TURKMENISTAN VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,051	6	1,137	+ 1,914
HIV/AIDS	2	2,560	3	3,008	- 447
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,291	1	9,941	- 7,650
Stroke	4	1,826	2	4,771	- 2,944
Birth Trauma	5	1,717	7	912	+ 805
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,583	8	800	+ 783
Malaria	7	1,534	76	0	+ 1,534
Low Birth Weight	8	1,506	5	1,161	+ 345
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,424	20	350	+ 1,074
Tuberculosis	10	1,013	13	595	+ 418
Congenital Anomalies	11	872	9	768	+ 103
Liver Cancer	12	858	24	279	+ 579
Maternal Conditions	13	786	59	4	+ 782
Liver Disease	14	736	4	2,018	- 1,282
Diabetes Mellitus	15	660	10	694	- 34
Kidney Disease	16	605	12	633	- 28
Endocrine Disorders	17	523	31	141	+ 383
Meningitis	18	521	44	63	+ 458
Lung Disease	19	469	23	318	+ 151
Violence	20	444	28	169	+ 275
Other Injuries	21	442	22	336	+ 106
Hypertension	22	392	14	478	- 86
Cervical Cancer	23	330	25	250	+ 80
Asthma	24	305	49	44	+ 261
Suicide	25	256	21	337	- 80
Malnutrition	26	250	56	8	+ 242
Pertussis	27	225	61	3	+ 221
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	202	16	441	- 238
Falls	29	189	36	103	+ 85
Drownings	30	156	29	153	+ 3
Fires	31	152	35	122	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	32	135	11	663	- 529
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	128	37	103	+ 26
Syphilis	34	124	67	0	+ 124
Epilepsy	35	98	38	99	- 1
Poisonings	36	96	50	37	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	37	78	39	96	- 18
Lung Cancers	38	76	17	417	- 341
Drug Use	39	63	48	46	+ 18
Breast Cancer	40	60	18	417	- 358
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	54	41	91	- 38
Schistosomiasis	42	52	79	0	+ 52
Prostate Cancer	43	47	45	60	- 13
Skin Disease	44	42	54	10	+ 32
Tetanus	45	42	53	15	+ 27
Hepatitis B	46	31	51	35	- 4
Stomach Cancer	47	31	15	443	- 412
Encephalitis	48	31	42	73	- 42
Measles	49	31	71	0	+ 31
Alcohol	50	27	30	143	- 115
Lymphomas	51	26	33	131	- 105
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	24	27	177	- 153
Pancreas Cancer	53	13	34	125	- 112
Oesophagus Cancer	54	12	19	392	- 379
Appendicitis	55	11	58	7	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	56	10	43	69	- 59
Other Neoplasms	57	6	57	7	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	58	6	55	10	- 4
Leukemia	59	5	32	135	- 130
Leishmaniasis	60	5	62	3	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	61	5	40	93	- 88
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	60	4	- 0
Ascariasis	63	4	66	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	3	52	25	- 22
Hepatitis C	65	2	63	2	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	66	2	46	58	- 56
Diphtheria	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	47	54	- 53
War	69	1	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	1	65	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	26	181	- 181
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Gambia

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.