JAMAICA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,887	3	1,726	+ 3,161
Stroke	2	2,345	1	2,415	- 69
HIV/AIDS	3	1,478	7	757	+ 721
Liver Disease	4	992	21	155	+ 837
Low Birth Weight	5	571	18	241	+ 330
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	559	15	393	+ 166
Birth Trauma	7	448	37	65	+ 383
Road Traffic Accidents	8	393	12	444	- 51
Congenital Anomalies	9	378	23	139	+ 239
Diabetes Mellitus	10	341	2	2,077	- 1,736
Inflammatory/Heart	11	326	24	133	+ 193
Kidney Disease	12	311	6	793	- 482
Tuberculosis	13	292	54	8	+ 285
Hypertension	14	235	8	651	- 416
Stomach Cancer	15	218	19	231	- 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	217	9	587	- 371
Lung Cancers	17	205	10	472	- 267
Breast Cancer	18	205	14	413	- 208
Oesophagus Cancer	19	193	34	74	+ 119
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	172	42	35	+ 138
Suicide	21	165	35	70	+ 95
Other Injuries	22	165	31	91	+ 74
Lung Disease	23	156	11	452	- 296
Liver Cancer	24	137	29	101	+ 36
Cervical Cancer	25	123	16	358	- 235
Oral Cancer	26	89	39	59	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	87	13	436	- 349
Violence	28	83	4	1,484	- 1,401
Drownings	29	75	51	10	+ 65
Alcohol	30	70	55	7	+ 63
Endocrine Disorders	31	69	20	176	- 107
Leukemia	32	66	26	129	- 62
Lymphomas	33	64	17	251	- 187
Pancreas Cancer	34	62	27	119	- 57
Fires	35	60	46	16	+ 44
Falls	36	51	33	82	- 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	50	32	82	- 32
Epilepsy	38	49	41	46	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	39	47	25	132	- 85
Ovary Cancer	40	46	30	97	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	45	44	27	+ 18
Encephalitis	42	36	49	13	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	43	34	38	60	- 26
Meningitis	44	31	47	16	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	45	29	5	883	- 854
Uterin Cancer	46	29	28	106	- 77
Skin Cancers	47	27	52	10	+ 17
Drug Use	48	23	48	13	+ 9
Asthma	49	22	36	65	- 43
Poisonings	50	18	57	2	+ 16
Hepatitis B	51	17	59	1	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	52	12	65	0	+ 12
Tetanus	53	8	63	0	+ 7
Skin Disease	54	5	22	145	- 140
Multiple Sclerosis	55	5	56	3	+ 2
Malnutrition	56	4	40	48	- 44
Other Neoplasms	57	3	45	19	- 15
Appendicitis	58	3	53	9	- 6
Maternal Conditions	59	2	43	35	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	50	11	- 9
Pertussis	61	2	67	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	64	0	+ 1
War	64	1	61	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	60	1	- 1
Dengue	68	0	58	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
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	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Turkmenistan

Jamaica

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.