TURKMENISTAN VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,842	3	3,008	+ 3,835
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,739	6	1,137	+ 2,602
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,111	1	9,941	- 6,830
Stroke	4	2,917	2	4,771	- 1,854
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,869	10	694	+ 2,175
Tuberculosis	6	2,087	13	595	+ 1,493
Violence	7	1,996	28	169	+ 1,827
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,506	20	350	+ 1,155
Kidney Disease	9	1,454	12	633	+ 821
Suicide	10	1,309	21	337	+ 972
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,237	8	800	+ 436
Hypertension	12	1,215	14	478	+ 738
Lung Disease	13	1,130	23	318	+ 812
Liver Disease	14	857	4	2,018	- 1,161
Lung Cancers	15	732	17	417	+ 315
Low Birth Weight	16	594	5	1,161	- 567
Other Injuries	17	572	22	336	+ 235
Asthma	18	567	49	44	+ 523
Endocrine Disorders	19	560	31	141	+ 419
Cervical Cancer	20	528	25	250	+ 278
Inflammatory/Heart	21	514	11	663	- 149
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	444	16	441	+ 4
Breast Cancer	23	431	18	417	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	24	416	45	60	+ 356
Congenital Anomalies	25	413	9	768	- 355
Meningitis	26	348	44	63	+ 285
Fires	27	344	35	122	+ 222
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	341	27	177	+ 164
Oesophagus Cancer	29	331	19	392	- 61
Birth Trauma	30	285	7	912	- 626
Lymphomas	31	268	33	131	+ 137
Drownings	32	228	29	153	+ 75
Liver Cancer	33	227	24	279	- 53
Malnutrition	34	226	56	8	+ 218
Pancreas Cancer	35	191	34	125	+ 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	180	37	103	+ 77
Epilepsy	37	178	38	99	+ 79
Maternal Conditions	38	162	59	4	+ 157
Stomach Cancer	39	146	15	443	- 297
Leukemia	40	139	32	135	+ 4
Oral Cancer	41	134	26	181	- 48
Falls	42	133	36	103	+ 30
Pertussis	43	109	61	3	+ 105
Syphilis	44	107	67	0	+ 107
Skin Disease	45	105	54	10	+ 95
Parkinson's Disease	46	102	39	96	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	96	41	91	+ 5
Skin Cancers	48	94	47	54	+ 40
Alcohol	49	94	30	143	- 49
Poisonings	50	93	50	37	+ 56
Ovary Cancer	51	90	40	93	- 3
Bladder Cancer	52	79	43	69	+ 10
Drug Use	53	73	48	46	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	54	49	46	58	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	36	60	4	+ 31
Appendicitis	56	26	58	7	+ 19
Measles	57	26	71	0	+ 26
Other Neoplasms	58	25	57	7	+ 18
Encephalitis	59	22	42	73	- 51
Upper Respiratory	60	21	52	25	- 4
Hepatitis B	61	13	51	35	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	55	10	+ 1
Malaria	63	8	76	0	+ 8
War	64	6	64	2	+ 4
Tetanus	65	4	53	15	- 12
Schistosomiasis	66	3	79	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	67	2	69	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	2	65	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	2	70	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	70	1	63	2	- 1
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	62	3	- 3
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

South Africa

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.