TURKMENISTAN VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,000	3	3,008	+ 2,992
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,000	6	1,137	+ 1,864
Tuberculosis	3	2,902	13	595	+ 2,307
Stroke	4	2,731	2	4,771	- 2,040
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,501	1	9,941	- 7,440
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,779	8	800	+ 979
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,484	10	694	+ 791
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,321	20	350	+ 971
Low Birth Weight	9	1,057	5	1,161	- 104
Lung Disease	10	945	23	318	+ 627
Violence	11	921	28	169	+ 752
Hypertension	12	877	14	478	+ 399
Birth Trauma	13	706	7	912	- 206
Liver Disease	14	688	4	2,018	- 1,330
Kidney Disease	15	659	12	633	+ 26
Congenital Anomalies	16	580	9	768	- 188
Suicide	17	497	21	337	+ 161
Malnutrition	18	458	56	8	+ 450
Other Injuries	19	423	22	336	+ 87
Asthma	20	411	49	44	+ 366
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	360	16	441	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	22	332	11	663	- 332
Cervical Cancer	23	272	25	250	+ 22
Breast Cancer	24	248	18	417	- 169
Maternal Conditions	25	226	59	4	+ 221
Drownings	26	225	29	153	+ 71
Meningitis	27	223	44	63	+ 160
Fires	28	223	35	122	+ 101
Skin Cancers	29	221	47	54	+ 167
Oral Cancer	30	204	26	181	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	31	193	45	60	+ 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	155	37	103	+ 53
Endocrine Disorders	33	149	31	141	+ 9
Falls	34	127	36	103	+ 24
Lung Cancers	35	120	17	417	- 297
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	111	27	177	- 66
Pertussis	37	111	61	3	+ 107
Epilepsy	38	101	38	99	+ 2
Poisonings	39	95	50	37	+ 58
Lymphomas	40	94	33	131	- 37
Liver Cancer	41	92	24	279	- 187
Parkinson's Disease	42	89	39	96	- 7
Syphilis	43	71	67	0	+ 71
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	68	41	91	- 24
Stomach Cancer	45	67	15	443	- 376
Drug Use	46	65	48	46	+ 19
Skin Disease	47	63	54	10	+ 53
Alcohol	48	58	30	143	- 85
Leukemia	49	49	32	135	- 87
Ovary Cancer	50	48	40	93	- 46
Malaria	51	44	76	0	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	52	43	19	392	- 349
Pancreas Cancer	53	36	34	125	- 89
Bladder Cancer	54	32	43	69	- 37
Schistosomiasis	55	28	79	0	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	56	23	46	58	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	19	60	4	+ 15
Appendicitis	58	18	58	7	+ 11
Encephalitis	59	17	42	73	- 57
Other Neoplasms	60	16	57	7	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	61	13	52	25	- 12
Tetanus	62	12	53	15	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	9	51	35	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	55	10	- 5
Measles	65	4	71	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	1	63	2	- 1
War	67	1	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	1	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	1	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	62	3	- 3
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Namibia

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.