World Health Review
COUNTRY #1
Compare Afghanistan and South Africa health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.
COUNTRY #2
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
POOR
AFGHANISTAN | SOUTH AFRICA | ||||||||||||
AFGHANISTAN | SOUTH AFRICA | ||||||||||||
World Rank
|
World Rank
|
||||||||||||
M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | ||
1960 |
31.6
|
31.0
|
31.3
|
171
|
172
|
172
|
47.4
|
51.0
|
49.2
|
100
|
96
|
98
|
|
1970 |
35.5
|
35.0
|
35.3
|
171
|
173
|
172
|
50.4
|
55.8
|
53.0
|
118
|
101
|
107
|
|
1980 |
39.5
|
39.1
|
39.3
|
172
|
175
|
173
|
53.9
|
60.6
|
57.2
|
125
|
112
|
119
|
|
1990 |
41.4
|
41.3
|
41.3
|
178
|
181
|
180
|
57.9
|
65.4
|
61.6
|
130
|
118
|
123
|
|
2000 |
53.7
|
56.1
|
54.8
|
150
|
150
|
150
|
54.6
|
60.1
|
57.3
|
148
|
140
|
146
|
|
2010 |
57.7
|
60.1
|
58.8
|
154
|
155
|
154
|
55.5
|
60.3
|
58.0
|
165
|
154
|
159
|
|
2019 |
63.3
|
63.2
|
63.2
|
147
|
174
|
160
|
62.2
|
68.3
|
65.3
|
154
|
145
|
149
|
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
POOR
AFGHANISTAN | SOUTH AFRICA | ||||||||
World Rank | World Rank | ||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
At Birth |
63.3
|
63.2
|
147
|
174
|
62.2
|
68.3
|
154
|
145
|
|
Age 5 |
67.5
|
66.9
|
146
|
177
|
64.6
|
70.5
|
168
|
153
|
|
Age 10 |
67.7
|
67.0
|
147
|
178
|
64.8
|
70.7
|
167
|
157
|
|
Age 15 |
67.8
|
67.1
|
150
|
178
|
65.0
|
70.8
|
167
|
158
|
|
Age 20 |
68.1
|
67.4
|
150
|
179
|
65.3
|
71.2
|
167
|
158
|
|
Age 25 |
68.6
|
67.8
|
149
|
180
|
66.0
|
71.8
|
167
|
157
|
|
Age 30 |
69.2
|
68.3
|
149
|
180
|
67.1
|
72.8
|
167
|
152
|
|
Age 35 |
69.7
|
68.9
|
149
|
180
|
68.5
|
74.1
|
165
|
141
|
|
Age 40 |
70.4
|
69.6
|
151
|
180
|
70.2
|
75.4
|
156
|
131
|
|
Age 45 |
71.3
|
70.6
|
156
|
180
|
71.9
|
76.8
|
147
|
118
|
|
Age 50 |
72.3
|
71.8
|
157
|
180
|
73.6
|
78.0
|
133
|
107
|
|
Age 55 |
73.7
|
73.2
|
157
|
180
|
75.5
|
79.2
|
119
|
101
|
|
Age 60 |
75.4
|
75.1
|
157
|
181
|
77.3
|
80.5
|
106
|
100
|
|
Age 65 |
77.5
|
77.2
|
160
|
181
|
79.4
|
82.0
|
91
|
96
|
|
Age 70 |
79.9
|
79.6
|
158
|
181
|
81.8
|
83.6
|
84
|
90
|
|
Age 75 |
82.7
|
82.4
|
156
|
180
|
84.1
|
85.4
|
82
|
88
|
|
Age 80 |
85.8
|
85.6
|
154
|
174
|
86.6
|
87.4
|
95
|
97
|
|
Age 85 |
89.2
|
89.1
|
156
|
171
|
89.6
|
90.1
|
115
|
122
|
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
AFGHANISTAN | SOUTH AFRICA | |||||
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH | Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | ||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
301.71
|
6
|
83.76
|
128
|
|
2. | Stroke |
149.10
|
25
|
80.50
|
93
|
|
3. | War |
121.55
|
1
|
0.11
|
49
|
|
4. | Hypertension |
65.86
|
4
|
33.86
|
36
|
|
5. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
49.80
|
62
|
83.23
|
40
|
|
6. | Kidney Disease |
46.10
|
15
|
35.72
|
35
|
|
7. | Tuberculosis |
41.14
|
24
|
39.83
|
26
|
|
8. | Diabetes Mellitus |
40.94
|
58
|
74.67
|
16
|
|
9. | Lung Disease |
37.01
|
32
|
31.41
|
47
|
|
10. | Liver Disease |
27.20
|
67
|
18.41
|
95
|
|
11. | Maternal Conditions |
