TURKMENISTAN VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,755	1	9,941	- 4,186
War	2	3,668	64	2	+ 3,666
Stroke	3	2,729	2	4,771	- 2,042
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,097	6	1,137	+ 961
Low Birth Weight	5	1,808	5	1,161	+ 647
Birth Trauma	6	1,535	7	912	+ 624
Tuberculosis	7	1,409	13	595	+ 814
Hypertension	8	1,145	14	478	+ 667
Maternal Conditions	9	1,118	59	4	+ 1,113
Kidney Disease	10	944	12	633	+ 310
Road Traffic Accidents	11	864	8	800	+ 63
Diabetes Mellitus	12	823	10	694	+ 130
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	795	20	350	+ 445
Congenital Anomalies	14	716	9	768	- 53
Lung Disease	15	666	23	318	+ 348
Liver Disease	16	659	4	2,018	- 1,359
Asthma	17	487	49	44	+ 443
Other Injuries	18	464	22	336	+ 128
Violence	19	461	28	169	+ 291
Meningitis	20	376	44	63	+ 313
Pertussis	21	302	61	3	+ 298
Breast Cancer	22	261	18	417	- 157
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	253	16	441	- 188
Suicide	24	225	21	337	- 111
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	215	37	103	+ 113
Stomach Cancer	26	215	15	443	- 228
Oral Cancer	27	210	26	181	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	28	195	31	141	+ 55
Oesophagus Cancer	29	188	19	392	- 204
Tetanus	30	180	53	15	+ 164
Encephalitis	31	170	42	73	+ 97
Lung Cancers	32	154	17	417	- 263
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	149	41	91	+ 58
Drownings	34	143	29	153	- 11
Epilepsy	35	142	38	99	+ 43
Lymphomas	36	135	33	131	+ 5
Falls	37	130	36	103	+ 26
Hepatitis B	38	124	51	35	+ 88
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	106	27	177	- 71
Liver Cancer	40	94	24	279	- 185
Parkinson's Disease	41	90	39	96	- 6
Leukemia	42	87	32	135	- 48
Malnutrition	43	84	56	8	+ 76
Cervical Cancer	44	77	25	250	- 172
Inflammatory/Heart	45	75	11	663	- 588
HIV/AIDS	46	66	3	3,008	- 2,941
Poisonings	47	55	50	37	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	48	53	40	93	- 40
Measles	49	50	71	0	+ 50
Fires	50	50	35	122	- 72
Drug Use	51	47	48	46	+ 1
Appendicitis	52	43	58	7	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	53	41	46	58	- 17
Bladder Cancer	54	39	43	69	- 30
Prostate Cancer	55	37	45	60	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	56	33	34	125	- 92
Malaria	57	27	76	0	+ 27
Alcohol	58	21	30	143	- 121
Skin Cancers	59	21	47	54	- 33
Syphilis	60	13	67	0	+ 13
Skin Disease	61	13	54	10	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	12	55	10	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	4	57	7	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	4	63	2	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	60	4	- 1
Ascariasis	66	2	66	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	2	70	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	52	25	- 24
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	62	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Afghanistan

Turkmenistan

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.