AFGHANISTAN VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	69,436	1	40,195	+ 29,242
Stroke	2	33,323	3	19,060	+ 14,263
HIV/AIDS	3	21,007	46	464	+ 20,543
Liver Disease	4	14,092	16	4,600	+ 9,493
Low Birth Weight	5	8,111	5	12,631	- 4,520
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,938	4	14,649	- 6,711
Birth Trauma	7	6,367	6	10,723	- 4,355
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,590	11	6,033	- 443
Congenital Anomalies	9	5,368	14	5,001	+ 367
Diabetes Mellitus	10	4,844	12	5,750	- 905
Inflammatory/Heart	11	4,633	45	527	+ 4,106
Kidney Disease	12	4,422	10	6,590	- 2,168
Tuberculosis	13	4,156	7	9,839	- 5,683
Hypertension	14	3,336	8	7,995	- 4,659
Stomach Cancer	15	3,092	26	1,501	+ 1,591
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	3,079	23	1,765	+ 1,314
Lung Cancers	17	2,916	32	1,076	+ 1,840
Breast Cancer	18	2,916	22	1,822	+ 1,094
Oesophagus Cancer	19	2,737	29	1,314	+ 1,423
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	2,447	13	5,555	- 3,109
Suicide	21	2,351	24	1,573	+ 779
Other Injuries	22	2,347	18	3,241	- 894
Lung Disease	23	2,221	15	4,650	- 2,429
Liver Cancer	24	1,949	40	657	+ 1,292
Cervical Cancer	25	1,745	44	541	+ 1,205
Oral Cancer	26	1,267	27	1,467	- 201
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	1,237	39	741	+ 495
Violence	28	1,181	19	3,217	- 2,035
Drownings	29	1,072	34	996	+ 76
Alcohol	30	998	58	150	+ 848
Endocrine Disorders	31	981	28	1,364	- 382
Leukemia	32	943	42	610	+ 333
Lymphomas	33	914	36	946	- 32
Pancreas Cancer	34	874	56	229	+ 645
Fires	35	851	50	348	+ 503
Falls	36	722	37	905	- 183
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	717	25	1,505	- 788
Epilepsy	38	690	35	993	- 303
Parkinson's Disease	39	671	41	628	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	40	652	48	369	+ 283
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	639	33	1,041	- 402
Encephalitis	42	510	31	1,190	- 680
Bladder Cancer	43	481	54	272	+ 209
Meningitis	44	437	20	2,626	- 2,188
Prostate Cancer	45	416	55	258	+ 158
Uterin Cancer	46	406	53	289	+ 118
Skin Cancers	47	378	59	145	+ 233
Drug Use	48	320	51	328	- 8
Asthma	49	309	17	3,403	- 3,093
Poisonings	50	256	47	384	- 128
Hepatitis B	51	246	38	863	- 617
Upper Respiratory	52	176	68	9	+ 167
Tetanus	53	107	30	1,254	- 1,148
Skin Disease	54	70	61	94	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	55	70	62	84	- 14
Malnutrition	56	55	43	589	- 534
Other Neoplasms	57	50	63	29	+ 21
Appendicitis	58	47	52	298	- 251
Maternal Conditions	59	31	9	7,807	- 7,776
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	29	65	25	+ 4
Pertussis	61	24	21	2,107	- 2,083
Leishmaniasis	62	19	70	1	+ 18
Hepatitis C	63	15	64	28	- 13
War	64	14	2	25,620	- 25,606
Chlamydia	65	3	69	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	2	66	17	- 15
Syphilis	67	1	60	94	- 93
Dengue	68	1	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	16	- 16
Measles	71	0	49	350	- 350
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	57	185	- 185
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Turkmenistan

Afghanistan

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.