AFGHANISTAN VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	55,427	1	40,195	+ 15,232
Stroke	2	23,816	3	19,060	+ 4,755
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	12,046	4	14,649	- 2,604
Liver Disease	4	7,960	16	4,600	+ 3,361
Hypertension	5	6,642	8	7,995	- 1,353
Diabetes Mellitus	6	6,240	12	5,750	+ 491
Low Birth Weight	7	6,031	5	12,631	- 6,599
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,639	11	6,033	- 394
Birth Trauma	9	4,905	6	10,723	- 5,817
Lung Disease	10	4,545	15	4,650	- 105
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,184	14	5,001	- 817
Stomach Cancer	12	2,909	26	1,501	+ 1,408
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	2,833	13	5,555	- 2,722
Tuberculosis	14	2,828	7	9,839	- 7,011
Drownings	15	2,238	34	996	+ 1,242
Oesophagus Cancer	16	2,095	29	1,314	+ 781
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,998	23	1,765	+ 233
Epilepsy	18	1,646	35	993	+ 653
Kidney Disease	19	1,577	10	6,590	- 5,014
Suicide	20	1,539	24	1,573	- 33
Falls	21	1,427	37	905	+ 522
Meningitis	22	1,312	20	2,626	- 1,313
Fires	23	1,227	50	348	+ 879
Lung Cancers	24	1,179	32	1,076	+ 103
HIV/AIDS	25	1,127	46	464	+ 663
Pertussis	26	1,120	21	2,107	- 988
Other Injuries	27	1,110	18	3,241	- 2,132
Asthma	28	1,064	17	3,403	- 2,339
Parkinson's Disease	29	981	41	628	+ 353
Liver Cancer	30	912	40	657	+ 255
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	857	33	1,041	- 184
Lymphomas	32	857	36	946	- 89
Breast Cancer	33	831	22	1,822	- 992
Endocrine Disorders	34	786	28	1,364	- 578
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	779	39	741	+ 37
Violence	36	655	19	3,217	- 2,562
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	622	25	1,505	- 883
Alcohol	38	490	58	150	+ 340
Cervical Cancer	39	441	44	541	- 100
Uterin Cancer	40	428	53	289	+ 140
Oral Cancer	41	415	27	1,467	- 1,053
Leukemia	42	408	42	610	- 202
Pancreas Cancer	43	375	56	229	+ 145
Inflammatory/Heart	44	303	45	527	- 224
Maternal Conditions	45	243	9	7,807	- 7,564
Ovary Cancer	46	229	48	369	- 140
Upper Respiratory	47	213	68	9	+ 203
Bladder Cancer	48	198	54	272	- 74
Hepatitis B	49	155	38	863	- 708
Poisonings	50	149	47	384	- 234
Skin Cancers	51	141	59	145	- 4
Prostate Cancer	52	126	55	258	- 132
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	106	65	25	+ 81
Encephalitis	54	106	31	1,190	- 1,084
Drug Use	55	82	51	328	- 246
Syphilis	56	78	60	94	- 16
Tetanus	57	77	30	1,254	- 1,177
Appendicitis	58	68	52	298	- 231
Skin Disease	59	35	61	94	- 59
Hepatitis C	60	31	64	28	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	61	28	63	29	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	27	62	84	- 56
Leishmaniasis	63	15	70	1	+ 13
Malnutrition	64	10	43	589	- 579
Chlamydia	65	5	69	1	+ 4
War	66	4	2	25,620	- 25,615
Diphtheria	67	3	67	16	- 14
Ascariasis	68	2	66	17	- 15
Dengue	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	1	- 0
Measles	71	0	49	350	- 350
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	57	185	- 185
Schistosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Tajikistan

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.