AFGHANISTAN VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,279	1	40,195	+ 3,085
Lung Disease	2	25,048	15	4,650	+ 20,398
Stroke	3	19,846	3	19,060	+ 786
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	19,086	13	5,555	+ 13,530
Tuberculosis	5	12,411	7	9,839	+ 2,572
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	11,173	4	14,649	- 3,476
Diabetes Mellitus	7	7,730	12	5,750	+ 1,981
Liver Disease	8	7,647	16	4,600	+ 3,047
Low Birth Weight	9	6,798	5	12,631	- 5,833
Falls	10	6,428	37	905	+ 5,523
Kidney Disease	11	6,347	10	6,590	- 244
Road Traffic Accidents	12	6,053	11	6,033	+ 20
Asthma	13	5,582	17	3,403	+ 2,179
Suicide	14	4,936	24	1,573	+ 3,363
Other Injuries	15	4,259	18	3,241	+ 1,017
Oral Cancer	16	3,821	27	1,467	+ 2,353
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	3,604	23	1,765	+ 1,840
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	3,590	33	1,041	+ 2,549
Hypertension	19	3,076	8	7,995	- 4,919
Birth Trauma	20	2,928	6	10,723	- 7,795
Lung Cancers	21	2,513	32	1,076	+ 1,438
Breast Cancer	22	2,358	22	1,822	+ 536
Congenital Anomalies	23	2,357	14	5,001	- 2,644
Stomach Cancer	24	2,308	26	1,501	+ 807
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	2,203	39	741	+ 1,462
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,939	25	1,505	+ 434
Violence	27	1,474	19	3,217	- 1,743
Drownings	28	1,389	34	996	+ 393
Encephalitis	29	1,369	31	1,190	+ 179
Cervical Cancer	30	1,290	44	541	+ 750
HIV/AIDS	31	1,264	46	464	+ 800
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,236	41	628	+ 608
Lymphomas	33	1,143	36	946	+ 197
Oesophagus Cancer	34	1,108	29	1,314	- 207
Leukemia	35	950	42	610	+ 340
Meningitis	36	949	20	2,626	- 1,676
Pancreas Cancer	37	934	56	229	+ 705
Prostate Cancer	38	881	55	258	+ 623
Liver Cancer	39	865	40	657	+ 208
Epilepsy	40	863	35	993	- 130
Maternal Conditions	41	738	9	7,807	- 7,069
Fires	42	662	50	348	+ 314
Alcohol	43	658	58	150	+ 508
Ovary Cancer	44	625	48	369	+ 256
Skin Disease	45	508	61	94	+ 414
Dengue	46	500	72	0	+ 499
Endocrine Disorders	47	435	28	1,364	- 929
Bladder Cancer	48	401	54	272	+ 129
Inflammatory/Heart	49	360	45	527	- 167
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	340	65	25	+ 314
Measles	51	339	49	350	- 11
Drug Use	52	334	51	328	+ 6
Appendicitis	53	320	52	298	+ 22
Pertussis	54	287	21	2,107	- 1,820
Malnutrition	55	246	43	589	- 344
Hepatitis B	56	233	38	863	- 630
Malaria	57	219	57	185	+ 34
Tetanus	58	202	30	1,254	- 1,052
Uterin Cancer	59	195	53	289	- 94
Skin Cancers	60	144	59	145	- 1
Poisonings	61	101	47	384	- 283
Other Neoplasms	62	85	63	29	+ 56
Multiple Sclerosis	63	66	62	84	- 18
Syphilis	64	57	60	94	- 37
Hepatitis C	65	39	64	28	+ 11
Leishmaniasis	66	28	70	1	+ 26
War	67	25	2	25,620	- 25,594
Upper Respiratory	68	17	68	9	+ 7
Chlamydia	69	11	69	1	+ 9
Ascariasis	70	4	66	17	- 13
Otitis Media	71	2	71	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	2	67	16	- 15
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

India

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.