CUBA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,978	1	22,079	- 3,101
Stroke	2	9,108	2	10,725	- 1,617
HIV/AIDS	3	5,742	34	471	+ 5,270
Liver Disease	4	3,852	11	1,873	+ 1,978
Low Birth Weight	5	2,217	48	98	+ 2,119
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,170	3	8,564	- 6,394
Birth Trauma	7	1,740	59	49	+ 1,692
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,528	19	1,007	+ 520
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,467	37	368	+ 1,099
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,324	13	1,791	- 467
Inflammatory/Heart	11	1,266	17	1,156	+ 110
Kidney Disease	12	1,209	14	1,700	- 491
Tuberculosis	13	1,136	60	45	+ 1,091
Hypertension	14	912	7	3,469	- 2,557
Stomach Cancer	15	845	20	991	- 146
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	841	5	5,841	- 5,000
Lung Cancers	17	797	4	5,985	- 5,188
Breast Cancer	18	797	15	1,673	- 876
Oesophagus Cancer	19	748	22	879	- 131
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	669	43	206	+ 463
Suicide	21	643	16	1,638	- 995
Other Injuries	22	642	12	1,869	- 1,228
Lung Disease	23	607	6	5,492	- 4,885
Liver Cancer	24	533	24	815	- 282
Cervical Cancer	25	477	29	666	- 189
Oral Cancer	26	346	23	876	- 530
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	338	9	2,958	- 2,620
Violence	28	323	32	584	- 261
Drownings	29	293	42	231	+ 62
Alcohol	30	273	28	675	- 403
Endocrine Disorders	31	268	36	412	- 144
Leukemia	32	258	30	633	- 376
Lymphomas	33	250	18	1,089	- 839
Pancreas Cancer	34	239	21	905	- 666
Fires	35	233	58	55	+ 178
Falls	36	197	10	2,810	- 2,612
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	196	35	420	- 224
Epilepsy	38	188	46	108	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	39	183	27	691	- 507
Ovary Cancer	40	178	39	323	- 145
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	175	44	162	+ 13
Encephalitis	42	139	66	6	+ 134
Bladder Cancer	43	132	26	734	- 603
Meningitis	44	120	50	83	+ 37
Prostate Cancer	45	114	8	3,365	- 3,252
Uterin Cancer	46	111	31	602	- 491
Skin Cancers	47	103	33	514	- 411
Drug Use	48	87	51	82	+ 6
Asthma	49	85	40	301	- 217
Poisonings	50	70	62	17	+ 53
Hepatitis B	51	67	56	59	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	52	48	65	6	+ 42
Tetanus	53	29	71	1	+ 28
Skin Disease	54	19	41	258	- 239
Multiple Sclerosis	55	19	57	55	- 36
Malnutrition	56	15	55	64	- 48
Other Neoplasms	57	14	25	769	- 755
Appendicitis	58	13	47	104	- 91
Maternal Conditions	59	8	61	43	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	8	49	87	- 79
Pertussis	61	7	73	0	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	62	5	83	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	63	4	45	112	- 108
War	64	4	68	1	+ 3
Chlamydia	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	70	1	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	63	11	- 11
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	68	- 68
Oral conditions	84	0	64	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	86	0	38	326	- 326
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Turkmenistan

Cuba

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.