SOUTH AFRICA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	104,605	3	32,739	+ 71,866
Stroke	2	50,201	4	30,693	+ 19,508
HIV/AIDS	3	31,646	1	71,996	- 40,349
Liver Disease	4	21,230	14	9,013	+ 12,217
Low Birth Weight	5	12,219	16	6,250	+ 5,969
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	11,959	2	39,341	- 27,382
Birth Trauma	7	9,592	30	3,004	+ 6,589
Road Traffic Accidents	8	8,421	11	13,014	- 4,593
Congenital Anomalies	9	8,086	25	4,351	+ 3,736
Diabetes Mellitus	10	7,298	5	30,188	- 22,890
Inflammatory/Heart	11	6,980	21	5,408	+ 1,572
Kidney Disease	12	6,662	9	15,302	- 8,640
Tuberculosis	13	6,261	6	21,965	- 15,705
Hypertension	14	5,026	12	12,789	- 7,763
Stomach Cancer	15	4,657	39	1,535	+ 3,123
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	4,638	22	4,676	- 38
Lung Cancers	17	4,393	15	7,705	- 3,313
Breast Cancer	18	4,392	23	4,533	- 141
Oesophagus Cancer	19	4,123	29	3,486	+ 637
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	3,686	8	15,843	- 12,157
Suicide	21	3,542	10	13,774	- 10,232
Other Injuries	22	3,536	17	6,014	- 2,478
Lung Disease	23	3,347	13	11,895	- 8,548
Liver Cancer	24	2,937	33	2,383	+ 553
Cervical Cancer	25	2,629	20	5,555	- 2,926
Oral Cancer	26	1,908	41	1,406	+ 503
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	1,863	28	3,587	- 1,723
Violence	28	1,780	7	21,000	- 19,220
Drownings	29	1,615	32	2,403	- 789
Alcohol	30	1,503	49	987	+ 516
Endocrine Disorders	31	1,479	19	5,890	- 4,412
Leukemia	32	1,421	40	1,464	- 43
Lymphomas	33	1,378	31	2,818	- 1,440
Pancreas Cancer	34	1,317	35	2,007	- 690
Fires	35	1,282	27	3,618	- 2,335
Falls	36	1,088	42	1,399	- 311
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,080	36	1,894	- 814
Epilepsy	38	1,039	37	1,870	- 831
Parkinson's Disease	39	1,010	46	1,077	- 67
Ovary Cancer	40	982	51	951	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	962	47	1,015	- 53
Encephalitis	42	768	59	234	+ 534
Bladder Cancer	43	725	52	829	- 104
Meningitis	44	659	26	3,660	- 3,001
Prostate Cancer	45	627	24	4,374	- 3,747
Uterin Cancer	46	612	54	512	+ 100
Skin Cancers	47	569	48	993	- 424
Drug Use	48	482	53	770	- 288
Asthma	49	466	18	5,966	- 5,500
Poisonings	50	386	50	975	- 590
Hepatitis B	51	371	61	139	+ 232
Upper Respiratory	52	265	60	223	+ 42
Tetanus	53	161	65	38	+ 123
Skin Disease	54	105	45	1,101	- 996
Multiple Sclerosis	55	105	62	113	- 8
Malnutrition	56	83	34	2,381	- 2,298
Other Neoplasms	57	75	58	267	- 192
Appendicitis	58	71	56	274	- 202
Maternal Conditions	59	46	38	1,700	- 1,653
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	44	55	376	- 331
Pertussis	61	37	43	1,142	- 1,106
Leishmaniasis	62	29	77	0	+ 29
Hepatitis C	63	23	70	8	+ 15
War	64	21	64	66	- 45
Chlamydia	65	4	68	18	- 14
Ascariasis	66	3	71	3	+ 0
Syphilis	67	1	44	1,130	- 1,128
Dengue	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	67	19	- 19
Diphtheria	70	0	69	16	- 16
Measles	71	0	57	270	- 270
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	63	83	- 83
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	66	35	- 35
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Turkmenistan

South Africa

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.