NIGER VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,590	6	8,229	+ 37,361
Stroke	2	21,879	5	8,717	+ 13,162
HIV/AIDS	3	13,793	30	1,048	+ 12,745
Liver Disease	4	9,253	11	4,116	+ 5,136
Low Birth Weight	5	5,325	4	9,560	- 4,234
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,212	1	21,093	- 15,881
Birth Trauma	7	4,181	7	8,030	- 3,850
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,670	8	5,946	- 2,276
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,524	10	4,346	- 821
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,181	17	2,630	+ 550
Inflammatory/Heart	11	3,042	34	769	+ 2,273
Kidney Disease	12	2,903	16	2,732	+ 171
Tuberculosis	13	2,729	13	3,703	- 974
Hypertension	14	2,191	25	1,356	+ 835
Stomach Cancer	15	2,030	44	300	+ 1,729
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	2,021	32	858	+ 1,163
Lung Cancers	17	1,915	67	42	+ 1,873
Breast Cancer	18	1,914	29	1,075	+ 839
Oesophagus Cancer	19	1,797	55	132	+ 1,665
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,606	3	16,030	- 14,424
Suicide	21	1,544	27	1,227	+ 317
Other Injuries	22	1,541	12	3,826	- 2,284
Lung Disease	23	1,459	20	2,172	- 714
Liver Cancer	24	1,280	35	745	+ 535
Cervical Cancer	25	1,146	38	487	+ 659
Oral Cancer	26	832	49	242	+ 590
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	812	37	522	+ 290
Violence	28	776	19	2,244	- 1,468
Drownings	29	704	24	1,581	- 877
Alcohol	30	655	60	120	+ 535
Endocrine Disorders	31	644	23	1,806	- 1,162
Leukemia	32	619	48	258	+ 362
Lymphomas	33	600	43	350	+ 250
Pancreas Cancer	34	574	54	138	+ 436
Fires	35	559	28	1,120	- 562
Falls	36	474	26	1,297	- 823
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	471	31	1,044	- 574
Epilepsy	38	453	36	676	- 224
Parkinson's Disease	39	440	47	275	+ 165
Ovary Cancer	40	428	40	425	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	419	39	467	- 48
Encephalitis	42	335	61	112	+ 223
Bladder Cancer	43	316	53	161	+ 155
Meningitis	44	287	9	5,237	- 4,950
Prostate Cancer	45	273	57	128	+ 145
Uterin Cancer	46	267	64	86	+ 181
Skin Cancers	47	248	45	287	- 39
Drug Use	48	210	58	126	+ 84
Asthma	49	203	22	1,902	- 1,699
Poisonings	50	168	33	771	- 603
Hepatitis B	51	162	46	279	- 117
Upper Respiratory	52	115	63	94	+ 22
Tetanus	53	70	42	372	- 302
Skin Disease	54	46	52	213	- 167
Multiple Sclerosis	55	46	69	22	+ 24
Malnutrition	56	36	21	2,170	- 2,134
Other Neoplasms	57	33	68	24	+ 9
Appendicitis	58	31	56	128	- 97
Maternal Conditions	59	20	14	3,317	- 3,297
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	19	70	18	+ 2
Pertussis	61	16	15	2,858	- 2,842
Leishmaniasis	62	12	51	237	- 225
Hepatitis C	63	10	66	46	- 36
War	64	9	41	409	- 400
Chlamydia	65	2	71	3	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	59	125	- 123
Syphilis	67	1	62	110	- 109
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	65	60	- 60
Measles	71	0	18	2,414	- 2,414
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	17,022	- 17,022
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	50	237	- 237
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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 NIGER

Turkmenistan

Niger

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.