CONGO VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,553	4	2,494	+ 8,059
Stroke	2	5,064	5	2,267	+ 2,798
HIV/AIDS	3	3,193	1	4,509	- 1,317
Liver Disease	4	2,142	13	931	+ 1,211
Low Birth Weight	5	1,233	9	1,283	- 50
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,206	3	2,576	- 1,370
Birth Trauma	7	968	11	997	- 30
Road Traffic Accidents	8	850	7	1,598	- 749
Congenital Anomalies	9	816	14	729	+ 87
Diabetes Mellitus	10	736	10	1,050	- 313
Inflammatory/Heart	11	704	26	220	+ 485
Kidney Disease	12	672	15	613	+ 59
Tuberculosis	13	632	2	2,781	- 2,149
Hypertension	14	507	12	933	- 425
Stomach Cancer	15	470	39	88	+ 382
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	468	25	230	+ 238
Lung Cancers	17	443	47	54	+ 389
Breast Cancer	18	443	32	159	+ 284
Oesophagus Cancer	19	416	57	19	+ 396
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	372	8	1,304	- 932
Suicide	21	357	19	349	+ 9
Other Injuries	22	357	20	333	+ 24
Lung Disease	23	338	17	541	- 203
Liver Cancer	24	296	30	169	+ 127
Cervical Cancer	25	265	29	196	+ 69
Oral Cancer	26	193	54	33	+ 160
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	188	38	89	+ 99
Violence	28	180	18	539	- 359
Drownings	29	163	36	104	+ 59
Alcohol	30	152	49	46	+ 106
Endocrine Disorders	31	149	27	208	- 59
Leukemia	32	143	46	57	+ 86
Lymphomas	33	139	45	61	+ 78
Pancreas Cancer	34	133	52	42	+ 91
Fires	35	129	37	90	+ 39
Falls	36	110	33	149	- 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	109	35	105	+ 4
Epilepsy	38	105	40	76	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	39	102	42	69	+ 33
Ovary Cancer	40	99	48	49	+ 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	97	43	67	+ 31
Encephalitis	42	78	56	20	+ 58
Bladder Cancer	43	73	61	15	+ 59
Meningitis	44	66	22	299	- 233
Prostate Cancer	45	63	28	198	- 135
Uterin Cancer	46	62	60	15	+ 47
Skin Cancers	47	57	53	36	+ 21
Drug Use	48	49	44	65	- 17
Asthma	49	47	23	291	- 244
Poisonings	50	39	41	71	- 32
Hepatitis B	51	37	62	14	+ 23
Upper Respiratory	52	27	64	7	+ 20
Tetanus	53	16	55	23	- 7
Skin Disease	54	11	50	46	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	55	11	66	4	+ 7
Malnutrition	56	8	24	272	- 263
Other Neoplasms	57	8	63	8	- 0
Appendicitis	58	7	58	18	- 11
Maternal Conditions	59	5	16	578	- 573
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	59	15	- 10
Pertussis	61	4	21	329	- 325
Leishmaniasis	62	3	78	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	63	2	67	2	- 0
War	64	2	72	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	0	70	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	69	1	- 1
Syphilis	67	0	34	107	- 106
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	68	2	- 2
Measles	71	0	31	159	- 159
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	45	- 45
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Turkmenistan

Congo

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.