AFGHANISTAN VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOROCCO		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	82,996	1	40,195	+ 42,801
Stroke	2	34,190	3	19,060	+ 15,130
Hypertension	3	11,521	8	7,995	+ 3,526
Kidney Disease	4	10,963	10	6,590	+ 4,373
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,917	12	5,750	+ 2,167
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,766	4	14,649	- 6,883
Lung Cancers	7	7,066	32	1,076	+ 5,990
Lung Disease	8	6,757	15	4,650	+ 2,107
Road Traffic Accidents	9	6,637	11	6,033	+ 604
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,330	23	1,765	+ 3,565
Liver Disease	11	5,222	16	4,600	+ 622
Breast Cancer	12	3,867	22	1,822	+ 2,045
Asthma	13	3,586	17	3,403	+ 183
Low Birth Weight	14	3,546	5	12,631	- 9,084
Tuberculosis	15	3,080	7	9,839	- 6,759
Suicide	16	2,809	24	1,573	+ 1,236
Colon-Rectum Cancers	17	2,743	39	741	+ 2,001
Cervical Cancer	18	2,691	44	541	+ 2,150
Falls	19	2,636	37	905	+ 1,730
Lymphomas	20	2,440	36	946	+ 1,494
Other Injuries	21	2,437	18	3,241	- 804
Congenital Anomalies	22	2,280	14	5,001	- 2,721
Birth Trauma	23	2,218	6	10,723	- 8,505
Prostate Cancer	24	2,054	55	258	+ 1,796
Stomach Cancer	25	1,815	26	1,501	+ 314
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,622	41	628	+ 994
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,279	13	5,555	- 4,277
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,212	28	1,364	- 152
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,154	25	1,505	- 351
Bladder Cancer	30	1,147	54	272	+ 875
Leukemia	31	1,110	42	610	+ 500
Inflammatory/Heart	32	1,097	45	527	+ 570
Fires	33	970	50	348	+ 622
Ovary Cancer	34	858	48	369	+ 489
Oral Cancer	35	838	27	1,467	- 630
Pancreas Cancer	36	801	56	229	+ 572
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	771	33	1,041	- 270
Maternal Conditions	38	755	9	7,807	- 7,052
Violence	39	678	19	3,217	- 2,538
Meningitis	40	582	20	2,626	- 2,043
Skin Cancers	41	512	59	145	+ 367
Oesophagus Cancer	42	472	29	1,314	- 843
Drownings	43	457	34	996	- 539
Liver Cancer	44	454	40	657	- 203
Epilepsy	45	360	35	993	- 632
Pertussis	46	348	21	2,107	- 1,759
Drug Use	47	345	51	328	+ 16
Hepatitis B	48	339	38	863	- 524
HIV/AIDS	49	310	46	464	- 154
Poisonings	50	285	47	384	- 98
Malnutrition	51	215	43	589	- 374
Encephalitis	52	189	31	1,190	- 1,001
Uterin Cancer	53	165	53	289	- 123
Skin Disease	54	159	61	94	+ 66
Syphilis	55	151	60	94	+ 56
Appendicitis	56	140	52	298	- 159
Alcohol	57	117	58	150	- 33
Multiple Sclerosis	58	113	62	84	+ 29
Tetanus	59	82	30	1,254	- 1,172
Other Neoplasms	60	75	63	29	+ 46
Schistosomiasis	61	71	79	0	+ 71
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	41	65	25	+ 15
War	63	23	2	25,620	- 25,596
Leishmaniasis	64	16	70	1	+ 15
Hepatitis C	65	8	64	28	- 20
Ascariasis	66	5	66	17	- 12
Upper Respiratory	67	4	68	9	- 5
Chlamydia	68	2	69	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	67	16	- 15
Measles	70	0	49	350	- 350
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	57	185	- 185
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Morocco

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.