25.94
|
4
|
2.65
|
62
|
|
12. | Asthma |
24.23
|
13
|
13.63
|
45
|
|
13. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
22.34
|
26
|
16.44
|
118
|
|
14. | Breast Cancer |
20.24
|
48
|
18.21
|
76
|
|
15. | Road Traffic Accidents |
19.81
|
76
|
22.70
|
61
|
|
16. | Other Injuries |
13.02
|
36
|
10.77
|
57
|
|
17. | Low Birth Weight |
12.07
|
17
|
7.16
|
63
|
|
18. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
10.64
|
9
|
4.52
|
65
|
|
19. | Stomach Cancer |
10.39
|
42
|
3.68
|
137
|
|
20. | Birth Trauma |
10.16
|
24
|
3.36
|
78
|
|
21. | Violence |
9.87
|
52
|
37.54
|
8
|
|
22. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
9.72
|
68
|
33.37
|
46
|
|
23. | Oesophagus Cancer |
8.78
|
13
|
8.50
|
16
|
|
24. | Oral Cancer |
8.18
|
9
|
3.18
|
80
|
|
25. | Lung Cancers |
6.90
|
122
|
18.34
|
64
|
|
26. | Congenital Anomalies |
6.42
|
70
|
6.23
|
83
|
|
27. | Parkinson's Disease |
5.98
|
24
|
3.36
|
130
|
|
28. | Suicide |
5.96
|
129
|
23.49
|
8
|
|
29. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
5.86
|
17
|
2.04
|
70
|
|
30. | Cervical Cancer |
5.73
|
117
|
20.99
|
37
|
|
31. | Meningitis |
5.20
|
48
|
6.74
|
41
|
|
32. | Falls |
5.13
|
99
|
2.99
|
150
|
|
33. | Hepatitis B |
4.96
|
1
|
0.28
|
86
|
|
34. | Encephalitis |
4.57
|
1
|
0.43
|
87
|
|
35. | Prostate Cancer |
4.49
|
167
|
35.20
|
22
|
|
36. | Lymphomas |
4.32
|
108
|
6.08
|
39
|
|
37. | Endocrine Disorders |
4.30
|
80
|
11.70
|
14
|
|
38. | Liver Cancer |
4.22
|
119
|
5.46
|
87
|
|
39. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
4.09
|
169
|
8.90
|
89
|
|
40. | Ovary Cancer |
4.07
|
106
|
3.85
|
115
|
|
41. | Uterin Cancer |
3.66
|
32
|
2.15
|
99
|
|
42. | Pertussis |
3.38
|
22
|
1.79
|
48
|
|
43. | Inflammatory/Heart |
3.32
|
130
|
12.75
|
17
|
|
44. | Drownings |
2.78
|
78
|
4.06
|
44
|
|
45. | Epilepsy |
2.70
|
37
|
3.28
|
22
|
|
46. | Tetanus |
2.49
|
6
|
0.07
|
91
|
|
47. | Bladder Cancer |
1.95
|
98
|
2.19
|
83
|
|
48. | Leukemia |
1.95
|
154
|
3.34
|
108
|
|
49. | HIV/AIDS |
1.72
|
110
|
121.35
|
9
|
|
50. | Fires |
1.60
|
89
|
6.64
|
4
|
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
AFGHANISTAN | SOUTH AFRICA | |||||
Deaths | % | Deaths | % | |||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
40,195
|
17.35
|
32,739
|
7.20
|
|
2. | War |
25,620
|
11.06
|
66
|
0.01
|
|
3. | Stroke |
19,060
|
8.23
|
30,693
|
6.75
|
|
4. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
14,649
|
6.32
|
39,341
|
8.65
|
|
5. | Low Birth Weight |
12,631
|
5.45
|
6,250
|
1.37
|
|
6. | Birth Trauma |
10,723
|
4.63
|
3,004
|
0.66
|
|
7. | Tuberculosis |
9,839
|
4.25
|
21,965
|
4.83
|
|
8. | Hypertension |
7,995
|
3.45
|
12,789
|
2.81
|
|
9. | Maternal Conditions |
7,807
|
3.37
|
1,700
|
0.37
|
|
10. | Kidney Disease |
6,590
|
2.85
|
15,302
|
3.37
|
|
11. | Road Traffic Accidents |
6,033
|
2.60
|
13,014
|
2.86
|
|
12. | Diabetes Mellitus |
5,750
|
2.48
|
30,188
|
6.64
|
|
13. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
5,555
|
2.40
|
15,843
|
3.49
|
|
14. | Congenital Anomalies |
5,001
|
2.16
|
