8,519
Lung Cancers	18	2,048	32	1,076	+ 972
Bladder Cancer	19	1,851	54	272	+ 1,579
Violence	20	1,502	19	3,217	- 1,715
Other Injuries	21	1,377	18	3,241	- 1,864
Leukemia	22	1,357	42	610	+ 747
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	1,332	13	5,555	- 4,224
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,112	39	741	+ 370
Suicide	25	1,090	24	1,573	- 483
Pancreas Cancer	26	1,048	56	229	+ 819
Inflammatory/Heart	27	898	45	527	+ 371
Parkinson's Disease	28	862	41	628	+ 235
Endocrine Disorders	29	855	28	1,364	- 508
Falls	30	728	37	905	- 177
Ovary Cancer	31	701	48	369	+ 332
Stomach Cancer	32	665	26	1,501	- 835
Fires	33	566	50	348	+ 218
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	483	25	1,505	- 1,022
Prostate Cancer	35	462	55	258	+ 205
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	450	33	1,041	- 591
Drownings	37	405	34	996	- 591
Encephalitis	38	377	31	1,190	- 813
Skin Cancers	39	365	59	145	+ 221
Hepatitis B	40	356	38	863	- 507
Oesophagus Cancer	41	343	29	1,314	- 971
Pertussis	42	327	21	2,107	- 1,781
Meningitis	43	298	20	2,626	- 2,327
Maternal Conditions	44	287	9	7,807	- 7,520
Oral Cancer	45	286	27	1,467	- 1,181
Malnutrition	46	274	43	589	- 316
War	47	257	2	25,620	- 25,362
Cervical Cancer	48	225	44	541	- 315
Tetanus	49	195	30	1,254	- 1,059
Epilepsy	50	163	35	993	- 830
Tuberculosis	51	156	7	9,839	- 9,683
Uterin Cancer	52	152	53	289	- 136
HIV/AIDS	53	143	46	464	- 321
Schistosomiasis	54	79	79	0	+ 79
Skin Disease	55	79	61	94	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	56	77	62	84	- 7
Poisonings	57	70	47	384	- 313
Syphilis	58	57	60	94	- 37
Appendicitis	59	51	52	298	- 247
Alcohol	60	51	58	150	- 99
Other Neoplasms	61	42	63	29	+ 13
Drug Use	62	42	51	328	- 286
Hepatitis C	63	35	64	28	+ 7
Measles	64	16	49	350	- 335
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	9	65	25	- 16
Leishmaniasis	66	5	70	1	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	2	66	17	- 15
Upper Respiratory	68	2	68	9	- 7
Dengue	69	2	72	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	70	1	67	16	- 15
Chlamydia	71	0	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	57	185	- 185
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Egypt

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.