KENYA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	100,804	9	11,972	+ 88,832
Stroke	2	48,377	4	15,895	+ 32,482
HIV/AIDS	3	30,497	2	20,885	+ 9,612
Liver Disease	4	20,459	7	13,405	+ 7,054
Low Birth Weight	5	11,775	11	9,562	+ 2,213
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	11,525	1	22,571	- 11,047
Birth Trauma	7	9,244	10	9,957	- 713
Road Traffic Accidents	8	8,115	6	14,883	- 6,768
Congenital Anomalies	9	7,792	12	6,115	+ 1,677
Diabetes Mellitus	10	7,033	14	5,651	+ 1,382
Inflammatory/Heart	11	6,726	40	1,121	+ 5,605
Kidney Disease	12	6,420	16	4,464	+ 1,956
Tuberculosis	13	6,033	3	19,655	- 13,622
Hypertension	14	4,844	17	4,418	+ 426
Stomach Cancer	15	4,488	28	2,010	+ 2,479
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	4,469	31	1,827	+ 2,642
Lung Cancers	17	4,233	47	669	+ 3,565
Breast Cancer	18	4,233	25	2,658	+ 1,575
Oesophagus Cancer	19	3,973	18	4,373	- 399
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	3,552	5	15,420	- 11,868
Suicide	21	3,413	23	3,214	+ 199
Other Injuries	22	3,408	19	4,336	- 928
Lung Disease	23	3,225	20	4,280	- 1,055
Liver Cancer	24	2,830	34	1,351	+ 1,479
Cervical Cancer	25	2,534	22	3,389	- 855
Oral Cancer	26	1,839	30	1,842	- 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	1,796	32	1,477	+ 318
Violence	28	1,715	24	2,942	- 1,227
Drownings	29	1,556	39	1,200	+ 356
Alcohol	30	1,448	55	355	+ 1,093
Endocrine Disorders	31	1,425	44	831	+ 594
Leukemia	32	1,369	35	1,327	+ 42
Lymphomas	33	1,328	29	1,931	- 604
Pancreas Cancer	34	1,269	46	716	+ 553
Fires	35	1,236	36	1,316	- 81
Falls	36	1,049	33	1,465	- 416
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,040	41	1,089	- 48
Epilepsy	38	1,001	43	832	+ 169
Parkinson's Disease	39	974	50	470	+ 504
Ovary Cancer	40	946	45	795	+ 152
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	927	53	408	+ 520
Encephalitis	42	740	60	189	+ 551
Bladder Cancer	43	699	57	318	+ 381
Meningitis	44	635	15	5,364	- 4,729
Prostate Cancer	45	604	37	1,292	- 688
Uterin Cancer	46	590	56	323	+ 267
Skin Cancers	47	548	48	638	- 90
Drug Use	48	465	62	113	+ 351
Asthma	49	449	26	2,300	- 1,851
Poisonings	50	372	38	1,269	- 897
Hepatitis B	51	358	49	522	- 165
Upper Respiratory	52	255	64	95	+ 161
Tetanus	53	155	27	2,129	- 1,974
Skin Disease	54	101	51	455	- 354
Multiple Sclerosis	55	101	68	39	+ 63
Malnutrition	56	80	21	4,212	- 4,132
Other Neoplasms	57	72	67	60	+ 12
Appendicitis	58	69	58	240	- 172
Maternal Conditions	59	45	13	5,651	- 5,607
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	43	66	84	- 41
Pertussis	61	35	42	1,014	- 978
Leishmaniasis	62	28	59	194	- 167
Hepatitis C	63	22	61	152	- 130
War	64	20	65	89	- 69
Chlamydia	65	4	70	10	- 6
Ascariasis	66	3	71	9	- 6
Syphilis	67	1	52	449	- 448
Dengue	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	72	7	- 7
Diphtheria	70	0	69	13	- 12
Measles	71	0	63	103	- 103
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	8	12,652	- 12,652
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	54	370	- 370
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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 KENYA

Turkmenistan

Kenya

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.