TURKMENISTAN VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,995	1	9,941	- 4,946
Stroke	2	2,838	2	4,771	- 1,933
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,464	8	800	+ 664
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,009	10	694	+ 316
Low Birth Weight	5	897	5	1,161	- 264
Kidney Disease	6	863	12	633	+ 230
Violence	7	772	28	169	+ 603
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	758	6	1,137	- 379
Congenital Anomalies	9	657	9	768	- 112
Birth Trauma	10	576	7	912	- 335
War	11	402	64	2	+ 400
Hypertension	12	335	14	478	- 143
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	332	16	441	- 109
Other Injuries	14	302	22	336	- 34
Lung Cancers	15	295	17	417	- 122
Liver Disease	16	290	4	2,018	- 1,727
Breast Cancer	17	243	18	417	- 174
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	215	20	350	- 135
Suicide	19	194	21	337	- 143
Lung Disease	20	181	23	318	- 137
Leukemia	21	180	32	135	+ 44
Inflammatory/Heart	22	162	11	663	- 501
Asthma	23	125	49	44	+ 80
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	116	27	177	- 61
Tuberculosis	25	112	13	595	- 483
Lymphomas	26	111	33	131	- 20
Maternal Conditions	27	106	59	4	+ 102
Stomach Cancer	28	105	15	443	- 337
Fires	29	101	35	122	- 21
Falls	30	97	36	103	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	31	90	39	96	- 6
Drownings	32	90	29	153	- 64
Pertussis	33	87	61	3	+ 83
Bladder Cancer	34	86	43	69	+ 17
Liver Cancer	35	76	24	279	- 203
Pancreas Cancer	36	72	34	125	- 53
Endocrine Disorders	37	63	31	141	- 77
Drug Use	38	60	48	46	+ 14
Oral Cancer	39	56	26	181	- 125
Encephalitis	40	52	42	73	- 21
Ovary Cancer	41	51	40	93	- 42
Meningitis	42	51	44	63	- 12
Skin Cancers	43	46	47	54	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	39	41	91	- 53
Epilepsy	45	34	38	99	- 64
Oesophagus Cancer	46	24	19	392	- 368
Prostate Cancer	47	23	45	60	- 36
Cervical Cancer	48	22	25	250	- 228
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	22	37	103	- 81
Syphilis	50	19	67	0	+ 19
Tetanus	51	15	53	15	- 0
Poisonings	52	13	50	37	- 24
Malnutrition	53	12	56	8	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	54	8	46	58	- 50
Measles	55	8	71	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	56	8	51	35	- 28
Skin Disease	57	7	54	10	- 3
Alcohol	58	5	30	143	- 137
Schistosomiasis	59	5	79	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	55	10	- 6
Other Neoplasms	61	4	57	7	- 4
Leishmaniasis	62	3	62	3	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	60	4	- 1
Appendicitis	64	2	58	7	- 5
Upper Respiratory	65	1	52	25	- 24
Diphtheria	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	63	2	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	3	3,008	- 3,008
Malaria	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Iraq

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.