SRI LANKA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	38,044	1	26,304	+ 11,740
Stroke	2	18,258	6	6,805	+ 11,453
HIV/AIDS	3	11,510	55	39	+ 11,470
Liver Disease	4	7,721	17	1,303	+ 6,418
Low Birth Weight	5	4,444	29	536	+ 3,908
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,349	8	5,117	- 767
Birth Trauma	7	3,489	44	193	+ 3,296
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,063	9	4,200	- 1,137
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,941	22	989	+ 1,952
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,654	2	12,460	- 9,806
Inflammatory/Heart	11	2,539	35	425	+ 2,114
Kidney Disease	12	2,423	5	6,858	- 4,435
Tuberculosis	13	2,277	25	769	+ 1,508
Hypertension	14	1,828	20	1,055	+ 773
Stomach Cancer	15	1,694	16	1,321	+ 373
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,687	4	6,939	- 5,252
Lung Cancers	17	1,598	12	1,775	- 177
Breast Cancer	18	1,597	15	1,383	+ 214
Oesophagus Cancer	19	1,500	13	1,544	- 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,341	28	605	+ 736
Suicide	21	1,288	10	2,977	- 1,689
Other Injuries	22	1,286	14	1,529	- 243
Lung Disease	23	1,217	3	9,456	- 8,239
Liver Cancer	24	1,068	19	1,090	- 22
Cervical Cancer	25	956	26	762	+ 194
Oral Cancer	26	694	11	2,893	- 2,199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	678	24	911	- 234
Violence	28	647	31	499	+ 148
Drownings	29	587	27	731	- 143
Alcohol	30	547	51	82	+ 464
Endocrine Disorders	31	538	32	462	+ 75
Leukemia	32	517	18	1,155	- 638
Lymphomas	33	501	21	1,027	- 526
Pancreas Cancer	34	479	43	214	+ 265
Fires	35	466	41	239	+ 228
Falls	36	396	23	964	- 568
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	393	56	38	+ 355
Epilepsy	38	378	39	269	+ 108
Parkinson's Disease	39	367	45	168	+ 200
Ovary Cancer	40	357	37	281	+ 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	350	53	49	+ 300
Encephalitis	42	279	61	10	+ 269
Bladder Cancer	43	264	34	432	- 168
Meningitis	44	240	46	146	+ 94
Prostate Cancer	45	228	30	507	- 279
Uterin Cancer	46	223	42	218	+ 5
Skin Cancers	47	207	52	58	+ 149
Drug Use	48	175	40	257	- 82
Asthma	49	169	7	6,471	- 6,302
Poisonings	50	140	49	93	+ 47
Hepatitis B	51	135	62	6	+ 129
Upper Respiratory	52	96	66	5	+ 92
Tetanus	53	58	57	27	+ 31
Skin Disease	54	38	36	293	- 254
Multiple Sclerosis	55	38	69	2	+ 36
Malnutrition	56	30	54	43	- 13
Other Neoplasms	57	27	50	86	- 59
Appendicitis	58	26	64	5	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	59	17	48	96	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	16	60	11	+ 5
Pertussis	61	13	59	15	- 1
Leishmaniasis	62	10	73	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	63	8	75	0	+ 8
War	64	8	38	280	- 272
Chlamydia	65	2	84	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	0	58	15	- 14
Dengue	68	0	47	131	- 131
Otitis Media	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	63	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	33	445	- 445
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	65	5	- 5
Oral conditions	84	0	68	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	86	0	67	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Turkmenistan

Sri Lanka

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.