MALTA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	813	1	876	- 63
Stroke	2	390	2	291	+ 99
HIV/AIDS	3	246	41	4	+ 242
Liver Disease	4	165	24	23	+ 142
Low Birth Weight	5	95	35	11	+ 84
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	93	3	213	- 120
Birth Trauma	7	75	44	3	+ 72
Road Traffic Accidents	8	65	31	18	+ 47
Congenital Anomalies	9	63	32	17	+ 46
Diabetes Mellitus	10	57	6	163	- 106
Inflammatory/Heart	11	54	27	22	+ 32
Kidney Disease	12	52	11	79	- 27
Tuberculosis	13	49	52	2	+ 47
Hypertension	14	39	20	33	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	15	36	15	50	- 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	36	4	207	- 171
Lung Cancers	17	34	5	197	- 163
Breast Cancer	18	34	10	85	- 51
Oesophagus Cancer	19	32	29	20	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	29	55	1	+ 28
Suicide	21	28	22	27	+ 1
Other Injuries	22	27	33	16	+ 11
Lung Disease	23	26	8	127	- 101
Liver Cancer	24	23	18	34	- 11
Cervical Cancer	25	20	39	4	+ 16
Oral Cancer	26	15	23	25	- 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	14	7	147	- 133
Violence	28	14	40	4	+ 9
Drownings	29	13	48	2	+ 10
Alcohol	30	12	47	3	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	31	11	30	19	- 8
Leukemia	32	11	21	28	- 17
Lymphomas	33	11	12	53	- 42
Pancreas Cancer	34	10	9	90	- 80
Fires	35	10	62	0	+ 10
Falls	36	8	14	52	- 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	8	37	7	+ 1
Epilepsy	38	8	43	3	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	39	8	16	50	- 42
Ovary Cancer	40	8	17	34	- 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	7	49	2	+ 5
Encephalitis	42	6	65	0	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	43	6	19	33	- 28
Meningitis	44	5	56	1	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	45	5	13	53	- 48
Uterin Cancer	46	5	28	21	- 16
Skin Cancers	47	4	34	14	- 10
Drug Use	48	4	38	7	- 3
Asthma	49	4	36	8	- 5
Poisonings	50	3	58	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	51	3	61	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	52	2	59	0	+ 2
Tetanus	53	1	74	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	54	1	25	23	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	55	1	45	3	- 2
Malnutrition	56	1	60	0	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	57	1	26	22	- 21
Appendicitis	58	1	63	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	59	0	64	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	0	51	2	- 2
Pertussis	61	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	62	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	53	1	- 1
War	64	0	54	1	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	1	- 1
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	86	0	50	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Turkmenistan

Malta

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.