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HEALTH PROFILE: Afghanistan

Data Sources: WHO, CDC, World Bank, UN.
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Afghanistan
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Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN POPULATION PYRAMID
64,682,976
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Afghanistan
COUNTRY PROFILE
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
89.2
89.1
156
171
Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
301.71
6
2. Stroke
149.10
25
3. War
121.55
1
4. Hypertension
65.86
4
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
49.80
62
6. Kidney Disease
46.10
15
7. Tuberculosis
41.14
24
8. Diabetes Mellitus
40.94
58
9. Lung Disease
37.01
32
10. Liver Disease
27.20
67
11. Maternal Conditions
25.94
4
12. Asthma
24.23
13
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.34
26
14. Breast Cancer
20.24
48
15. Road Traffic Accidents
19.81
76
16. Other Injuries
13.02
36
17. Low Birth Weight
12.07
17
18. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10.64
9
19. Stomach Cancer
10.39
42
20. Birth Trauma
10.16
24
21. Violence
9.87
52
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
9.72
68
23. Oesophagus Cancer
8.78
13
24. Oral Cancer
8.18
9
25. Lung Cancers
6.90
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26. Congenital Anomalies
6.42
70
27. Parkinson's Disease
5.98
24
28. Suicide
5.96
129
29. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5.86
17
30. Cervical Cancer
5.73
117
31. Meningitis
5.20
48
32. Falls
5.13
99
33. Hepatitis B
4.96
1
34. Encephalitis
4.57
1
35. Prostate Cancer
4.49
167
36. Lymphomas
4.32
108
37. Endocrine Disorders
4.30
80
38. Liver Cancer
4.22
119
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
169
40. Ovary Cancer
4.07
106
41. Uterin Cancer
3.66
32
42. Pertussis
3.38
22
43. Inflammatory/Heart
3.32
130
44. Drownings
2.78
78
45. Epilepsy
2.70
37
46. Tetanus
2.49
6
47. Bladder Cancer
1.95
98
48. Leukemia
1.95
154
49. HIV/AIDS
1.72
110
50. Fires
1.60
89
Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40,195
17.35
2. War
25,620
11.06
3. Stroke
19,060
8.23
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
14,649
6.32
5. Low Birth Weight
12,631
5.45
6. Birth Trauma
10,723
4.63
7. Tuberculosis
9,839
4.25
8. Hypertension
7,995
3.45
9. Maternal Conditions
7,807
3.37
10. Kidney Disease
6,590
2.85
11. Road Traffic Accidents
6,033
2.60
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,750
2.48
13. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,555
2.40
14. Congenital Anomalies
5,001
2.16
15. Lung Disease
4,650
2.01
16. Liver Disease
4,600
1.99
17. Asthma
3,403
1.47
18. Other Injuries
3,241
1.40
19. Violence
3,217
1.39
20. Meningitis
2,626
1.13
21. Pertussis
2,107
0.91
22. Breast Cancer
1,822
0.79
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,765
0.76
24. Suicide
1,573
0.68
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,505
0.65
  Deaths %
26. Stomach Cancer
1,501
0.65
27. Oral Cancer
1,467
0.63
28. Endocrine Disorders
1,364
0.59
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1,314
0.57
30. Tetanus
1,254
0.54
31. Encephalitis
1,190
0.51
32. Lung Cancers
1,076
0.46
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,041
0.45
34. Drownings
996
0.43
35. Epilepsy
993
0.43
36. Lymphomas
946
0.41
37. Falls
905
0.39
38. Hepatitis B
863
0.37
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
741
0.32
40. Liver Cancer
657
0.28
41. Parkinson's Disease
628
0.27
42. Leukemia
610
0.26
43. Malnutrition
589
0.25
44. Cervical Cancer
541
0.23
45. Inflammatory/Heart
527
0.23
46. HIV/AIDS
464
0.20
47. Poisonings
384
0.17
48. Ovary Cancer
369
0.16
49. Measles
350
0.15
50. Fires
348
0.15
Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
20.24
48
2. Stomach Cancer
10.39
42
3. Oesophagus Cancer
8.78
13
4. Oral Cancer
8.18
9
5. Lung Cancers
6.90
122
6. Cervical Cancer
5.73
117
7. Prostate Cancer
4.49
167
8. Lymphomas
4.32
108
  Rate World Rank
9. Liver Cancer
4.22
119
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
169
11. Ovary Cancer
4.07
106
12. Uterin Cancer
3.66
32
13. Leukemia
1.95
154
14. Bladder Cancer
1.95
98
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.54
153
16. Skin Cancers
1.03
138
Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
N/D
182
SMOKING %
M F Rank
38.3
5.9
41
85
OBESITY %
M F Rank
13.4
21.8
123
120
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
1.72
136
Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
  Value World Rank
Population Total
40.122m
36
Sex Ratio M / F
1.02
34
Population 0-14
39.6%
22
Population 15-64
57.5%
169
Population 65 +
2.9%
180
Birth Rate / 1000
34.20
15
Death Rate / 1000
11.80
19
Fertility Rate
4.43
17
Infant Mortality
101.30
1
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
110
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.03
136
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.03
47
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.85
64
Net Migration
-0.10
77
Population Growth
2.22%
32
Literacy Total
37.3%
169
Literacy Male
52.1%
153
Literacy Female
22.6%
156
Unemployment
14.4%
21
Life Expectancy / Birth
63.2
160
Healthy Life Expectancy
54.0
169
GDP per Capita USD
$2,000
181

COVID-19 REPORT

  CASES    DEATHS 
232,152
7,985
4/1/24
Afghanistan COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Afghanistan causes.

 
 
Afghanistan COVID-19 CASE CHART
CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
Afghanistan COVID-19 DEATH CHART
CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.