TURKMENISTAN VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,989	1	9,941	- 4,952
Violence	2	2,232	28	169	+ 2,063
Stroke	3	1,920	2	4,771	- 2,851
Lung Disease	4	1,845	23	318	+ 1,527
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,248	6	1,137	+ 111
Road Traffic Accidents	6	899	8	800	+ 99
Kidney Disease	7	792	12	633	+ 159
Hypertension	8	741	14	478	+ 264
Stomach Cancer	9	708	15	443	+ 265
Lung Cancers	10	608	17	417	+ 191
Diabetes Mellitus	11	582	10	694	- 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	506	27	177	+ 329
Breast Cancer	13	425	18	417	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	14	415	45	60	+ 356
Other Neoplasms	15	371	57	7	+ 364
Congenital Anomalies	16	343	9	768	- 425
HIV/AIDS	17	311	3	3,008	- 2,697
Lymphomas	18	302	33	131	+ 171
Liver Disease	19	281	4	2,018	- 1,737
Cervical Cancer	20	263	25	250	+ 13
Leukemia	21	256	32	135	+ 121
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	250	16	441	- 191
Low Birth Weight	23	243	5	1,161	- 919
Liver Cancer	24	239	24	279	- 40
Pancreas Cancer	25	234	34	125	+ 109
Suicide	26	228	21	337	- 109
Malnutrition	27	218	56	8	+ 210
Other Injuries	28	184	22	336	- 152
Falls	29	176	36	103	+ 72
Endocrine Disorders	30	158	31	141	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	31	154	11	663	- 509
Tuberculosis	32	147	13	595	- 448
Ovary Cancer	33	130	40	93	+ 37
Skin Disease	34	128	54	10	+ 118
Skin Cancers	35	119	47	54	+ 65
Oesophagus Cancer	36	97	19	392	- 295
Oral Cancer	37	93	26	181	- 88
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	87	20	350	- 264
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	81	37	103	- 22
Drownings	40	80	29	153	- 74
Birth Trauma	41	75	7	912	- 836
Bladder Cancer	42	71	43	69	+ 2
Epilepsy	43	69	38	99	- 30
Drug Use	44	57	48	46	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	45	49	46	58	- 9
Maternal Conditions	46	46	59	4	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	47	44	39	96	- 52
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	39	85	0	+ 39
War	49	30	64	2	+ 28
Meningitis	50	28	44	63	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	28	60	4	+ 24
Appendicitis	52	25	58	7	+ 18
Chagas disease	53	24	77	0	+ 24
Asthma	54	22	49	44	- 22
Dengue	55	15	68	0	+ 15
Fires	56	15	35	122	- 107
Anemia	57	12	81	0	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	58	8	86	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	59	8	63	2	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	55	10	- 3
Poisonings	61	7	50	37	- 30
Hepatitis B	62	6	51	35	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	4	41	91	- 87
Encephalitis	64	4	42	73	- 69
Syphilis	65	4	67	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	52	25	- 22
Malaria	67	3	76	0	+ 3
Alcohol	68	3	30	143	- 140
Pertussis	69	2	61	3	- 1
Schizophrenia	70	2	83	0	+ 2
Tetanus	71	2	53	15	- 14
Leprosy	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	69	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	62	3	- 2
Oral conditions	75	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	66	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Colombia

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.