MAURITANIA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,490	4	1,636	+ 5,855
Stroke	2	3,595	6	1,307	+ 2,288
HIV/AIDS	3	2,266	25	231	+ 2,036
Liver Disease	4	1,520	13	586	+ 935
Low Birth Weight	5	875	2	2,014	- 1,139
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	856	1	2,756	- 1,899
Birth Trauma	7	687	7	1,204	- 518
Road Traffic Accidents	8	603	8	1,158	- 555
Congenital Anomalies	9	579	10	665	- 86
Diabetes Mellitus	10	523	12	594	- 72
Inflammatory/Heart	11	500	36	110	+ 390
Kidney Disease	12	477	15	555	- 78
Tuberculosis	13	448	9	717	- 268
Hypertension	14	360	22	286	+ 74
Stomach Cancer	15	333	32	132	+ 201
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	332	24	251	+ 81
Lung Cancers	17	315	44	60	+ 254
Breast Cancer	18	315	28	189	+ 125
Oesophagus Cancer	19	295	54	30	+ 265
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	264	3	1,656	- 1,392
Suicide	21	254	30	141	+ 113
Other Injuries	22	253	19	343	- 90
Lung Disease	23	240	23	275	- 35
Liver Cancer	24	210	21	312	- 101
Cervical Cancer	25	188	20	333	- 145
Oral Cancer	26	137	48	45	+ 92
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	133	37	110	+ 24
Violence	28	127	16	491	- 364
Drownings	29	116	35	116	- 1
Alcohol	30	108	58	16	+ 92
Endocrine Disorders	31	106	27	197	- 91
Leukemia	32	102	55	22	+ 79
Lymphomas	33	99	43	65	+ 34
Pancreas Cancer	34	94	51	39	+ 56
Fires	35	92	33	123	- 31
Falls	36	78	31	140	- 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	77	38	83	- 6
Epilepsy	38	74	39	75	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	39	72	41	69	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	40	70	49	43	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	69	52	34	+ 35
Encephalitis	42	55	53	33	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	43	52	50	42	+ 9
Meningitis	44	47	18	357	- 310
Prostate Cancer	45	45	34	118	- 73
Uterin Cancer	46	44	57	17	+ 27
Skin Cancers	47	41	46	50	- 9
Drug Use	48	35	40	71	- 37
Asthma	49	33	29	170	- 136
Poisonings	50	28	42	67	- 40
Hepatitis B	51	27	56	22	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	52	19	68	3	+ 16
Tetanus	53	12	45	58	- 46
Skin Disease	54	8	47	47	- 40
Multiple Sclerosis	55	8	63	5	+ 2
Malnutrition	56	6	17	462	- 457
Other Neoplasms	57	5	62	7	- 2
Appendicitis	58	5	60	9	- 4
Maternal Conditions	59	3	11	639	- 635
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	64	4	- 1
Pertussis	61	3	14	574	- 572
Leishmaniasis	62	2	69	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	63	2	67	3	- 1
War	64	1	70	2	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	66	3	- 2
Syphilis	67	0	26	204	- 204
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	71	0	61	9	- 9
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	59	14	- 14
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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 MAURITANIA

Turkmenistan

Mauritania

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.