TURKMENISTAN VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,828	1	9,941	+ 15,887
Stroke	2	18,791	2	4,771	+ 14,021
Hypertension	3	3,807	14	478	+ 3,329
Lung Cancers	4	3,050	17	417	+ 2,633
Inflammatory/Heart	5	2,937	11	663	+ 2,273
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,303	27	177	+ 2,126
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	2,116	16	441	+ 1,675
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,688	10	694	+ 995
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,598	6	1,137	+ 462
Breast Cancer	10	1,507	18	417	+ 1,089
Stomach Cancer	11	1,497	15	443	+ 1,055
Prostate Cancer	12	1,480	45	60	+ 1,420
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,391	34	125	+ 1,266
Suicide	14	1,224	21	337	+ 887
Liver Disease	15	1,163	4	2,018	- 854
Other Injuries	16	1,156	22	336	+ 820
Kidney Disease	17	1,137	12	633	+ 504
Lung Disease	18	1,104	23	318	+ 786
Lymphomas	19	783	33	131	+ 652
Bladder Cancer	20	727	43	69	+ 658
Alcohol	21	725	30	143	+ 582
Oral Cancer	22	683	26	181	+ 501
Falls	23	642	36	103	+ 539
Ovary Cancer	24	626	40	93	+ 533
Leukemia	25	594	32	135	+ 459
Liver Cancer	26	500	24	279	+ 221
Road Traffic Accidents	27	490	8	800	- 311
Other Neoplasms	28	487	57	7	+ 480
Uterin Cancer	29	471	46	58	+ 413
Skin Cancers	30	461	47	54	+ 406
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	452	37	103	+ 350
Oesophagus Cancer	32	418	19	392	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	33	407	25	250	+ 157
Drownings	34	405	29	153	+ 251
Parkinson's Disease	35	400	39	96	+ 304
Fires	36	329	35	122	+ 208
Violence	37	301	28	169	+ 132
Skin Disease	38	244	54	10	+ 234
HIV/AIDS	39	236	3	3,008	- 2,771
Tuberculosis	40	227	13	595	- 368
Endocrine Disorders	41	188	31	141	+ 48
Hepatitis C	42	169	63	2	+ 166
Congenital Anomalies	43	148	9	768	- 620
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	145	85	0	+ 145
Epilepsy	45	141	38	99	+ 42
Asthma	46	133	49	44	+ 89
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	130	41	91	+ 39
Drug Use	48	130	48	46	+ 84
Poisonings	49	74	50	37	+ 37
Multiple Sclerosis	50	65	55	10	+ 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	63	60	4	+ 59
Meningitis	52	47	44	63	- 16
Anemia	53	45	81	0	+ 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	43	20	350	- 307
Birth Trauma	55	37	7	912	- 875
Low Birth Weight	56	36	5	1,161	- 1,125
Schizophrenia	57	24	83	0	+ 24
Osteoarthritis	58	22	86	0	+ 22
Appendicitis	59	15	58	7	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	60	15	59	4	+ 10
Oral conditions	61	11	84	0	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	62	11	52	25	- 14
Hepatitis B	63	10	51	35	- 25
Malnutrition	64	6	56	8	- 2
Syphilis	65	4	67	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	3	69	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	67	2	70	0	+ 2
War	68	1	64	2	- 1
Encephalitis	69	0	42	73	- 73
Pertussis	70	0	61	3	- 3
Tetanus	71	0	53	15	- 15
Measles	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	62	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Latvia

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.