TURKMENISTAN VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,879	1	9,941	- 7,062
Stroke	2	1,772	2	4,771	- 2,999
Kidney Disease	3	1,617	12	633	+ 984
Lung Disease	4	1,141	23	318	+ 823
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,040	10	694	+ 346
Hypertension	6	942	14	478	+ 464
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	912	6	1,137	- 225
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	893	16	441	+ 452
Road Traffic Accidents	9	814	8	800	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	10	721	15	443	+ 278
Violence	11	693	28	169	+ 524
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	677	27	177	+ 500
Other Injuries	13	623	22	336	+ 287
Prostate Cancer	14	489	45	60	+ 429
Suicide	15	444	21	337	+ 107
Breast Cancer	16	419	18	417	+ 2
Liver Cancer	17	417	24	279	+ 137
Liver Disease	18	403	4	2,018	- 1,614
Lymphomas	19	388	33	131	+ 257
Lung Cancers	20	375	17	417	- 43
Congenital Anomalies	21	344	9	768	- 425
Pancreas Cancer	22	320	34	125	+ 195
Other Neoplasms	23	290	57	7	+ 283
Leukemia	24	285	32	135	+ 150
HIV/AIDS	25	209	3	3,008	- 2,798
Inflammatory/Heart	26	209	11	663	- 455
Endocrine Disorders	27	200	31	141	+ 59
Low Birth Weight	28	194	5	1,161	- 967
Cervical Cancer	29	173	25	250	- 76
Parkinson's Disease	30	151	39	96	+ 55
Skin Cancers	31	149	47	54	+ 95
Skin Disease	32	138	54	10	+ 128
Alcohol	33	138	30	143	- 5
Epilepsy	34	127	38	99	+ 28
Falls	35	127	36	103	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	36	109	43	69	+ 40
Drownings	37	106	29	153	- 48
Oral Cancer	38	105	26	181	- 77
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	95	20	350	- 255
Ovary Cancer	40	88	40	93	- 6
Uterin Cancer	41	88	46	58	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	80	37	103	- 22
Drug Use	43	69	48	46	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	44	66	19	392	- 325
Asthma	45	66	49	44	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	60	60	4	+ 56
Birth Trauma	47	52	7	912	- 859
Malnutrition	48	40	56	8	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	35	41	91	- 56
Tuberculosis	50	34	13	595	- 560
Anemia	51	27	81	0	+ 27
Appendicitis	52	24	58	7	+ 17
Schizophrenia	53	23	83	0	+ 23
Meningitis	54	19	44	63	- 43
Maternal Conditions	55	19	59	4	+ 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	14	85	0	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	57	12	55	10	+ 2
Fires	58	11	35	122	- 111
Hepatitis B	59	8	51	35	- 28
Poisonings	60	6	50	37	- 31
Osteoarthritis	61	5	86	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	62	3	52	25	- 22
Encephalitis	63	3	42	73	- 70
Hepatitis C	64	1	63	2	- 1
Syphilis	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Leprosy	67	1	72	0	+ 1
War	68	1	64	2	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	61	3	- 3
Dengue	70	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	62	3	- 3
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	53	15	- 15
Measles	75	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Costa Rica

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.