TURKMENISTAN VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,617	1	9,941	- 3,324
Stroke	2	4,072	2	4,771	- 699
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,962	10	694	+ 2,269
Lung Disease	4	1,566	23	318	+ 1,248
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,459	6	1,137	+ 323
Kidney Disease	6	1,444	12	633	+ 811
Hypertension	7	820	14	478	+ 343
Liver Disease	8	753	4	2,018	- 1,265
Lung Cancers	9	728	17	417	+ 310
Road Traffic Accidents	10	706	8	800	- 94
Suicide	11	680	21	337	+ 344
Asthma	12	571	49	44	+ 527
Breast Cancer	13	527	18	417	+ 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	521	16	441	+ 80
Congenital Anomalies	15	484	9	768	- 285
Low Birth Weight	16	450	5	1,161	- 711
Stomach Cancer	17	440	15	443	- 3
Measles	18	427	71	0	+ 427
Drownings	19	363	29	153	+ 210
Other Injuries	20	353	22	336	+ 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	328	20	350	- 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	326	27	177	+ 149
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	312	41	91	+ 221
Prostate Cancer	24	293	45	60	+ 233
Ovary Cancer	25	274	40	93	+ 181
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	240	37	103	+ 137
Falls	27	217	36	103	+ 113
Parkinson's Disease	28	201	39	96	+ 105
Inflammatory/Heart	29	198	11	663	- 466
Liver Cancer	30	186	24	279	- 93
Endocrine Disorders	31	166	31	141	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	32	161	25	250	- 89
Lymphomas	33	154	33	131	+ 23
Violence	34	153	28	169	- 17
Birth Trauma	35	149	7	912	- 762
Uterin Cancer	36	145	46	58	+ 87
Maternal Conditions	37	144	59	4	+ 140
Bladder Cancer	38	131	43	69	+ 62
Oral Cancer	39	120	26	181	- 61
Pancreas Cancer	40	102	34	125	- 23
Skin Disease	41	95	54	10	+ 85
Leukemia	42	87	32	135	- 48
Malnutrition	43	78	56	8	+ 70
Meningitis	44	66	44	63	+ 4
Epilepsy	45	64	38	99	- 35
Alcohol	46	58	30	143	- 85
Skin Cancers	47	54	47	54	- 0
Fires	48	49	35	122	- 73
Syphilis	49	48	67	0	+ 48
Tuberculosis	50	48	13	595	- 547
Oesophagus Cancer	51	26	19	392	- 366
Poisonings	52	23	50	37	- 14
Other Neoplasms	53	18	57	7	+ 11
Encephalitis	54	16	42	73	- 57
Drug Use	55	15	48	46	- 31
Appendicitis	56	11	58	7	+ 4
Hepatitis B	57	9	51	35	- 26
Pertussis	58	6	61	3	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	60	4	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	55	10	- 5
Dengue	61	3	68	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	53	15	- 14
Diphtheria	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	63	2	- 1
War	65	1	64	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	52	25	- 25
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	3	3,008	- 3,008
Schistosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	62	3	- 3
Malaria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Samoa

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.