COSTA RICA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,113	1	2,639	+ 6,474
Stroke	2	4,373	2	1,624	+ 2,749
HIV/AIDS	3	2,757	25	192	+ 2,565
Liver Disease	4	1,850	18	370	+ 1,480
Low Birth Weight	5	1,064	28	178	+ 887
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,042	7	836	+ 206
Birth Trauma	7	836	47	48	+ 788
Road Traffic Accidents	8	734	9	746	- 12
Congenital Anomalies	9	704	21	315	+ 389
Diabetes Mellitus	10	636	5	953	- 318
Inflammatory/Heart	11	608	26	191	+ 417
Kidney Disease	12	580	3	1,482	- 902
Tuberculosis	13	545	50	32	+ 514
Hypertension	14	438	6	863	- 425
Stomach Cancer	15	406	10	661	- 255
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	404	8	818	- 414
Lung Cancers	17	383	20	343	+ 39
Breast Cancer	18	383	16	384	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	19	359	44	61	+ 298
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	321	39	87	+ 234
Suicide	21	309	15	407	- 98
Other Injuries	22	308	13	571	- 263
Lung Disease	23	292	4	1,046	- 755
Liver Cancer	24	256	17	382	- 126
Cervical Cancer	25	229	29	159	+ 70
Oral Cancer	26	166	38	96	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	162	12	621	- 458
Violence	28	155	11	635	- 480
Drownings	29	141	37	97	+ 44
Alcohol	30	131	33	126	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	31	129	27	183	- 55
Leukemia	32	124	24	262	- 138
Lymphomas	33	120	19	356	- 236
Pancreas Cancer	34	115	22	294	- 179
Fires	35	112	58	10	+ 102
Falls	36	95	35	116	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	94	42	74	+ 21
Epilepsy	38	90	34	116	- 26
Parkinson's Disease	39	88	30	138	- 50
Ovary Cancer	40	86	40	80	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	84	49	32	+ 52
Encephalitis	42	67	63	3	+ 64
Bladder Cancer	43	63	36	100	- 37
Meningitis	44	57	54	18	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	45	55	14	448	- 394
Uterin Cancer	46	53	41	80	- 27
Skin Cancers	47	50	31	137	- 87
Drug Use	48	42	43	63	- 21
Asthma	49	41	45	60	- 20
Poisonings	50	34	60	5	+ 28
Hepatitis B	51	32	59	7	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	52	23	62	3	+ 20
Tetanus	53	14	74	0	+ 14
Skin Disease	54	9	32	126	- 117
Multiple Sclerosis	55	9	57	11	- 2
Malnutrition	56	7	48	37	- 30
Other Neoplasms	57	7	23	266	- 259
Appendicitis	58	6	52	22	- 15
Maternal Conditions	59	4	55	17	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	46	55	- 51
Pertussis	61	3	69	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	62	2	72	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	2	64	1	+ 1
War	64	2	68	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Oral conditions	84	0	66	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	86	0	61	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Turkmenistan

Costa Rica

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.