TURKMENISTAN VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,027	1	9,941	- 4,914
Kidney Disease	2	3,039	12	633	+ 2,406
Stroke	3	1,914	2	4,771	- 2,857
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,779	10	694	+ 1,085
Lung Disease	5	1,350	23	318	+ 1,032
Liver Disease	6	1,035	4	2,018	- 982
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	991	6	1,137	- 146
Road Traffic Accidents	8	954	8	800	+ 153
Hypertension	9	949	14	478	+ 471
Violence	10	532	28	169	+ 363
Congenital Anomalies	11	491	9	768	- 277
Liver Cancer	12	438	24	279	+ 158
Low Birth Weight	13	421	5	1,161	- 740
Stomach Cancer	14	411	15	443	- 32
Prostate Cancer	15	332	45	60	+ 273
Cervical Cancer	16	322	25	250	+ 72
Other Injuries	17	308	22	336	- 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	271	27	177	+ 94
Suicide	19	245	21	337	- 92
Breast Cancer	20	243	18	417	- 174
Alcohol	21	240	30	143	+ 97
Falls	22	238	36	103	+ 134
Lung Cancers	23	236	17	417	- 182
Leukemia	24	195	32	135	+ 60
Birth Trauma	25	170	7	912	- 741
Other Neoplasms	26	165	57	7	+ 158
Pancreas Cancer	27	153	34	125	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	28	141	31	141	+ 0
Lymphomas	29	141	33	131	+ 10
Malnutrition	30	140	56	8	+ 132
Skin Disease	31	139	54	10	+ 129
Drownings	32	135	29	153	- 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	128	16	441	- 313
Inflammatory/Heart	34	120	11	663	- 543
HIV/AIDS	35	120	3	3,008	- 2,888
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	105	20	350	- 245
Tuberculosis	37	99	13	595	- 496
Asthma	38	90	49	44	+ 46
Maternal Conditions	39	76	59	4	+ 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	74	37	103	- 29
Epilepsy	41	64	38	99	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	42	57	39	96	- 39
Oral Cancer	43	55	26	181	- 126
Ovary Cancer	44	53	40	93	- 41
Skin Cancers	45	51	47	54	- 3
Drug Use	46	43	48	46	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	47	36	19	392	- 356
Uterin Cancer	48	33	46	58	- 25
Appendicitis	49	27	58	7	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	26	60	4	+ 22
Meningitis	51	25	44	63	- 38
Bladder Cancer	52	24	43	69	- 45
Anemia	53	24	81	0	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	17	41	91	- 74
Poisonings	55	15	50	37	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	15	85	0	+ 15
Fires	57	14	35	122	- 108
Encephalitis	58	9	42	73	- 64
Osteoarthritis	59	8	86	0	+ 8
Syphilis	60	8	67	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	55	10	- 4
Hepatitis B	62	4	51	35	- 31
Oral conditions	63	4	84	0	+ 4
Dengue	64	4	68	0	+ 4
Chagas disease	65	3	77	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	66	3	83	0	+ 3
Pertussis	67	3	61	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	63	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	1	66	0	+ 0
War	70	1	64	2	- 1
Leprosy	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	0	52	25	- 25
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	62	3	- 3
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	53	15	- 15
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Nicaragua

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.