NICARAGUA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,555	1	5,843	+ 5,712
Stroke	2	5,546	3	2,225	+ 3,321
HIV/AIDS	3	3,496	35	139	+ 3,357
Liver Disease	4	2,345	6	1,203	+ 1,142
Low Birth Weight	5	1,350	13	490	+ 860
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,321	7	1,152	+ 170
Birth Trauma	7	1,060	25	198	+ 862
Road Traffic Accidents	8	930	8	1,109	- 178
Congenital Anomalies	9	893	11	571	+ 323
Diabetes Mellitus	10	806	4	2,068	- 1,261
Inflammatory/Heart	11	771	34	139	+ 632
Kidney Disease	12	736	2	3,533	- 2,797
Tuberculosis	13	692	37	115	+ 577
Hypertension	14	555	9	1,103	- 548
Stomach Cancer	15	514	14	478	+ 37
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	512	33	149	+ 363
Lung Cancers	17	485	23	274	+ 211
Breast Cancer	18	485	20	283	+ 202
Oesophagus Cancer	19	455	47	42	+ 414
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	407	36	122	+ 285
Suicide	21	391	19	285	+ 107
Other Injuries	22	391	17	358	+ 33
Lung Disease	23	370	5	1,570	- 1,200
Liver Cancer	24	324	12	509	- 184
Cervical Cancer	25	290	16	374	- 84
Oral Cancer	26	211	43	64	+ 147
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	206	18	315	- 110
Violence	28	197	10	619	- 422
Drownings	29	178	32	157	+ 21
Alcohol	30	166	21	279	- 113
Endocrine Disorders	31	163	28	164	- 0
Leukemia	32	157	24	227	- 70
Lymphomas	33	152	29	164	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	34	145	27	178	- 32
Fires	35	142	57	16	+ 125
Falls	36	120	22	276	- 156
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	119	40	85	+ 34
Epilepsy	38	115	41	74	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	39	112	42	67	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	40	108	44	61	+ 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	106	54	20	+ 86
Encephalitis	42	85	58	10	+ 75
Bladder Cancer	43	80	52	28	+ 52
Meningitis	44	73	51	29	+ 44
Prostate Cancer	45	69	15	386	- 317
Uterin Cancer	46	68	48	39	+ 29
Skin Cancers	47	63	45	59	+ 4
Drug Use	48	53	46	50	+ 3
Asthma	49	51	38	105	- 53
Poisonings	50	43	55	18	+ 25
Hepatitis B	51	41	62	5	+ 36
Upper Respiratory	52	29	72	1	+ 29
Tetanus	53	18	79	0	+ 18
Skin Disease	54	12	31	162	- 150
Multiple Sclerosis	55	12	61	7	+ 5
Malnutrition	56	9	30	163	- 154
Other Neoplasms	57	8	26	192	- 184
Appendicitis	58	8	49	32	- 24
Maternal Conditions	59	5	39	88	- 83
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	50	31	- 26
Pertussis	61	4	67	3	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	62	3	76	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	63	3	68	1	+ 1
War	64	2	70	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	69	1	- 1
Syphilis	67	0	60	9	- 9
Dengue	68	0	64	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	66	3	- 3
Oral conditions	84	0	63	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	86	0	59	10	- 10
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Turkmenistan

Nicaragua

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.