TURKMENISTAN VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	9,581	6	1,137	+ 8,444
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	6,779	20	350	+ 6,429
Measles	3	5,108	71	0	+ 5,108
Tuberculosis	4	4,528	13	595	+ 3,933
Birth Trauma	5	4,224	7	912	+ 3,313
Stroke	6	3,793	2	4,771	- 978
Coronary Heart Disease	7	3,192	1	9,941	- 6,749
Low Birth Weight	8	2,758	5	1,161	+ 1,597
Meningitis	9	2,375	44	63	+ 2,312
Malnutrition	10	2,129	56	8	+ 2,121
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,867	8	800	+ 1,067
Maternal Conditions	12	1,821	59	4	+ 1,817
Liver Disease	13	1,728	4	2,018	- 289
Other Injuries	14	1,589	22	336	+ 1,253
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,505	9	768	+ 736
Diabetes Mellitus	16	1,274	10	694	+ 581
Tetanus	17	1,169	53	15	+ 1,153
Hypertension	18	1,166	14	478	+ 689
Lung Disease	19	1,078	23	318	+ 760
Pertussis	20	906	61	3	+ 903
Kidney Disease	21	905	12	633	+ 272
Malaria	22	857	76	0	+ 857
Asthma	23	829	49	44	+ 785
War	24	582	64	2	+ 580
Drownings	25	561	29	153	+ 408
Breast Cancer	26	543	18	417	+ 126
Suicide	27	538	21	337	+ 201
Cervical Cancer	28	390	25	250	+ 140
Violence	29	365	28	169	+ 196
Fires	30	358	35	122	+ 236
Poisonings	31	334	50	37	+ 298
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	286	16	441	- 155
HIV/AIDS	33	269	3	3,008	- 2,738
Lymphomas	34	267	33	131	+ 136
Leukemia	35	248	32	135	+ 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	247	37	103	+ 144
Falls	37	242	36	103	+ 138
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	241	27	177	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	39	230	11	663	- 433
Oesophagus Cancer	40	228	19	392	- 164
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	197	41	91	+ 105
Schistosomiasis	42	192	79	0	+ 192
Epilepsy	43	185	38	99	+ 86
Endocrine Disorders	44	179	31	141	+ 39
Syphilis	45	167	67	0	+ 166
Oral Cancer	46	145	26	181	- 37
Upper Respiratory	47	144	52	25	+ 119
Hepatitis B	48	139	51	35	+ 104
Stomach Cancer	49	137	15	443	- 306
Ovary Cancer	50	130	40	93	+ 37
Leishmaniasis	51	128	62	3	+ 125
Prostate Cancer	52	126	45	60	+ 66
Liver Cancer	53	113	24	279	- 166
Lung Cancers	54	103	17	417	- 315
Appendicitis	55	83	58	7	+ 76
Parkinson's Disease	56	81	39	96	- 15
Skin Cancers	57	72	47	54	+ 18
Skin Disease	58	67	54	10	+ 57
Alcohol	59	67	30	143	- 76
Diphtheria	60	66	70	0	+ 66
Bladder Cancer	61	66	43	69	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	62	47	34	125	- 78
Encephalitis	63	40	42	73	- 33
Uterin Cancer	64	34	46	58	- 24
Drug Use	65	24	48	46	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	16	60	4	+ 11
Hepatitis C	67	15	63	2	+ 13
Otitis Media	68	14	69	0	+ 14
Ascariasis	69	13	66	0	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	70	5	57	7	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	71	3	55	10	- 7
Chlamydia	72	2	65	0	+ 2
Dengue	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	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

Somalia

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.