TURKMENISTAN VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,029	6	1,137	+ 3,893
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	3,511	20	350	+ 3,161
Tuberculosis	3	3,090	13	595	+ 2,495
Malaria	4	2,450	76	0	+ 2,450
Birth Trauma	5	2,431	7	912	+ 1,519
Low Birth Weight	6	2,328	5	1,161	+ 1,167
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,489	1	9,941	- 8,452
Stroke	8	1,401	2	4,771	- 3,370
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,206	9	768	+ 437
HIV/AIDS	10	1,071	3	3,008	- 1,937
Meningitis	11	1,059	44	63	+ 996
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,012	8	800	+ 211
Liver Disease	13	930	4	2,018	- 1,088
Measles	14	714	71	0	+ 714
Maternal Conditions	15	571	59	4	+ 567
Pertussis	16	565	61	3	+ 561
Other Injuries	17	551	22	336	+ 215
Diabetes Mellitus	18	546	10	694	- 148
Violence	19	447	28	169	+ 277
Kidney Disease	20	441	12	633	- 192
Endocrine Disorders	21	383	31	141	+ 243
Lung Disease	22	305	23	318	- 13
Breast Cancer	23	288	18	417	- 129
Hypertension	24	259	14	478	- 218
Cervical Cancer	25	257	25	250	+ 7
Tetanus	26	203	53	15	+ 187
Asthma	27	199	49	44	+ 154
Falls	28	183	36	103	+ 79
Fires	29	173	35	122	+ 51
Suicide	30	170	21	337	- 166
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	165	16	441	- 276
Drownings	32	160	29	153	+ 6
Poisonings	33	159	50	37	+ 123
Drug Use	34	152	48	46	+ 106
Prostate Cancer	35	144	45	60	+ 84
Malnutrition	36	143	56	8	+ 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	142	37	103	+ 39
Syphilis	38	132	67	0	+ 132
Liver Cancer	39	128	24	279	- 151
Lymphomas	40	126	33	131	- 5
Epilepsy	41	121	38	99	+ 23
Inflammatory/Heart	42	117	11	663	- 546
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	101	27	177	- 76
Diphtheria	44	92	70	0	+ 92
War	45	79	64	2	+ 77
Parkinson's Disease	46	60	39	96	- 36
Leukemia	47	55	32	135	- 80
Oral Cancer	48	54	26	181	- 127
Ovary Cancer	49	52	40	93	- 42
Stomach Cancer	50	52	15	443	- 391
Pancreas Cancer	51	48	34	125	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	47	41	91	- 44
Skin Cancers	53	47	47	54	- 7
Schistosomiasis	54	37	79	0	+ 37
Hepatitis B	55	36	51	35	+ 1
Skin Disease	56	36	54	10	+ 26
Lung Cancers	57	31	17	417	- 386
Alcohol	58	25	30	143	- 118
Encephalitis	59	23	42	73	- 50
Appendicitis	60	18	58	7	+ 12
Ascariasis	61	17	66	0	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	62	16	46	58	- 42
Bladder Cancer	63	16	43	69	- 53
Oesophagus Cancer	64	14	19	392	- 378
Hepatitis C	65	7	63	2	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	66	7	57	7	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	6	52	25	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	68	4	55	10	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	4	60	4	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	1	62	3	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Nigeria

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.