SURINAME VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,119	1	650	+ 469
Stroke	2	537	2	615	- 78
HIV/AIDS	3	339	7	138	+ 201
Liver Disease	4	227	8	134	+ 93
Low Birth Weight	5	131	19	51	+ 79
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	128	5	171	- 43
Birth Trauma	7	103	30	28	+ 75
Road Traffic Accidents	8	90	13	89	+ 1
Congenital Anomalies	9	87	22	40	+ 47
Diabetes Mellitus	10	78	3	286	- 208
Inflammatory/Heart	11	75	23	37	+ 38
Kidney Disease	12	71	4	281	- 210
Tuberculosis	13	67	37	17	+ 50
Hypertension	14	54	9	134	- 80
Stomach Cancer	15	50	33	25	+ 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	50	10	117	- 68
Lung Cancers	17	47	11	102	- 55
Breast Cancer	18	47	17	55	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	19	44	56	2	+ 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	39	27	31	+ 8
Suicide	21	38	6	148	- 110
Other Injuries	22	38	15	73	- 35
Lung Disease	23	36	12	93	- 57
Liver Cancer	24	31	21	45	- 13
Cervical Cancer	25	28	20	48	- 20
Oral Cancer	26	20	40	16	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	20	16	72	- 53
Violence	28	19	26	34	- 15
Drownings	29	17	29	28	- 11
Alcohol	30	16	38	16	- 0
Endocrine Disorders	31	16	24	37	- 21
Leukemia	32	15	35	20	- 4
Lymphomas	33	15	34	23	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	34	14	32	26	- 12
Fires	35	14	44	13	+ 1
Falls	36	12	25	34	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	12	28	29	- 17
Epilepsy	38	11	36	18	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	39	11	31	28	- 17
Ovary Cancer	40	11	42	14	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	10	47	6	+ 4
Encephalitis	42	8	51	4	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	43	8	48	5	+ 3
Meningitis	44	7	50	5	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	45	7	14	78	- 72
Uterin Cancer	46	7	49	5	+ 1
Skin Cancers	47	6	60	1	+ 5
Drug Use	48	5	45	7	- 2
Asthma	49	5	39	16	- 11
Poisonings	50	4	57	2	+ 2
Hepatitis B	51	4	63	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	52	3	67	0	+ 3
Tetanus	53	2	62	1	+ 1
Skin Disease	54	1	18	53	- 52
Multiple Sclerosis	55	1	61	1	+ 0
Malnutrition	56	1	43	13	- 12
Other Neoplasms	57	1	54	3	- 2
Appendicitis	58	1	53	3	- 2
Maternal Conditions	59	0	41	14	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	0	58	1	- 1
Pertussis	61	0	59	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	62	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	70	0	+ 0
War	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	52	3	- 3
Dengue	68	0	46	7	- 7
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	55	2	- 2
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

Turkmenistan

Suriname

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.