AFGHANISTAN VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,953	1	40,195	- 5,242
Stroke	2	16,363	3	19,060	- 2,697
Low Birth Weight	3	12,749	5	12,631	+ 118
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	10,032	4	14,649	- 4,617
Road Traffic Accidents	5	9,110	11	6,033	+ 3,076
Measles	6	7,395	49	350	+ 7,044
Birth Trauma	7	6,778	6	10,723	- 3,945
Hypertension	8	5,793	8	7,995	- 2,202
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	4,990	13	5,555	- 565
Malaria	10	4,463	57	185	+ 4,278
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,378	14	5,001	- 622
Kidney Disease	12	4,051	10	6,590	- 2,540
Lung Disease	13	3,483	15	4,650	- 1,167
Liver Disease	14	3,457	16	4,600	- 1,143
Tuberculosis	15	3,378	7	9,839	- 6,461
Breast Cancer	16	2,441	22	1,822	+ 619
Diabetes Mellitus	17	2,441	12	5,750	- 3,309
Other Injuries	18	2,315	18	3,241	- 926
Asthma	19	2,095	17	3,403	- 1,307
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	2,054	23	1,765	+ 289
Violence	21	1,970	19	3,217	- 1,247
HIV/AIDS	22	1,853	46	464	+ 1,389
Maternal Conditions	23	1,559	9	7,807	- 6,248
Pertussis	24	1,509	21	2,107	- 598
Leukemia	25	1,453	42	610	+ 843
Drownings	26	1,339	34	996	+ 343
Suicide	27	1,307	24	1,573	- 266
Falls	28	1,239	37	905	+ 334
Lymphomas	29	1,219	36	946	+ 273
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,160	28	1,364	- 204
Fires	31	1,042	50	348	+ 694
Oesophagus Cancer	32	895	29	1,314	- 419
Meningitis	33	868	20	2,626	- 1,757
Malnutrition	34	866	43	589	+ 277
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	834	39	741	+ 92
Drug Use	36	824	51	328	+ 495
Liver Cancer	37	752	40	657	+ 95
Inflammatory/Heart	38	667	45	527	+ 140
Ovary Cancer	39	631	48	369	+ 262
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	616	25	1,505	- 889
Cervical Cancer	41	612	44	541	+ 71
Poisonings	42	591	47	384	+ 208
Epilepsy	43	584	35	993	- 409
Hepatitis B	44	581	38	863	- 283
Parkinson's Disease	45	560	41	628	- 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	544	33	1,041	- 497
Syphilis	47	480	60	94	+ 386
Lung Cancers	48	433	32	1,076	- 643
Prostate Cancer	49	416	55	258	+ 158
Oral Cancer	50	392	27	1,467	- 1,076
Stomach Cancer	51	380	26	1,501	- 1,121
Leishmaniasis	52	356	70	1	+ 355
Tetanus	53	300	30	1,254	- 954
Bladder Cancer	54	293	54	272	+ 21
Skin Cancers	55	283	59	145	+ 138
War	56	267	2	25,620	- 25,352
Encephalitis	57	241	31	1,190	- 949
Pancreas Cancer	58	216	56	229	- 13
Appendicitis	59	123	52	298	- 175
Skin Disease	60	89	61	94	- 5
Alcohol	61	67	58	150	- 83
Uterin Cancer	62	57	53	289	- 232
Schistosomiasis	63	54	79	0	+ 54
Multiple Sclerosis	64	43	62	84	- 41
Other Neoplasms	65	28	63	29	- 1
Ascariasis	66	17	66	17	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	16	65	25	- 10
Hepatitis C	68	14	64	28	- 14
Diphtheria	69	9	67	16	- 8
Upper Respiratory	70	4	68	9	- 5
Chlamydia	71	1	69	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	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

Sudan

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.