NAMIBIA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,852	5	1,221	+ 3,632
Stroke	2	2,329	4	1,333	+ 996
HIV/AIDS	3	1,468	1	2,928	- 1,461
Liver Disease	4	985	14	336	+ 649
Low Birth Weight	5	567	9	516	+ 51
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	555	2	1,464	- 910
Birth Trauma	7	445	13	345	+ 100
Road Traffic Accidents	8	391	6	868	- 478
Congenital Anomalies	9	375	16	283	+ 92
Diabetes Mellitus	10	339	7	724	- 386
Inflammatory/Heart	11	324	22	162	+ 162
Kidney Disease	12	309	15	322	- 13
Tuberculosis	13	290	3	1,416	- 1,126
Hypertension	14	233	12	428	- 195
Stomach Cancer	15	216	45	33	+ 183
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	215	21	176	+ 40
Lung Cancers	17	204	35	59	+ 145
Breast Cancer	18	204	24	121	+ 83
Oesophagus Cancer	19	191	52	21	+ 170
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	171	8	645	- 474
Suicide	21	164	17	243	- 78
Other Injuries	22	164	19	207	- 43
Lung Disease	23	155	10	461	- 306
Liver Cancer	24	136	41	45	+ 91
Cervical Cancer	25	122	23	133	- 11
Oral Cancer	26	89	30	100	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	86	36	54	+ 32
Violence	28	83	11	450	- 367
Drownings	29	75	26	110	- 35
Alcohol	30	70	48	28	+ 42
Endocrine Disorders	31	69	33	73	- 4
Leukemia	32	66	49	24	+ 42
Lymphomas	33	64	40	46	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	34	61	53	18	+ 44
Fires	35	59	28	109	- 49
Falls	36	50	34	62	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	50	32	76	- 26
Epilepsy	38	48	38	49	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	39	47	42	43	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	40	46	50	23	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	45	44	33	+ 12
Encephalitis	42	36	59	8	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	43	34	54	16	+ 18
Meningitis	44	31	27	109	- 78
Prostate Cancer	45	29	31	94	- 65
Uterin Cancer	46	28	56	11	+ 17
Skin Cancers	47	26	29	108	- 81
Drug Use	48	22	46	32	- 9
Asthma	49	22	20	200	- 179
Poisonings	50	18	39	46	- 28
Hepatitis B	51	17	63	4	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	52	12	61	6	+ 6
Tetanus	53	7	62	6	+ 1
Skin Disease	54	5	47	31	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	55	5	64	2	+ 3
Malnutrition	56	4	18	224	- 220
Other Neoplasms	57	3	60	8	- 4
Appendicitis	58	3	58	9	- 5
Maternal Conditions	59	2	25	110	- 108
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	57	9	- 7
Pertussis	61	2	37	54	- 52
Leishmaniasis	62	1	79	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	66	1	+ 1
War	64	1	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	43	35	- 35
Dengue	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	51	22	- 22
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	55	14	- 14
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Turkmenistan

Namibia

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.