DR CONGO VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	TURKMENISTAN		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	199,722	7	34,713	+ 165,009
Stroke	2	95,849	6	36,596	+ 59,253
HIV/AIDS	3	60,423	15	13,286	+ 47,137
Liver Disease	4	40,535	13	15,044	+ 25,490
Low Birth Weight	5	23,330	8	34,668	- 11,339
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	22,834	1	73,546	- 50,712
Birth Trauma	7	18,314	9	33,075	- 14,761
Road Traffic Accidents	8	16,079	10	30,256	- 14,178
Congenital Anomalies	9	15,439	11	16,256	- 817
Diabetes Mellitus	10	13,934	16	12,902	+ 1,032
Inflammatory/Heart	11	13,327	29	4,045	+ 9,282
Kidney Disease	12	12,719	20	9,077	+ 3,643
Tuberculosis	13	11,953	2	43,759	- 31,806
Hypertension	14	9,596	12	15,743	- 6,146
Stomach Cancer	15	8,892	37	2,579	+ 6,313
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	8,855	28	4,548	+ 4,308
Lung Cancers	17	8,387	47	1,158	+ 7,229
Breast Cancer	18	8,386	35	3,416	+ 4,971
Oesophagus Cancer	19	7,872	53	790	+ 7,082
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	7,037	5	41,301	- 34,264
Suicide	21	6,763	26	5,812	+ 951
Other Injuries	22	6,751	22	8,272	- 1,520
Lung Disease	23	6,390	14	13,527	- 7,137
Liver Cancer	24	5,607	31	3,840	+ 1,767
Cervical Cancer	25	5,020	27	4,823	+ 198
Oral Cancer	26	3,644	51	1,003	+ 2,641
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	3,558	36	2,966	+ 591
Violence	28	3,398	18	11,120	- 7,722
Drownings	29	3,083	34	3,454	- 371
Alcohol	30	2,869	60	635	+ 2,234
Endocrine Disorders	31	2,823	25	7,380	- 4,557
Leukemia	32	2,713	41	1,871	+ 841
Lymphomas	33	2,630	38	2,061	+ 569
Pancreas Cancer	34	2,514	50	1,017	+ 1,497
Fires	35	2,448	39	2,007	+ 441
Falls	36	2,078	33	3,483	- 1,405
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	2,061	40	1,923	+ 139
Epilepsy	38	1,983	44	1,727	+ 257
Parkinson's Disease	39	1,929	49	1,035	+ 895
Ovary Cancer	40	1,875	58	656	+ 1,219
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	1,837	43	1,728	+ 109
Encephalitis	42	1,467	57	680	+ 787
Bladder Cancer	43	1,384	65	270	+ 1,114
Meningitis	44	1,258	17	11,568	- 10,310
Prostate Cancer	45	1,196	30	3,948	- 2,752
Uterin Cancer	46	1,169	63	352	+ 817
Skin Cancers	47	1,086	55	765	+ 321
Drug Use	48	920	59	638	+ 282
Asthma	49	890	24	7,733	- 6,844
Poisonings	50	736	42	1,729	- 992
Hepatitis B	51	708	61	456	+ 252
Upper Respiratory	52	506	62	370	+ 136
Tetanus	53	307	46	1,166	- 859
Skin Disease	54	201	54	781	- 580
Multiple Sclerosis	55	201	71	44	+ 157
Malnutrition	56	159	21	8,910	- 8,752
Other Neoplasms	57	143	67	88	+ 55
Appendicitis	58	136	56	703	- 567
Maternal Conditions	59	88	19	10,513	- 10,425
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	85	66	217	- 133
Pertussis	61	70	23	7,921	- 7,851
Leishmaniasis	62	55	52	869	- 814
Hepatitis C	63	44	69	69	- 25
War	64	39	45	1,658	- 1,619
Chlamydia	65	9	73	15	- 6
Ascariasis	66	6	68	80	- 74
Syphilis	67	2	32	3,751	- 3,749
Dengue	68	2	74	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	72	38	- 38
Diphtheria	70	0	70	47	- 47
Measles	71	0	3	42,254	- 42,254
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	64	347	- 347
Schistosomiasis	79	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	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	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Turkmenistan

DR 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.