AFGHANISTAN VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	37,647	1	40,195	- 2,548
Stroke	2	16,939	3	19,060	- 2,121
War	3	16,122	2	25,620	- 9,498
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	14,953	4	14,649	+ 303
Low Birth Weight	5	10,997	5	12,631	- 1,633
Road Traffic Accidents	6	10,687	11	6,033	+ 4,653
Birth Trauma	7	7,414	6	10,723	- 3,308
Hypertension	8	6,608	8	7,995	- 1,387
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	5,457	13	5,555	- 98
Congenital Anomalies	10	5,356	14	5,001	+ 356
Lung Disease	11	3,989	15	4,650	- 660
Measles	12	3,769	49	350	+ 3,419
Liver Disease	13	3,609	16	4,600	- 991
Violence	14	3,544	19	3,217	+ 327
Kidney Disease	15	3,344	10	6,590	- 3,247
Other Injuries	16	2,778	18	3,241	- 464
Asthma	17	2,629	17	3,403	- 774
Tuberculosis	18	2,371	7	9,839	- 7,468
Diabetes Mellitus	19	2,240	12	5,750	- 3,510
Malaria	20	2,146	57	185	+ 1,960
Suicide	21	2,120	24	1,573	+ 548
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,754	23	1,765	- 11
Pertussis	23	1,547	21	2,107	- 561
Falls	24	1,460	37	905	+ 555
Drownings	25	1,426	34	996	+ 430
Breast Cancer	26	1,415	22	1,822	- 407
Malnutrition	27	1,321	43	589	+ 732
Meningitis	28	1,271	20	2,626	- 1,354
Fires	29	1,237	50	348	+ 889
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,140	39	741	+ 398
Stomach Cancer	31	1,126	26	1,501	- 374
Maternal Conditions	32	1,111	9	7,807	- 6,696
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	1,040	25	1,505	- 464
Leukemia	34	969	42	610	+ 359
Oesophagus Cancer	35	955	29	1,314	- 360
Endocrine Disorders	36	921	28	1,364	- 443
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	882	33	1,041	- 158
Drug Use	38	765	51	328	+ 437
Liver Cancer	39	760	40	657	+ 103
Inflammatory/Heart	40	730	45	527	+ 203
Lung Cancers	41	710	32	1,076	- 365
Oral Cancer	42	683	27	1,467	- 784
Epilepsy	43	673	35	993	- 320
Poisonings	44	664	47	384	+ 280
Lymphomas	45	540	36	946	- 406
HIV/AIDS	46	494	46	464	+ 30
Tetanus	47	493	30	1,254	- 762
Encephalitis	48	460	31	1,190	- 730
Parkinson's Disease	49	451	41	628	- 176
Hepatitis B	50	374	38	863	- 490
Pancreas Cancer	51	353	56	229	+ 124
Ovary Cancer	52	235	48	369	- 134
Syphilis	53	219	60	94	+ 125
Appendicitis	54	202	52	298	- 97
Bladder Cancer	55	200	54	272	- 72
Schistosomiasis	56	155	79	0	+ 155
Cervical Cancer	57	149	44	541	- 392
Skin Cancers	58	124	59	145	- 21
Alcohol	59	98	58	150	- 52
Dengue	60	89	72	0	+ 89
Skin Disease	61	55	61	94	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	62	52	62	84	- 32
Prostate Cancer	63	49	55	258	- 209
Other Neoplasms	64	26	63	29	- 3
Ascariasis	65	21	66	17	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	18	65	25	- 8
Diphtheria	67	17	67	16	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	10	64	28	- 17
Uterin Cancer	69	6	53	289	- 282
Upper Respiratory	70	6	68	9	- 3
Leishmaniasis	71	3	70	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	1	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	73	0	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	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

Yemen

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.