TURKMENISTAN VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,788	1	9,941	- 3,153
Stroke	2	1,947	2	4,771	- 2,824
War	3	1,868	64	2	+ 1,866
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	712	6	1,137	- 424
Road Traffic Accidents	5	614	8	800	- 187
Kidney Disease	6	561	12	633	- 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	519	20	350	+ 169
Congenital Anomalies	8	500	9	768	- 268
Lung Cancers	9	493	17	417	+ 75
Breast Cancer	10	470	18	417	+ 53
Liver Disease	11	414	4	2,018	- 1,604
Low Birth Weight	12	398	5	1,161	- 764
Lung Disease	13	385	23	318	+ 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	373	16	441	- 68
Diabetes Mellitus	15	369	10	694	- 324
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	295	27	177	+ 117
Asthma	17	253	49	44	+ 209
Lymphomas	18	199	33	131	+ 68
Leukemia	19	192	32	135	+ 57
Bladder Cancer	20	182	43	69	+ 113
Birth Trauma	21	179	7	912	- 732
Stomach Cancer	22	174	15	443	- 268
Hypertension	23	170	14	478	- 307
Other Injuries	24	125	22	336	- 211
Violence	25	107	28	169	- 62
Endocrine Disorders	26	101	31	141	- 40
Pancreas Cancer	27	99	34	125	- 26
Prostate Cancer	28	97	45	60	+ 38
Falls	29	92	36	103	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	30	88	39	96	- 8
Liver Cancer	31	88	24	279	- 191
Inflammatory/Heart	32	81	11	663	- 582
Suicide	33	80	21	337	- 257
Ovary Cancer	34	79	40	93	- 14
Meningitis	35	71	44	63	+ 8
Oral Cancer	36	70	26	181	- 112
Pertussis	37	70	61	3	+ 66
Skin Cancers	38	67	47	54	+ 12
Drug Use	39	60	48	46	+ 14
Drownings	40	52	29	153	- 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	48	41	91	- 44
Cervical Cancer	42	45	25	250	- 205
Fires	43	43	35	122	- 79
Uterin Cancer	44	35	46	58	- 23
Maternal Conditions	45	25	59	4	+ 21
Poisonings	46	24	50	37	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	47	23	19	392	- 368
Epilepsy	48	22	38	99	- 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	19	37	103	- 84
Encephalitis	50	19	42	73	- 54
Malnutrition	51	17	56	8	+ 10
Tetanus	52	14	53	15	- 1
Alcohol	53	12	30	143	- 131
Appendicitis	54	9	58	7	+ 2
Syphilis	55	7	67	0	+ 7
Tuberculosis	56	6	13	595	- 589
Other Neoplasms	57	5	57	7	- 2
HIV/AIDS	58	4	3	3,008	- 3,004
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	55	10	- 7
Schistosomiasis	60	3	79	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	61	2	54	10	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	60	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	1	51	35	- 34
Diphtheria	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	62	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	52	25	- 24
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	63	2	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	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
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Syria

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.