SOMALIA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,528	7	7,233	+ 15,296
Stroke	2	10,812	6	8,595	+ 2,216
HIV/AIDS	3	6,816	33	610	+ 6,206
Liver Disease	4	4,572	13	3,917	+ 656
Low Birth Weight	5	2,632	8	6,250	- 3,619
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,576	1	21,712	- 19,136
Birth Trauma	7	2,066	5	9,573	- 7,508
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,814	11	4,231	- 2,417
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,742	15	3,410	- 1,669
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,572	16	2,888	- 1,316
Inflammatory/Heart	11	1,503	39	521	+ 982
Kidney Disease	12	1,435	21	2,051	- 616
Tuberculosis	13	1,348	4	10,261	- 8,913
Hypertension	14	1,082	18	2,643	- 1,561
Stomach Cancer	15	1,003	49	310	+ 693
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	999	32	647	+ 352
Lung Cancers	17	946	54	233	+ 713
Breast Cancer	18	946	26	1,232	- 286
Oesophagus Cancer	19	888	40	516	+ 372
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	794	2	15,363	- 14,569
Suicide	21	763	27	1,219	- 456
Other Injuries	22	762	14	3,602	- 2,840
Lung Disease	23	721	19	2,442	- 1,722
Liver Cancer	24	632	53	256	+ 377
Cervical Cancer	25	566	28	883	- 317
Oral Cancer	26	411	46	328	+ 83
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	401	38	546	- 145
Violence	28	383	29	828	- 445
Drownings	29	348	25	1,272	- 924
Alcohol	30	324	59	151	+ 173
Endocrine Disorders	31	318	44	406	- 88
Leukemia	32	306	35	562	- 256
Lymphomas	33	297	34	605	- 308
Pancreas Cancer	34	284	62	108	+ 176
Fires	35	276	30	810	- 534
Falls	36	234	37	548	- 313
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	233	36	559	- 327
Epilepsy	38	224	43	419	- 195
Parkinson's Disease	39	218	56	184	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	40	212	50	295	- 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	207	41	446	- 239
Encephalitis	42	165	63	91	+ 75
Bladder Cancer	43	156	61	149	+ 7
Meningitis	44	142	9	5,381	- 5,239
Prostate Cancer	45	135	52	285	- 150
Uterin Cancer	46	132	64	78	+ 54
Skin Cancers	47	123	57	164	- 41
Drug Use	48	104	65	54	+ 49
Asthma	49	100	23	1,878	- 1,778
Poisonings	50	83	31	758	- 675
Hepatitis B	51	80	48	315	- 235
Upper Respiratory	52	57	47	326	- 269
Tetanus	53	35	17	2,648	- 2,614
Skin Disease	54	23	58	151	- 128
Multiple Sclerosis	55	23	71	8	+ 15
Malnutrition	56	18	10	4,825	- 4,807
Other Neoplasms	57	16	70	12	+ 4
Appendicitis	58	15	55	188	- 172
Maternal Conditions	59	10	12	4,127	- 4,117
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	10	66	35	- 26
Pertussis	61	8	20	2,054	- 2,046
Leishmaniasis	62	6	51	290	- 284
Hepatitis C	63	5	67	34	- 29
War	64	4	24	1,318	- 1,314
Chlamydia	65	1	72	5	- 4
Ascariasis	66	1	69	30	- 29
Syphilis	67	0	45	378	- 377
Dengue	68	0	73	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	32	- 31
Diphtheria	70	0	60	150	- 150
Measles	71	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
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	22	1,942	- 1,942
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	42	435	- 435
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Turkmenistan

Somalia

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.