IRAQ VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		IRAQ		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	72,832	1	36,594	+ 36,238
Stroke	2	34,953	2	20,793	+ 14,160
HIV/AIDS	3	22,034	72	0	+ 22,034
Liver Disease	4	14,782	16	2,127	+ 12,654
Low Birth Weight	5	8,507	5	6,573	+ 1,935
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	8,327	8	5,551	+ 2,776
Birth Trauma	7	6,679	10	4,223	+ 2,456
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,863	3	10,726	- 4,863
Congenital Anomalies	9	5,630	9	4,812	+ 818
Diabetes Mellitus	10	5,081	4	7,395	- 2,314
Inflammatory/Heart	11	4,860	22	1,190	+ 3,670
Kidney Disease	12	4,638	6	6,323	- 1,685
Tuberculosis	13	4,359	25	821	+ 3,538
Hypertension	14	3,499	12	2,451	+ 1,049
Stomach Cancer	15	3,243	28	771	+ 2,472
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	3,229	13	2,429	+ 800
Lung Cancers	17	3,058	15	2,162	+ 897
Breast Cancer	18	3,058	17	1,783	+ 1,275
Oesophagus Cancer	19	2,871	46	173	+ 2,698
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	2,566	18	1,578	+ 988
Suicide	21	2,466	19	1,418	+ 1,048
Other Injuries	22	2,462	14	2,212	+ 250
Lung Disease	23	2,330	20	1,329	+ 1,001
Liver Cancer	24	2,045	35	555	+ 1,490
Cervical Cancer	25	1,831	48	162	+ 1,668
Oral Cancer	26	1,329	39	410	+ 918
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	1,297	24	852	+ 446
Violence	28	1,239	7	5,658	- 4,419
Drownings	29	1,124	32	658	+ 466
Alcohol	30	1,046	58	40	+ 1,007
Endocrine Disorders	31	1,029	37	462	+ 567
Leukemia	32	989	21	1,315	- 326
Lymphomas	33	959	26	811	+ 148
Pancreas Cancer	34	917	36	530	+ 387
Fires	35	893	29	742	+ 151
Falls	36	758	30	709	+ 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	752	49	159	+ 593
Epilepsy	38	723	45	253	+ 471
Parkinson's Disease	39	703	31	658	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	40	684	41	376	+ 308
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	670	44	283	+ 387
Encephalitis	42	535	40	378	+ 157
Bladder Cancer	43	505	34	628	- 123
Meningitis	44	459	42	372	+ 87
Prostate Cancer	45	436	47	171	+ 266
Uterin Cancer	46	426	54	61	+ 365
Skin Cancers	47	396	43	339	+ 57
Drug Use	48	336	38	441	- 105
Asthma	49	324	23	914	- 589
Poisonings	50	269	52	95	+ 173
Hepatitis B	51	258	56	57	+ 202
Upper Respiratory	52	184	65	6	+ 178
Tetanus	53	112	51	111	+ 1
Skin Disease	54	73	57	49	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	55	73	60	30	+ 43
Malnutrition	56	58	53	92	- 34
Other Neoplasms	57	52	61	26	+ 26
Appendicitis	58	50	64	15	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	59	32	27	780	- 748
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	31	63	21	+ 10
Pertussis	61	26	33	636	- 610
Leishmaniasis	62	20	62	22	- 2
Hepatitis C	63	16	68	1	+ 15
War	64	14	11	2,942	- 2,928
Chlamydia	65	3	69	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	2	67	2	+ 0
Syphilis	67	1	50	137	- 136
Dengue	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	66	4	- 4
Measles	71	0	55	59	- 59
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	59	37	- 37
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	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 IRAQ

Turkmenistan

Iraq

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.