GAMBIA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,367	3	1,007	+ 3,360
Stroke	2	2,096	4	802	+ 1,293
HIV/AIDS	3	1,321	2	1,125	+ 196
Liver Disease	4	886	14	323	+ 563
Low Birth Weight	5	510	8	662	- 152
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	499	1	1,340	- 841
Birth Trauma	7	400	5	754	- 354
Road Traffic Accidents	8	352	6	695	- 344
Congenital Anomalies	9	338	11	383	- 45
Diabetes Mellitus	10	305	15	290	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	11	291	32	59	+ 232
Kidney Disease	12	278	16	266	+ 12
Tuberculosis	13	261	10	445	- 184
Hypertension	14	210	22	172	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	15	194	47	14	+ 181
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	194	28	89	+ 105
Lung Cancers	17	183	38	34	+ 150
Breast Cancer	18	183	40	26	+ 157
Oesophagus Cancer	19	172	54	5	+ 167
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	154	9	626	- 472
Suicide	21	148	25	113	+ 35
Other Injuries	22	148	21	194	- 47
Lung Disease	23	140	19	206	- 66
Liver Cancer	24	123	12	377	- 254
Cervical Cancer	25	110	23	145	- 35
Oral Cancer	26	80	71	0	+ 79
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	78	52	11	+ 67
Violence	28	74	20	195	- 121
Drownings	29	67	30	69	- 1
Alcohol	30	63	50	12	+ 51
Endocrine Disorders	31	62	17	230	- 168
Leukemia	32	59	59	2	+ 57
Lymphomas	33	58	51	12	+ 46
Pancreas Cancer	34	55	53	6	+ 49
Fires	35	54	31	67	- 13
Falls	36	45	29	83	- 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	45	33	56	- 11
Epilepsy	38	43	35	43	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	39	42	37	34	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	40	41	61	2	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	40	41	24	+ 16
Encephalitis	42	32	48	14	+ 19
Bladder Cancer	43	30	56	4	+ 26
Meningitis	44	28	18	229	- 201
Prostate Cancer	45	26	43	21	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	46	26	66	1	+ 25
Skin Cancers	47	24	68	0	+ 23
Drug Use	48	20	39	28	- 8
Asthma	49	19	24	134	- 115
Poisonings	50	16	36	42	- 26
Hepatitis B	51	15	46	14	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	52	11	64	2	+ 10
Tetanus	53	7	45	18	- 12
Skin Disease	54	4	44	19	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	55	4	58	3	+ 2
Malnutrition	56	3	26	110	- 106
Other Neoplasms	57	3	57	3	+ 0
Appendicitis	58	3	55	5	- 2
Maternal Conditions	59	2	13	345	- 343
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	62	2	+ 0
Pertussis	61	2	27	99	- 97
Leishmaniasis	62	1	60	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	65	1	- 0
War	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	63	2	- 2
Syphilis	67	0	34	55	- 55
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	49	13	- 13
Leprosy	72	0	76	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	674	- 674
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	42	23	- 23
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Turkmenistan

Gambia

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.