TURKMENISTAN VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,328	1	9,941	- 2,613
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,516	16	441	+ 4,075
Stroke	3	3,552	2	4,771	- 1,218
Lung Cancers	4	3,250	17	417	+ 2,833
Lung Disease	5	3,088	23	318	+ 2,769
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,723	6	1,137	+ 1,586
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,596	27	177	+ 1,419
Kidney Disease	8	1,416	12	633	+ 782
Breast Cancer	9	1,241	18	417	+ 823
Suicide	10	1,012	21	337	+ 676
Other Injuries	11	962	22	336	+ 626
Other Neoplasms	12	876	57	7	+ 869
Prostate Cancer	13	875	45	60	+ 815
Pancreas Cancer	14	868	34	125	+ 743
Falls	15	842	36	103	+ 739
Lymphomas	16	744	33	131	+ 614
Liver Disease	17	687	4	2,018	- 1,330
Endocrine Disorders	18	687	31	141	+ 546
Parkinson's Disease	19	661	39	96	+ 565
Diabetes Mellitus	20	609	10	694	- 85
Leukemia	21	575	32	135	+ 440
Bladder Cancer	22	517	43	69	+ 448
Inflammatory/Heart	23	509	11	663	- 155
Liver Cancer	24	468	24	279	+ 189
Oesophagus Cancer	25	431	19	392	+ 39
Stomach Cancer	26	414	15	443	- 29
Hypertension	27	355	14	478	- 123
Oral Cancer	28	324	26	181	+ 142
Road Traffic Accidents	29	319	8	800	- 481
Ovary Cancer	30	313	40	93	+ 220
Skin Cancers	31	250	47	54	+ 196
Alcohol	32	240	30	143	+ 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	200	20	350	- 150
Uterin Cancer	34	184	46	58	+ 126
Skin Disease	35	182	54	10	+ 172
Epilepsy	36	167	38	99	+ 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	140	41	91	+ 49
Malnutrition	38	139	56	8	+ 132
Drug Use	39	138	48	46	+ 92
Congenital Anomalies	40	135	9	768	- 633
Cervical Cancer	41	116	25	250	- 133
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	102	37	103	- 1
Anemia	43	95	81	0	+ 95
Violence	44	72	28	169	- 97
Multiple Sclerosis	45	70	55	10	+ 60
Asthma	46	61	49	44	+ 17
Drownings	47	38	29	153	- 116
Fires	48	36	35	122	- 86
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	35	60	4	+ 31
Low Birth Weight	50	33	5	1,161	- 1,128
Osteoarthritis	51	28	86	0	+ 28
Hepatitis C	52	25	63	2	+ 23
Birth Trauma	53	23	7	912	- 889
Tuberculosis	54	22	13	595	- 573
Poisonings	55	20	50	37	- 17
Schizophrenia	56	19	83	0	+ 19
HIV/AIDS	57	17	3	3,008	- 2,990
Meningitis	58	14	44	63	- 49
Upper Respiratory	59	11	52	25	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	10	85	0	+ 10
Oral conditions	61	9	84	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	62	8	58	7	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	8	51	35	- 27
Maternal Conditions	64	3	59	4	- 2
Otitis Media	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	42	73	- 72
War	67	1	64	2	- 1
Pertussis	68	0	61	3	- 3
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	62	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	53	15	- 15
Measles	79	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Belgium

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.