BURKINA FASO VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	39,878	4	8,117	+ 31,761
Stroke	2	19,138	7	6,324	+ 12,814
HIV/AIDS	3	12,064	12	3,100	+ 8,964
Liver Disease	4	8,093	14	2,722	+ 5,371
Low Birth Weight	5	4,658	5	6,809	- 2,151
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,559	1	16,807	- 12,248
Birth Trauma	7	3,657	6	6,426	- 2,769
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,210	8	6,303	- 3,093
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,083	10	3,515	- 432
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,782	16	2,609	+ 174
Inflammatory/Heart	11	2,661	35	743	+ 1,918
Kidney Disease	12	2,540	17	2,398	+ 142
Tuberculosis	13	2,387	20	1,968	+ 419
Hypertension	14	1,916	19	2,020	- 103
Stomach Cancer	15	1,775	32	777	+ 998
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,768	33	767	+ 1,001
Lung Cancers	17	1,675	48	242	+ 1,432
Breast Cancer	18	1,674	30	862	+ 813
Oesophagus Cancer	19	1,572	59	101	+ 1,471
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,405	3	11,887	- 10,482
Suicide	21	1,350	22	1,521	- 170
Other Injuries	22	1,348	15	2,637	- 1,288
Lung Disease	23	1,276	26	1,161	+ 115
Liver Cancer	24	1,120	24	1,309	- 190
Cervical Cancer	25	1,002	18	2,122	- 1,120
Oral Cancer	26	727	49	227	+ 500
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	710	39	478	+ 232
Violence	28	679	21	1,943	- 1,265
Drownings	29	616	28	910	- 294
Alcohol	30	573	56	152	+ 421
Endocrine Disorders	31	564	9	4,794	- 4,230
Leukemia	32	542	58	112	+ 430
Lymphomas	33	525	43	280	+ 245
Pancreas Cancer	34	502	57	148	+ 354
Fires	35	489	36	704	- 215
Falls	36	415	31	828	- 414
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	412	41	410	+ 1
Epilepsy	38	396	40	477	- 81
Parkinson's Disease	39	385	46	252	+ 134
Ovary Cancer	40	374	52	174	+ 200
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	367	44	269	+ 98
Encephalitis	42	293	61	83	+ 210
Bladder Cancer	43	276	45	265	+ 11
Meningitis	44	251	11	3,375	- 3,124
Prostate Cancer	45	239	38	514	- 275
Uterin Cancer	46	233	62	74	+ 159
Skin Cancers	47	217	50	220	- 3
Drug Use	48	184	54	172	+ 12
Asthma	49	178	27	941	- 763
Poisonings	50	147	37	620	- 473
Hepatitis B	51	141	55	164	- 23
Upper Respiratory	52	101	65	48	+ 53
Tetanus	53	61	51	181	- 120
Skin Disease	54	40	53	174	- 134
Multiple Sclerosis	55	40	66	24	+ 16
Malnutrition	56	32	13	2,868	- 2,837
Other Neoplasms	57	28	67	23	+ 6
Appendicitis	58	27	60	95	- 67
Maternal Conditions	59	18	23	1,379	- 1,361
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	17	68	15	+ 2
Pertussis	61	14	34	746	- 732
Leishmaniasis	62	11	78	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	63	9	64	58	- 49
War	64	8	29	884	- 876
Chlamydia	65	2	70	3	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	63	74	- 73
Syphilis	67	0	42	294	- 293
Dengue	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	69	7	- 7
Measles	71	0	25	1,196	- 1,196
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	47	249	- 249
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Turkmenistan

Burkina Faso

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.