GABON VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,249	3	1,019	+ 3,230
Stroke	2	2,039	5	896	+ 1,143
HIV/AIDS	3	1,285	2	1,128	+ 157
Liver Disease	4	862	10	416	+ 446
Low Birth Weight	5	496	9	494	+ 2
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	486	4	966	- 480
Birth Trauma	7	390	13	362	+ 27
Road Traffic Accidents	8	342	8	518	- 176
Congenital Anomalies	9	328	15	285	+ 43
Diabetes Mellitus	10	296	6	643	- 346
Inflammatory/Heart	11	284	24	101	+ 182
Kidney Disease	12	271	12	384	- 113
Tuberculosis	13	254	1	1,819	- 1,565
Hypertension	14	204	11	412	- 208
Stomach Cancer	15	189	48	32	+ 157
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	188	19	152	+ 37
Lung Cancers	17	178	29	87	+ 91
Breast Cancer	18	178	27	92	+ 86
Oesophagus Cancer	19	167	44	35	+ 133
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	150	14	318	- 168
Suicide	21	144	18	183	- 39
Other Injuries	22	144	22	140	+ 4
Lung Disease	23	136	16	215	- 79
Liver Cancer	24	119	35	53	+ 67
Cervical Cancer	25	107	26	96	+ 11
Oral Cancer	26	78	34	69	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	76	37	43	+ 33
Violence	28	72	17	184	- 111
Drownings	29	66	38	42	+ 24
Alcohol	30	61	56	19	+ 42
Endocrine Disorders	31	60	25	98	- 38
Leukemia	32	58	57	17	+ 41
Lymphomas	33	56	49	32	+ 24
Pancreas Cancer	34	53	53	21	+ 33
Fires	35	52	39	39	+ 14
Falls	36	44	30	84	- 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	44	41	36	+ 7
Epilepsy	38	42	40	37	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	39	41	36	47	- 6
Ovary Cancer	40	40	51	27	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	39	54	20	+ 19
Encephalitis	42	31	60	7	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	43	29	43	35	- 5
Meningitis	44	27	23	113	- 86
Prostate Cancer	45	25	32	80	- 54
Uterin Cancer	46	25	55	19	+ 5
Skin Cancers	47	23	46	34	- 11
Drug Use	48	20	45	34	- 14
Asthma	49	19	28	90	- 72
Poisonings	50	16	50	28	- 12
Hepatitis B	51	15	62	7	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	52	11	66	3	+ 8
Tetanus	53	7	59	8	- 2
Skin Disease	54	4	52	22	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	55	4	67	2	+ 3
Malnutrition	56	3	33	78	- 74
Other Neoplasms	57	3	64	5	- 2
Appendicitis	58	3	61	7	- 4
Maternal Conditions	59	2	21	145	- 143
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	63	6	- 4
Pertussis	61	1	31	81	- 80
Leishmaniasis	62	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	68	1	- 0
War	64	1	65	3	- 2
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	47	33	- 33
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	20	146	- 146
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Schistosomiasis	79	0	58	14	- 14
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Turkmenistan

Gabon

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.