SWAZILAND VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,970	5	755	+ 1,215
Stroke	2	945	4	800	+ 145
HIV/AIDS	3	596	1	2,314	- 1,718
Liver Disease	4	400	11	274	+ 126
Low Birth Weight	5	230	14	233	- 3
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	225	2	921	- 695
Birth Trauma	7	181	18	166	+ 14
Road Traffic Accidents	8	159	7	384	- 226
Congenital Anomalies	9	152	19	160	- 8
Diabetes Mellitus	10	137	3	892	- 755
Inflammatory/Heart	11	131	24	94	+ 38
Kidney Disease	12	125	8	381	- 256
Tuberculosis	13	118	13	256	- 138
Hypertension	14	95	10	292	- 197
Stomach Cancer	15	88	53	7	+ 81
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	87	27	77	+ 11
Lung Cancers	17	83	46	17	+ 66
Breast Cancer	18	83	35	37	+ 46
Oesophagus Cancer	19	78	44	18	+ 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	69	6	517	- 448
Suicide	21	67	9	338	- 271
Other Injuries	22	67	17	190	- 124
Lung Disease	23	63	12	264	- 201
Liver Cancer	24	55	37	29	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	25	50	15	215	- 165
Oral Cancer	26	36	51	10	+ 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	35	43	19	+ 16
Violence	28	34	16	212	- 179
Drownings	29	30	25	87	- 57
Alcohol	30	28	48	16	+ 12
Endocrine Disorders	31	28	28	74	- 46
Leukemia	32	27	47	16	+ 10
Lymphomas	33	26	36	31	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	34	25	56	6	+ 19
Fires	35	24	26	84	- 59
Falls	36	20	32	41	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	20	29	51	- 31
Epilepsy	38	20	30	46	- 26
Parkinson's Disease	39	19	41	24	- 5
Ovary Cancer	40	18	52	10	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	18	39	26	- 8
Encephalitis	42	14	59	5	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	43	14	55	6	+ 8
Meningitis	44	12	23	97	- 85
Prostate Cancer	45	12	31	45	- 33
Uterin Cancer	46	12	50	11	+ 0
Skin Cancers	47	11	42	20	- 9
Drug Use	48	9	38	27	- 18
Asthma	49	9	20	150	- 141
Poisonings	50	7	34	37	- 30
Hepatitis B	51	7	57	6	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	52	5	60	4	+ 1
Tetanus	53	3	62	4	- 1
Skin Disease	54	2	40	25	- 23
Multiple Sclerosis	55	2	63	1	+ 0
Malnutrition	56	2	22	106	- 104
Other Neoplasms	57	1	61	4	- 3
Appendicitis	58	1	54	7	- 5
Maternal Conditions	59	1	21	116	- 115
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	58	5	- 4
Pertussis	61	1	33	39	- 38
Leishmaniasis	62	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	0	65	0	+ 0
War	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	45	17	- 17
Dengue	68	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	64	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	49	13	- 13
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	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 SWAZILAND

Turkmenistan

Swaziland

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.