TURKMENISTAN VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,701	6	1,137	+ 1,564
Stroke	2	2,518	2	4,771	- 2,253
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,342	1	9,941	- 7,599
HIV/AIDS	4	2,253	3	3,008	- 755
Malaria	5	1,854	76	0	+ 1,854
Tuberculosis	6	1,696	13	595	+ 1,101
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,297	8	800	+ 496
Low Birth Weight	8	1,106	5	1,161	- 55
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,086	20	350	+ 735
Birth Trauma	10	1,029	7	912	+ 117
Liver Disease	11	1,005	4	2,018	- 1,012
Diabetes Mellitus	12	985	10	694	+ 291
Kidney Disease	13	691	12	633	+ 58
Congenital Anomalies	14	654	9	768	- 115
Lung Disease	15	518	23	318	+ 200
Meningitis	16	495	44	63	+ 433
Liver Cancer	17	473	24	279	+ 194
Other Injuries	18	404	22	336	+ 68
Hypertension	19	370	14	478	- 107
Cervical Cancer	20	359	25	250	+ 109
Suicide	21	331	21	337	- 6
Maternal Conditions	22	331	59	4	+ 326
Asthma	23	329	49	44	+ 284
Endocrine Disorders	24	326	31	141	+ 186
Breast Cancer	25	322	18	417	- 96
Malnutrition	26	310	56	8	+ 302
Violence	27	308	28	169	+ 139
Inflammatory/Heart	28	268	11	663	- 395
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	215	16	441	- 226
Falls	30	194	36	103	+ 90
Prostate Cancer	31	171	45	60	+ 112
Lymphomas	32	145	33	131	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	33	145	15	443	- 298
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	133	27	177	- 44
Pertussis	35	124	61	3	+ 120
Drownings	36	123	29	153	- 30
Fires	37	121	35	122	- 1
Ovary Cancer	38	116	40	93	+ 23
Drug Use	39	105	48	46	+ 59
Poisonings	40	87	50	37	+ 50
Syphilis	41	80	67	0	+ 80
Oral Cancer	42	80	26	181	- 101
Parkinson's Disease	43	64	39	96	- 32
Encephalitis	44	59	42	73	- 14
Leukemia	45	56	32	135	- 79
Pancreas Cancer	46	55	34	125	- 70
Epilepsy	47	55	38	99	- 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	53	37	103	- 49
Oesophagus Cancer	49	47	19	392	- 344
Skin Disease	50	44	54	10	+ 34
Schistosomiasis	51	43	79	0	+ 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	42	41	91	- 49
Bladder Cancer	53	41	43	69	- 28
Alcohol	54	41	30	143	- 102
Lung Cancers	55	39	17	417	- 378
Tetanus	56	37	53	15	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	57	36	46	58	- 22
Skin Cancers	58	36	47	54	- 18
Appendicitis	59	24	58	7	+ 17
Measles	60	22	71	0	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	61	19	55	10	+ 9
Hepatitis B	62	17	51	35	- 18
Other Neoplasms	63	8	57	7	+ 1
War	64	5	64	2	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	5	63	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	52	25	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	60	4	- 2
Ascariasis	68	2	66	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	65	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	62	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Ghana

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.