BULGARIA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,738	1	36,513	- 24,775
Stroke	2	5,633	2	21,347	- 15,714
HIV/AIDS	3	3,551	54	20	+ 3,532
Liver Disease	4	2,382	8	1,804	+ 578
Low Birth Weight	5	1,371	37	116	+ 1,255
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,342	9	1,396	- 54
Birth Trauma	7	1,076	47	40	+ 1,037
Road Traffic Accidents	8	945	17	647	+ 298
Congenital Anomalies	9	907	32	160	+ 748
Diabetes Mellitus	10	819	11	1,344	- 525
Inflammatory/Heart	11	783	24	409	+ 374
Kidney Disease	12	748	7	1,855	- 1,107
Tuberculosis	13	703	38	104	+ 599
Hypertension	14	564	3	5,916	- 5,352
Stomach Cancer	15	523	12	1,175	- 652
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	520	33	147	+ 373
Lung Cancers	17	493	5	3,288	- 2,795
Breast Cancer	18	493	10	1,358	- 865
Oesophagus Cancer	19	463	31	195	+ 268
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	414	51	27	+ 387
Suicide	21	397	15	681	- 284
Other Injuries	22	397	21	437	- 41
Lung Disease	23	376	4	3,993	- 3,618
Liver Cancer	24	330	16	664	- 334
Cervical Cancer	25	295	22	422	- 127
Oral Cancer	26	214	25	408	- 193
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	209	6	2,591	- 2,382
Violence	28	200	41	84	+ 115
Drownings	29	181	35	129	+ 52
Alcohol	30	169	46	44	+ 124
Endocrine Disorders	31	166	34	146	+ 20
Leukemia	32	159	20	460	- 300
Lymphomas	33	155	19	499	- 345
Pancreas Cancer	34	148	13	1,063	- 915
Fires	35	144	36	124	+ 20
Falls	36	122	26	381	- 259
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	121	30	276	- 155
Epilepsy	38	117	39	93	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	39	113	29	284	- 170
Ovary Cancer	40	110	23	420	- 310
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	108	43	56	+ 52
Encephalitis	42	86	63	3	+ 83
Bladder Cancer	43	81	18	637	- 555
Meningitis	44	74	49	31	+ 43
Prostate Cancer	45	70	14	1,016	- 945
Uterin Cancer	46	69	27	369	- 301
Skin Cancers	47	64	28	328	- 265
Drug Use	48	54	42	76	- 22
Asthma	49	52	50	28	+ 24
Poisonings	50	43	48	38	+ 5
Hepatitis B	51	42	53	22	+ 20
Upper Respiratory	52	30	61	4	+ 26
Tetanus	53	18	69	0	+ 18
Skin Disease	54	12	44	53	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	55	12	45	52	- 40
Malnutrition	56	9	67	1	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	57	8	40	93	- 85
Appendicitis	58	8	57	7	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	59	5	59	6	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	60	5	+ 0
Pertussis	61	4	72	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	62	3	71	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	63	3	56	10	- 7
War	64	2	64	3	- 1
Chlamydia	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	66	2	- 2
Dengue	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	68	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	52	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	15	- 15
Oral conditions	84	0	62	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	86	0	65	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Turkmenistan

Bulgaria

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.