EL SALVADOR VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,472	1	5,814	+ 5,658
Stroke	2	5,506	5	1,595	+ 3,910
HIV/AIDS	3	3,471	9	842	+ 2,628
Liver Disease	4	2,328	10	797	+ 1,531
Low Birth Weight	5	1,340	19	317	+ 1,023
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,312	4	2,418	- 1,106
Birth Trauma	7	1,052	37	121	+ 931
Road Traffic Accidents	8	924	8	1,347	- 423
Congenital Anomalies	9	887	14	449	+ 438
Diabetes Mellitus	10	800	7	1,385	- 585
Inflammatory/Heart	11	765	42	78	+ 688
Kidney Disease	12	731	3	4,726	- 3,995
Tuberculosis	13	687	46	60	+ 627
Hypertension	14	551	31	146	+ 405
Stomach Cancer	15	511	11	702	- 191
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	509	18	320	+ 189
Lung Cancers	17	482	23	290	+ 192
Breast Cancer	18	482	22	291	+ 190
Oesophagus Cancer	19	452	41	80	+ 372
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	404	27	199	+ 205
Suicide	21	388	15	391	- 2
Other Injuries	22	388	38	95	+ 292
Lung Disease	23	367	6	1,493	- 1,126
Liver Cancer	24	322	16	355	- 33
Cervical Cancer	25	288	13	451	- 163
Oral Cancer	26	209	39	94	+ 115
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	204	20	315	- 110
Violence	28	195	2	5,485	- 5,290
Drownings	29	177	33	137	+ 41
Alcohol	30	165	12	648	- 484
Endocrine Disorders	31	162	25	223	- 60
Leukemia	32	156	21	312	- 156
Lymphomas	33	151	28	186	- 35
Pancreas Cancer	34	144	29	161	- 16
Fires	35	141	54	21	+ 119
Falls	36	119	24	243	- 124
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	118	30	157	- 39
Epilepsy	38	114	48	50	+ 63
Parkinson's Disease	39	111	44	70	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	40	108	40	93	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	106	65	6	+ 99
Encephalitis	42	84	63	7	+ 77
Bladder Cancer	43	79	49	42	+ 38
Meningitis	44	72	51	36	+ 37
Prostate Cancer	45	69	17	328	- 260
Uterin Cancer	46	67	50	39	+ 28
Skin Cancers	47	62	47	60	+ 3
Drug Use	48	53	43	74	- 21
Asthma	49	51	35	122	- 71
Poisonings	50	42	57	15	+ 27
Hepatitis B	51	41	66	5	+ 36
Upper Respiratory	52	29	62	9	+ 20
Tetanus	53	18	60	11	+ 6
Skin Disease	54	12	36	121	- 109
Multiple Sclerosis	55	12	64	7	+ 5
Malnutrition	56	9	26	214	- 205
Other Neoplasms	57	8	32	145	- 137
Appendicitis	58	8	56	18	- 10
Maternal Conditions	59	5	53	26	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	59	14	- 9
Pertussis	61	4	52	32	- 28
Leishmaniasis	62	3	73	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	63	3	75	0	+ 2
War	64	2	70	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	58	14	- 14
Dengue	68	0	61	9	- 9
Otitis Media	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	67	4	- 4
Oral conditions	84	0	68	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	86	0	69	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Turkmenistan

El Salvador

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.