GHANA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	59,862	3	14,103	+ 45,759
Stroke	2	28,728	2	15,163	+ 13,565
HIV/AIDS	3	18,110	4	13,565	+ 4,545
Liver Disease	4	12,149	11	6,053	+ 6,096
Low Birth Weight	5	6,992	8	6,662	+ 331
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,844	1	16,262	- 9,418
Birth Trauma	7	5,489	10	6,194	- 705
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,819	7	7,808	- 2,988
Congenital Anomalies	9	4,628	14	3,935	+ 692
Diabetes Mellitus	10	4,176	12	5,929	- 1,753
Inflammatory/Heart	11	3,994	28	1,615	+ 2,379
Kidney Disease	12	3,812	13	4,161	- 349
Tuberculosis	13	3,583	6	10,214	- 6,632
Hypertension	14	2,876	19	2,231	+ 646
Stomach Cancer	15	2,665	33	870	+ 1,795
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	2,654	29	1,294	+ 1,360
Lung Cancers	17	2,514	55	237	+ 2,276
Breast Cancer	18	2,514	25	1,937	+ 576
Oesophagus Cancer	19	2,359	49	285	+ 2,074
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	2,109	9	6,538	- 4,429
Suicide	21	2,027	21	1,993	+ 34
Other Injuries	22	2,024	18	2,433	- 409
Lung Disease	23	1,915	15	3,120	- 1,205
Liver Cancer	24	1,681	17	2,851	- 1,171
Cervical Cancer	25	1,505	20	2,161	- 656
Oral Cancer	26	1,092	42	483	+ 609
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	1,066	34	803	+ 264
Violence	28	1,019	27	1,857	- 839
Drownings	29	924	36	740	+ 184
Alcohol	30	860	54	244	+ 616
Endocrine Disorders	31	846	24	1,965	- 1,119
Leukemia	32	813	45	340	+ 473
Lymphomas	33	788	32	875	- 87
Pancreas Cancer	34	753	46	334	+ 419
Fires	35	734	37	729	+ 4
Falls	36	623	30	1,168	- 545
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	618	48	321	+ 297
Epilepsy	38	594	47	329	+ 265
Parkinson's Disease	39	578	43	387	+ 191
Ovary Cancer	40	562	38	698	- 136
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	551	52	256	+ 295
Encephalitis	42	440	44	357	+ 83
Bladder Cancer	43	415	53	245	+ 170
Meningitis	44	377	16	2,983	- 2,606
Prostate Cancer	45	359	31	1,031	- 672
Uterin Cancer	46	350	57	219	+ 131
Skin Cancers	47	326	58	214	+ 111
Drug Use	48	276	39	630	- 354
Asthma	49	267	23	1,979	- 1,713
Poisonings	50	221	40	522	- 301
Hepatitis B	51	212	62	101	+ 111
Upper Respiratory	52	152	66	16	+ 135
Tetanus	53	92	56	220	- 128
Skin Disease	54	60	50	264	- 204
Multiple Sclerosis	55	60	61	113	- 52
Malnutrition	56	48	26	1,868	- 1,821
Other Neoplasms	57	43	63	48	- 5
Appendicitis	58	41	59	146	- 105
Maternal Conditions	59	26	22	1,991	- 1,964
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	25	67	16	+ 9
Pertussis	61	21	35	744	- 723
Leishmaniasis	62	16	77	0	+ 16
Hepatitis C	63	13	65	28	- 15
War	64	12	64	29	- 17
Chlamydia	65	3	70	3	- 1
Ascariasis	66	2	68	12	- 11
Syphilis	67	1	41	483	- 482
Dengue	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	71	0	60	135	- 135
Leprosy	72	0	73	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	5	11,162	- 11,162
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	257	- 257
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Turkmenistan

Ghana

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.