EQU. GUINEA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,108	7	419	+ 2,689
Stroke	2	1,492	6	437	+ 1,054
HIV/AIDS	3	940	1	1,838	- 898
Liver Disease	4	631	13	199	+ 432
Low Birth Weight	5	363	4	457	- 94
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	355	2	913	- 557
Birth Trauma	7	285	5	441	- 156
Road Traffic Accidents	8	250	8	368	- 118
Congenital Anomalies	9	240	12	249	- 9
Diabetes Mellitus	10	217	11	299	- 82
Inflammatory/Heart	11	207	27	63	+ 144
Kidney Disease	12	198	14	198	- 0
Tuberculosis	13	186	10	321	- 135
Hypertension	14	149	16	165	- 16
Stomach Cancer	15	138	49	16	+ 123
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	138	29	55	+ 82
Lung Cancers	17	131	41	27	+ 104
Breast Cancer	18	131	24	84	+ 46
Oesophagus Cancer	19	123	54	12	+ 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	110	9	349	- 239
Suicide	21	105	22	107	- 2
Other Injuries	22	105	23	105	- 0
Lung Disease	23	99	20	120	- 21
Liver Cancer	24	87	34	43	+ 44
Cervical Cancer	25	78	28	56	+ 22
Oral Cancer	26	57	37	35	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	55	40	29	+ 27
Violence	28	53	33	45	+ 8
Drownings	29	48	36	39	+ 8
Alcohol	30	45	53	12	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	31	44	25	73	- 29
Leukemia	32	42	61	4	+ 38
Lymphomas	33	41	45	19	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	34	39	55	11	+ 28
Fires	35	38	39	30	+ 8
Falls	36	32	32	46	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	32	43	22	+ 10
Epilepsy	38	31	38	32	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	39	30	46	18	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	40	29	52	13	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	29	50	14	+ 14
Encephalitis	42	23	57	8	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	43	22	56	9	+ 13
Meningitis	44	20	19	127	- 107
Prostate Cancer	45	19	35	43	- 24
Uterin Cancer	46	18	58	8	+ 10
Skin Cancers	47	17	48	16	+ 1
Drug Use	48	14	30	50	- 36
Asthma	49	14	26	65	- 51
Poisonings	50	11	44	21	- 10
Hepatitis B	51	11	65	3	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	52	8	66	2	+ 6
Tetanus	53	5	42	23	- 19
Skin Disease	54	3	51	13	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	55	3	67	1	+ 2
Malnutrition	56	2	31	48	- 46
Other Neoplasms	57	2	63	3	- 1
Appendicitis	58	2	59	6	- 3
Maternal Conditions	59	1	17	139	- 137
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	62	4	- 2
Pertussis	61	1	21	109	- 108
Leishmaniasis	62	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	69	0	+ 0
War	64	1	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	18	134	- 134
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	64	3	- 3
Measles	71	0	15	181	- 181
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	3	668	- 668
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Schistosomiasis	79	0	60	4	- 4
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Turkmenistan

Equ. Guinea

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.