4,351
|
0.96
|
|
15. | Lung Disease |
4,650
|
2.01
|
11,895
|
2.62
|
|
16. | Liver Disease |
4,600
|
1.99
|
9,013
|
1.98
|
|
17. | Asthma |
3,403
|
1.47
|
5,966
|
1.31
|
|
18. | Other Injuries |
3,241
|
1.40
|
6,014
|
1.32
|
|
19. | Violence |
3,217
|
1.39
|
21,000
|
4.62
|
|
20. | Meningitis |
2,626
|
1.13
|
3,660
|
0.81
|
|
21. | Pertussis |
2,107
|
0.91
|
1,142
|
0.25
|
|
22. | Breast Cancer |
1,822
|
0.79
|
4,533
|
1.00
|
|
23. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
1,765
|
0.76
|
4,676
|
1.03
|
|
24. | Suicide |
1,573
|
0.68
|
13,774
|
3.03
|
|
25. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
1,505
|
0.65
|
1,894
|
0.42
|
|
26. | Stomach Cancer |
1,501
|
0.65
|
1,535
|
0.34
|
|
27. | Oral Cancer |
1,467
|
0.63
|
1,406
|
0.31
|
|
28. | Endocrine Disorders |
1,364
|
0.59
|
5,890
|
1.30
|
|
29. | Oesophagus Cancer |
1,314
|
0.57
|
3,486
|
0.77
|
|
30. | Tetanus |
1,254
|
0.54
|
38
|
0.01
|
|
31. | Encephalitis |
1,190
|
0.51
|
234
|
0.05
|
|
32. | Lung Cancers |
1,076
|
0.46
|
7,705
|
1.70
|
|
33. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
1,041
|
0.45
|
1,015
|
0.22
|
|
34. | Drownings |
996
|
0.43
|
2,403
|
0.53
|
|
35. | Epilepsy |
993
|
0.43
|
1,870
|
0.41
|
|
36. | Lymphomas |
946
|
0.41
|
2,818
|
0.62
|
|
37. | Falls |
905
|
0.39
|
1,399
|
0.31
|
|
38. | Hepatitis B |
863
|
0.37
|
139
|
0.03
|
|
39. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
741
|
0.32
|
3,587
|
0.79
|
|
40. | Liver Cancer |
657
|
0.28
|
2,383
|
0.52
|
|
41. | Parkinson's Disease |
628
|
0.27
|
1,077
|
0.24
|
|
42. | Leukemia |
610
|
0.26
|
1,464
|
0.32
|
|
43. | Malnutrition |
589
|
0.25
|
2,381
|
0.52
|
|
44. | Cervical Cancer |
541
|
0.23
|
5,555
|
1.22
|
|
45. | Inflammatory/Heart |
527
|
0.23
|
5,408
|
1.19
|
|
46. | HIV/AIDS |
464
|
0.20
|
71,996
|
15.84
|
|
47. | Poisonings |
384
|
0.17
|
975
|
0.21
|
|
48. | Ovary Cancer |
369
|
0.16
|
951
|
0.21
|
|
49. | Measles |
350
|
0.15
|
270
|
0.06
|
|
50. | Fires |
348
|
0.15
|
3,618
|
0.80
|
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
AFGHANISTAN | SOUTH AFRICA | |||||
Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | |||
1. | Breast Cancer |
20.24
|
48
|
18.21
|
76
|
|
2. | Stomach Cancer |
10.39
|
42
|
3.68
|
137
|
|
3. | Oesophagus Cancer |
8.78
|
13
|
8.50
|
16
|
|
4. | Oral Cancer |
8.18
|
9
|
3.18
|
80
|
|
5. | Lung Cancers |
6.90
|
122
|
18.34
|
64
|
|
6. | Cervical Cancer |
5.73
|
117
|
20.99
|
37
|
|
7. | Prostate Cancer |
4.49
|
167
|
35.20
|
22
|
|
8. | Lymphomas |
4.32
|
108
|
6.08
|
39
|
|
9. | Liver Cancer |
4.22
|
119
|
5.46
|
87
|
|
10. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
4.09
|
169
|
8.90
|
89
|
|
11. | Ovary Cancer |
4.07
|
106
|
3.85
|
115
|
|
12. | Uterin Cancer |
3.66
|
32
|
2.15
|
99
|
|
13. | Leukemia |
1.95
|
154
|
3.34
|
108
|
|
14. | Bladder Cancer |
1.95
|
98
|
2.19
|
83
|
|
15. | Pancreas Cancer |
1.54
|
153
|
4.98
|
65
|
|
16. | Skin Cancers |
1.03
|
138
|
2.47
|
53
|
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.
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.