TURKMENISTAN VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,167	2	4,771	- 604
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,748	1	9,941	- 6,193
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,036	6	1,137	+ 900
Tuberculosis	4	1,407	13	595	+ 812
Kidney Disease	5	1,189	12	633	+ 556
Lung Disease	6	1,175	23	318	+ 857
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,121	20	350	+ 770
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,059	10	694	+ 365
Road Traffic Accidents	9	925	8	800	+ 125
Liver Disease	10	846	4	2,018	- 1,172
Low Birth Weight	11	835	5	1,161	- 327
Birth Trauma	12	806	7	912	- 106
Liver Cancer	13	797	24	279	+ 518
Lung Cancers	14	664	17	417	+ 246
Hypertension	15	643	14	478	+ 165
Asthma	16	607	49	44	+ 563
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	470	37	103	+ 368
Congenital Anomalies	18	467	9	768	- 301
Drownings	19	410	29	153	+ 257
Stomach Cancer	20	383	15	443	- 60
Other Injuries	21	375	22	336	+ 39
Violence	22	343	28	169	+ 174
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	331	16	441	- 110
Falls	24	318	36	103	+ 214
Breast Cancer	25	315	18	417	- 102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	305	27	177	+ 128
Suicide	27	281	21	337	- 55
Oral Cancer	28	252	26	181	+ 71
HIV/AIDS	29	226	3	3,008	- 2,781
Pertussis	30	220	61	3	+ 216
Leukemia	31	209	32	135	+ 74
Maternal Conditions	32	158	59	4	+ 153
Oesophagus Cancer	33	154	19	392	- 237
Lymphomas	34	152	33	131	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	149	41	91	+ 58
Inflammatory/Heart	36	149	11	663	- 515
Cervical Cancer	37	135	25	250	- 115
Endocrine Disorders	38	134	31	141	- 6
Malnutrition	39	120	56	8	+ 112
Meningitis	40	111	44	63	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	41	100	39	96	+ 4
Fires	42	78	35	122	- 44
Ovary Cancer	43	73	40	93	- 20
Tetanus	44	69	53	15	+ 54
Skin Disease	45	64	54	10	+ 54
Encephalitis	46	50	42	73	- 23
Alcohol	47	44	30	143	- 99
Pancreas Cancer	48	44	34	125	- 81
Skin Cancers	49	43	47	54	- 11
Epilepsy	50	42	38	99	- 57
Bladder Cancer	51	35	43	69	- 34
Poisonings	52	30	50	37	- 7
Prostate Cancer	53	27	45	60	- 33
Drug Use	54	24	48	46	- 22
Uterin Cancer	55	21	46	58	- 37
Measles	56	21	71	0	+ 21
Appendicitis	57	21	58	7	+ 14
Syphilis	58	21	67	0	+ 20
Dengue	59	12	68	0	+ 12
Hepatitis B	60	12	51	35	- 23
Other Neoplasms	61	8	57	7	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	62	8	79	0	+ 8
Malaria	63	7	76	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	60	4	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	65	5	55	10	- 5
Upper Respiratory	66	3	52	25	- 22
Hepatitis C	67	3	63	2	+ 1
War	68	2	64	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	2	70	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	2	66	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	62	3	- 3
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Laos

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.