TURKMENISTAN VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,248	3	3,008	+ 1,240
Tuberculosis	2	2,620	13	595	+ 2,025
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,427	6	1,137	+ 1,290
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,350	1	9,941	- 7,591
Stroke	5	2,135	2	4,771	- 2,636
Malaria	6	1,862	76	0	+ 1,862
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,506	8	800	+ 705
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,229	20	350	+ 878
Low Birth Weight	9	1,209	5	1,161	+ 47
Diabetes Mellitus	10	989	10	694	+ 295
Birth Trauma	11	940	7	912	+ 28
Hypertension	12	878	14	478	+ 401
Liver Disease	13	877	4	2,018	- 1,141
Congenital Anomalies	14	687	9	768	- 82
Kidney Disease	15	577	12	633	- 56
Maternal Conditions	16	544	59	4	+ 540
Lung Disease	17	509	23	318	+ 191
Violence	18	508	28	169	+ 338
Suicide	19	328	21	337	- 8
Other Injuries	20	314	22	336	- 22
Pertussis	21	310	61	3	+ 307
Meningitis	22	282	44	63	+ 219
Asthma	23	274	49	44	+ 230
Malnutrition	24	256	56	8	+ 248
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	217	16	441	- 224
Inflammatory/Heart	26	207	11	663	- 457
Endocrine Disorders	27	196	31	141	+ 55
Prostate Cancer	28	186	45	60	+ 127
Cervical Cancer	29	185	25	250	- 65
Liver Cancer	30	160	24	279	- 119
Measles	31	150	71	0	+ 150
Breast Cancer	32	149	18	417	- 268
Falls	33	140	36	103	+ 37
Syphilis	34	100	67	0	+ 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	99	37	103	- 4
Drownings	36	98	29	153	- 56
Fires	37	85	35	122	- 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	84	27	177	- 93
Stomach Cancer	39	83	15	443	- 360
Epilepsy	40	72	38	99	- 27
Poisonings	41	66	50	37	+ 30
Parkinson's Disease	42	65	39	96	- 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	63	41	91	- 29
Drug Use	44	62	48	46	+ 16
Lymphomas	45	57	33	131	- 73
Leukemia	46	54	32	135	- 81
Lung Cancers	47	51	17	417	- 367
Ovary Cancer	48	47	40	93	- 47
Alcohol	49	43	30	143	- 99
Skin Disease	50	43	54	10	+ 33
Schistosomiasis	51	42	79	0	+ 42
Pancreas Cancer	52	39	34	125	- 86
Skin Cancers	53	34	47	54	- 20
Oral Cancer	54	31	26	181	- 151
Tetanus	55	22	53	15	+ 6
Encephalitis	56	19	42	73	- 54
Oesophagus Cancer	57	18	19	392	- 373
Appendicitis	58	17	58	7	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	14	60	4	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	60	14	46	58	- 44
Bladder Cancer	61	14	43	69	- 55
Hepatitis B	62	14	51	35	- 22
Other Neoplasms	63	7	57	7	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	6	52	25	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	65	6	78	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	66	4	55	10	- 6
Hepatitis C	67	2	63	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	2	70	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	66	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	65	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	69	0	+ 1
War	72	0	64	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	62	3	- 3
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Congo

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.