CAMEROON VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	53,591	6	10,695	+ 42,897
Stroke	2	25,719	5	11,199	+ 14,520
HIV/AIDS	3	16,213	2	13,888	+ 2,325
Liver Disease	4	10,877	14	4,531	+ 6,346
Low Birth Weight	5	6,260	8	7,950	- 1,690
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,127	1	19,694	- 13,567
Birth Trauma	7	4,914	7	8,243	- 3,329
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,314	9	7,810	- 3,495
Congenital Anomalies	9	4,143	12	5,258	- 1,115
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,739	11	5,468	- 1,729
Inflammatory/Heart	11	3,576	33	986	+ 2,590
Kidney Disease	12	3,413	13	5,140	- 1,727
Tuberculosis	13	3,207	10	7,414	- 4,207
Hypertension	14	2,575	22	2,035	+ 540
Stomach Cancer	15	2,386	45	458	+ 1,929
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	2,376	31	1,157	+ 1,220
Lung Cancers	17	2,251	51	301	+ 1,950
Breast Cancer	18	2,250	23	1,874	+ 376
Oesophagus Cancer	19	2,112	59	135	+ 1,977
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,888	3	11,849	- 9,960
Suicide	21	1,815	19	2,333	- 518
Other Injuries	22	1,812	16	3,289	- 1,478
Lung Disease	23	1,715	20	2,310	- 596
Liver Cancer	24	1,504	37	875	+ 629
Cervical Cancer	25	1,347	26	1,582	- 235
Oral Cancer	26	978	39	845	+ 132
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	955	43	569	+ 385
Violence	28	912	24	1,666	- 754
Drownings	29	827	29	1,178	- 351
Alcohol	30	770	57	198	+ 572
Endocrine Disorders	31	757	18	2,474	- 1,717
Leukemia	32	728	54	275	+ 453
Lymphomas	33	706	44	489	+ 217
Pancreas Cancer	34	675	52	290	+ 385
Fires	35	657	36	908	- 251
Falls	36	557	27	1,235	- 677
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	553	40	754	- 201
Epilepsy	38	532	38	867	- 334
Parkinson's Disease	39	518	46	449	+ 68
Ovary Cancer	40	503	50	303	+ 201
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	493	49	323	+ 170
Encephalitis	42	394	58	187	+ 207
Bladder Cancer	43	371	62	65	+ 307
Meningitis	44	338	15	3,441	- 3,103
Prostate Cancer	45	321	34	940	- 619
Uterin Cancer	46	314	60	75	+ 239
Skin Cancers	47	291	56	204	+ 87
Drug Use	48	247	35	928	- 681
Asthma	49	239	25	1,619	- 1,381
Poisonings	50	198	41	666	- 468
Hepatitis B	51	190	47	336	- 146
Upper Respiratory	52	136	70	19	+ 117
Tetanus	53	82	55	223	- 141
Skin Disease	54	54	48	324	- 270
Multiple Sclerosis	55	54	64	41	+ 13
Malnutrition	56	43	28	1,218	- 1,176
Other Neoplasms	57	38	63	49	- 10
Appendicitis	58	37	61	72	- 36
Maternal Conditions	59	24	17	2,615	- 2,591
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	23	68	26	- 3
Pertussis	61	19	21	2,288	- 2,269
Leishmaniasis	62	15	69	20	- 5
Hepatitis C	63	12	66	27	- 15
War	64	11	42	643	- 633
Chlamydia	65	2	72	4	- 2
Ascariasis	66	1	65	30	- 29
Syphilis	67	1	30	1,170	- 1,170
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	26	- 26
Measles	71	0	32	1,028	- 1,028
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	10	- 10
Schistosomiasis	79	0	53	288	- 288
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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 CAMEROON

Turkmenistan

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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.