TURKMENISTAN VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,673	6	1,137	+ 3,536
Malaria	2	4,298	76	0	+ 4,298
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,322	20	350	+ 2,972
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,536	1	9,941	- 7,405
Stroke	5	2,374	2	4,771	- 2,397
Birth Trauma	6	1,819	7	912	+ 907
Low Birth Weight	7	1,758	5	1,161	+ 596
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,626	8	800	+ 825
HIV/AIDS	9	1,603	3	3,008	- 1,404
Tuberculosis	10	1,520	13	595	+ 925
Congenital Anomalies	11	965	9	768	+ 196
Meningitis	12	891	44	63	+ 828
Liver Disease	13	827	4	2,018	- 1,191
Diabetes Mellitus	14	749	10	694	+ 56
Kidney Disease	15	682	12	633	+ 49
Other Injuries	16	655	22	336	+ 319
Malnutrition	17	582	56	8	+ 574
Maternal Conditions	18	554	59	4	+ 550
Endocrine Disorders	19	502	31	141	+ 362
Lung Disease	20	498	23	318	+ 180
Hypertension	21	392	14	478	- 85
Violence	22	389	28	169	+ 220
Breast Cancer	23	388	18	417	- 30
Asthma	24	386	49	44	+ 342
Suicide	25	328	21	337	- 8
Pertussis	26	295	61	3	+ 292
Liver Cancer	27	252	24	279	- 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	235	16	441	- 206
Drownings	29	231	29	153	+ 77
Falls	30	204	36	103	+ 101
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	194	37	103	+ 91
Inflammatory/Heart	32	181	11	663	- 482
Fires	33	173	35	122	+ 51
Prostate Cancer	34	172	45	60	+ 113
Cervical Cancer	35	166	25	250	- 84
Stomach Cancer	36	146	15	443	- 297
Epilepsy	37	145	38	99	+ 46
Poisonings	38	137	50	37	+ 101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	121	27	177	- 56
Drug Use	40	117	48	46	+ 71
Syphilis	41	113	67	0	+ 113
Lymphomas	42	83	33	131	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	80	41	91	- 12
Parkinson's Disease	44	74	39	96	- 22
Tetanus	45	65	53	15	+ 49
Schistosomiasis	46	64	79	0	+ 64
Hepatitis B	47	58	51	35	+ 22
Skin Cancers	48	54	47	54	- 0
Lung Cancers	49	54	17	417	- 364
Oral Cancer	50	52	26	181	- 129
Skin Disease	51	51	54	10	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	52	49	43	69	- 20
Ovary Cancer	53	48	40	93	- 45
Pancreas Cancer	54	39	34	125	- 86
Alcohol	55	33	30	143	- 110
Encephalitis	56	32	42	73	- 41
Oesophagus Cancer	57	23	19	392	- 369
Measles	58	23	71	0	+ 23
Leukemia	59	23	32	135	- 112
Uterin Cancer	60	19	46	58	- 39
Appendicitis	61	17	58	7	+ 10
Ascariasis	62	9	66	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	63	8	63	2	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	64	7	52	25	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	65	7	55	10	- 3
Other Neoplasms	66	6	57	7	- 1
War	67	5	64	2	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	5	60	4	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	2	70	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	62	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Sierra Leone

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.