NEW ZEALAND VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,932	1	5,095	+ 3,837
Stroke	2	4,287	3	2,378	+ 1,908
HIV/AIDS	3	2,702	57	10	+ 2,692
Liver Disease	4	1,813	32	158	+ 1,655
Low Birth Weight	5	1,043	38	78	+ 965
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,021	7	920	+ 101
Birth Trauma	7	819	54	15	+ 805
Road Traffic Accidents	8	719	16	458	+ 261
Congenital Anomalies	9	690	30	176	+ 515
Diabetes Mellitus	10	623	8	769	- 145
Inflammatory/Heart	11	596	23	313	+ 283
Kidney Disease	12	569	17	432	+ 137
Tuberculosis	13	535	52	17	+ 517
Hypertension	14	429	20	327	+ 102
Stomach Cancer	15	398	22	323	+ 75
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	396	2	3,032	- 2,636
Lung Cancers	17	375	4	1,873	- 1,498
Breast Cancer	18	375	10	737	- 362
Oesophagus Cancer	19	352	25	279	+ 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	315	37	81	+ 234
Suicide	21	302	15	528	- 226
Other Injuries	22	302	28	218	+ 84
Lung Disease	23	286	5	1,815	- 1,529
Liver Cancer	24	251	24	288	- 37
Cervical Cancer	25	225	41	61	+ 164
Oral Cancer	26	163	31	164	- 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	159	6	1,495	- 1,336
Violence	28	152	42	57	+ 95
Drownings	29	138	44	54	+ 84
Alcohol	30	128	45	51	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	31	126	21	325	- 198
Leukemia	32	121	18	391	- 270
Lymphomas	33	118	13	608	- 491
Pancreas Cancer	34	112	14	543	- 430
Fires	35	109	53	17	+ 93
Falls	36	93	11	627	- 534
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	92	39	70	+ 22
Epilepsy	38	89	43	55	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	39	86	19	353	- 267
Ovary Cancer	40	84	29	207	- 123
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	82	35	113	- 30
Encephalitis	42	66	66	1	+ 65
Bladder Cancer	43	62	26	267	- 205
Meningitis	44	56	59	9	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	45	54	9	739	- 685
Uterin Cancer	46	52	33	145	- 92
Skin Cancers	47	49	12	612	- 563
Drug Use	48	41	40	69	- 28
Asthma	49	40	36	91	- 51
Poisonings	50	33	58	9	+ 24
Hepatitis B	51	32	56	14	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	52	23	64	4	+ 19
Tetanus	53	14	69	0	+ 13
Skin Disease	54	9	34	118	- 109
Multiple Sclerosis	55	9	47	43	- 34
Malnutrition	56	7	55	14	- 7
Other Neoplasms	57	6	27	245	- 239
Appendicitis	58	6	62	6	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	59	4	63	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	46	47	- 43
Pertussis	61	3	65	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	62	2	80	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	2	48	30	- 28
War	64	2	68	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Oral conditions	84	0	61	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	86	0	49	24	- 24
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Turkmenistan

New Zealand

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.