AFGHANISTAN VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	44,966	3	19,060	+ 25,905
Coronary Heart Disease	2	35,512	1	40,195	- 4,683
Diabetes Mellitus	3	33,342	12	5,750	+ 27,592
Kidney Disease	4	19,028	10	6,590	+ 12,438
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	15,681	4	14,649	+ 1,031
Prostate Cancer	6	13,436	55	258	+ 13,178
Road Traffic Accidents	7	13,024	11	6,033	+ 6,991
Lung Disease	8	12,614	15	4,650	+ 7,964
Hypertension	9	12,526	8	7,995	+ 4,531
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	11,361	23	1,765	+ 9,596
Violence	11	8,834	19	3,217	+ 5,618
Liver Disease	12	8,319	16	4,600	+ 3,719
Inflammatory/Heart	13	7,520	45	527	+ 6,993
Breast Cancer	14	6,077	22	1,822	+ 4,255
Stomach Cancer	15	5,231	26	1,501	+ 3,730
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	5,039	39	741	+ 4,297
Endocrine Disorders	17	4,817	28	1,364	+ 3,453
Lung Cancers	18	4,463	32	1,076	+ 3,387
Low Birth Weight	19	4,104	5	12,631	- 8,526
Skin Disease	20	3,858	61	94	+ 3,764
Other Injuries	21	3,522	18	3,241	+ 280
Suicide	22	3,437	24	1,573	+ 1,865
Parkinson's Disease	23	3,312	41	628	+ 2,684
Lymphomas	24	3,124	36	946	+ 2,178
Cervical Cancer	25	2,832	44	541	+ 2,291
Falls	26	2,513	37	905	+ 1,608
Asthma	27	2,290	17	3,403	- 1,113
Drownings	28	2,226	34	996	+ 1,230
Alcohol	29	2,207	58	150	+ 2,057
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,932	14	5,001	- 3,068
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,924	56	229	+ 1,695
Epilepsy	32	1,699	35	993	+ 706
Malnutrition	33	1,572	43	589	+ 982
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,281	25	1,505	- 223
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,093	13	5,555	- 4,462
Leukemia	36	1,056	42	610	+ 446
Liver Cancer	37	965	40	657	+ 308
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	940	33	1,041	- 101
Fires	39	791	50	348	+ 443
Oesophagus Cancer	40	749	29	1,314	- 565
Ovary Cancer	41	747	48	369	+ 378
Birth Trauma	42	738	6	10,723	- 9,984
Oral Cancer	43	734	27	1,467	- 733
Tuberculosis	44	696	7	9,839	- 9,143
Uterin Cancer	45	486	53	289	+ 197
Drug Use	46	457	51	328	+ 129
Maternal Conditions	47	441	9	7,807	- 7,366
Other Neoplasms	48	434	63	29	+ 405
Meningitis	49	349	20	2,626	- 2,277
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	312	65	25	+ 287
Appendicitis	51	268	52	298	- 30
Encephalitis	52	263	31	1,190	- 927
Dengue	53	141	72	0	+ 141
Multiple Sclerosis	54	106	62	84	+ 22
Poisonings	55	62	47	384	- 321
Tetanus	56	51	30	1,254	- 1,203
Syphilis	57	45	60	94	- 49
War	58	40	2	25,620	- 25,580
Upper Respiratory	59	30	68	9	+ 21
Hepatitis B	60	14	38	863	- 849
Schistosomiasis	61	12	79	0	+ 12
Chlamydia	62	11	69	1	+ 9
Pertussis	63	7	21	2,107	- 2,100
Ascariasis	64	3	66	17	- 14
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	28	- 27
Otitis Media	66	0	71	1	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	16	- 16
Skin Cancers	68	0	59	145	- 145
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	54	272	- 272
Schizophrenia	73	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	49	350	- 350
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	57	185	- 185
Leishmaniasis	82	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	46	464	- 464
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Saint Lucia

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.