COLOMBIA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	85,820	1	43,066	+ 42,754
Stroke	2	41,186	3	16,573	+ 24,613
HIV/AIDS	3	25,963	17	2,683	+ 23,280
Liver Disease	4	17,418	19	2,426	+ 14,991
Low Birth Weight	5	10,025	23	2,095	+ 7,929
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	9,812	5	10,773	- 962
Birth Trauma	7	7,870	41	648	+ 7,221
Road Traffic Accidents	8	6,909	6	7,765	- 856
Congenital Anomalies	9	6,634	16	2,963	+ 3,672
Diabetes Mellitus	10	5,987	11	5,028	+ 959
Inflammatory/Heart	11	5,726	31	1,329	+ 4,397
Kidney Disease	12	5,465	7	6,834	- 1,368
Tuberculosis	13	5,136	32	1,272	+ 3,864
Hypertension	14	4,124	8	6,400	- 2,276
Stomach Cancer	15	3,821	9	6,112	- 2,291
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	3,805	22	2,157	+ 1,648
Lung Cancers	17	3,604	10	5,250	- 1,646
Breast Cancer	18	3,604	13	3,669	- 66
Oesophagus Cancer	19	3,383	36	835	+ 2,547
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	3,024	38	747	+ 2,276
Suicide	21	2,906	26	1,965	+ 941
Other Injuries	22	2,901	28	1,592	+ 1,309
Lung Disease	23	2,746	4	15,928	- 13,183
Liver Cancer	24	2,409	24	2,065	+ 344
Cervical Cancer	25	2,157	20	2,266	- 109
Oral Cancer	26	1,566	37	807	+ 759
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	1,529	12	4,371	- 2,842
Violence	28	1,460	2	19,268	- 17,808
Drownings	29	1,325	40	689	+ 636
Alcohol	30	1,233	68	23	+ 1,210
Endocrine Disorders	31	1,213	30	1,367	- 154
Leukemia	32	1,166	21	2,208	- 1,043
Lymphomas	33	1,130	18	2,603	- 1,473
Pancreas Cancer	34	1,080	25	2,022	- 942
Fires	35	1,052	56	127	+ 925
Falls	36	893	29	1,518	- 625
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	886	39	698	+ 187
Epilepsy	38	852	43	597	+ 255
Parkinson's Disease	39	829	47	383	+ 446
Ovary Cancer	40	806	33	1,122	- 317
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	789	63	38	+ 751
Encephalitis	42	630	64	38	+ 593
Bladder Cancer	43	595	42	609	- 14
Meningitis	44	541	50	244	+ 297
Prostate Cancer	45	514	14	3,584	- 3,070
Uterin Cancer	46	502	45	423	+ 79
Skin Cancers	47	467	35	1,028	- 562
Drug Use	48	396	44	492	- 96
Asthma	49	382	54	191	+ 191
Poisonings	50	316	61	61	+ 256
Hepatitis B	51	304	62	50	+ 254
Upper Respiratory	52	217	66	27	+ 191
Tetanus	53	132	71	14	+ 118
Skin Disease	54	86	34	1,102	- 1,016
Multiple Sclerosis	55	86	60	62	+ 24
Malnutrition	56	68	27	1,878	- 1,810
Other Neoplasms	57	61	15	3,205	- 3,143
Appendicitis	58	59	52	213	- 154
Maternal Conditions	59	38	46	394	- 356
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	36	51	242	- 206
Pertussis	61	30	69	18	+ 12
Leishmaniasis	62	24	74	7	+ 16
Hepatitis C	63	19	59	65	- 46
War	64	17	49	260	- 243
Chlamydia	65	4	81	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	66	2	76	5	- 2
Syphilis	67	1	65	30	- 29
Dengue	68	1	55	133	- 133
Otitis Media	69	0	73	7	- 7
Diphtheria	70	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	8	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	67	26	- 26
Chagas disease	77	0	53	203	- 203
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	57	101	- 101
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	70	18	- 18
Oral conditions	84	0	75	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	48	333	- 333
Osteoarthritis	86	0	58	67	- 67
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Turkmenistan

Colombia

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.