SWITZERLAND VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,335	1	10,713	+ 4,621
Stroke	2	7,359	3	3,918	+ 3,442
HIV/AIDS	3	4,639	54	29	+ 4,610
Liver Disease	4	3,112	21	677	+ 2,435
Low Birth Weight	5	1,791	43	105	+ 1,686
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,753	8	1,949	- 196
Birth Trauma	7	1,406	52	32	+ 1,374
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,235	34	193	+ 1,042
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,185	31	305	+ 880
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,070	17	1,022	+ 48
Inflammatory/Heart	11	1,023	16	1,027	- 4
Kidney Disease	12	977	13	1,261	- 285
Tuberculosis	13	918	56	21	+ 897
Hypertension	14	737	6	2,471	- 1,735
Stomach Cancer	15	683	24	614	+ 69
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	680	2	7,192	- 6,512
Lung Cancers	17	644	4	3,520	- 2,876
Breast Cancer	18	644	11	1,577	- 933
Oesophagus Cancer	19	604	28	491	+ 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	540	35	186	+ 354
Suicide	21	519	14	1,249	- 730
Other Injuries	22	518	30	410	+ 109
Lung Disease	23	491	5	2,902	- 2,412
Liver Cancer	24	430	19	805	- 374
Cervical Cancer	25	385	42	105	+ 280
Oral Cancer	26	280	26	500	- 221
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	273	7	1,995	- 1,721
Violence	28	261	51	42	+ 219
Drownings	29	237	50	49	+ 187
Alcohol	30	220	32	229	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	31	217	25	593	- 376
Leukemia	32	208	22	671	- 463
Lymphomas	33	202	15	1,131	- 929
Pancreas Cancer	34	193	12	1,486	- 1,293
Fires	35	188	55	21	+ 167
Falls	36	160	9	1,919	- 1,760
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	158	41	122	+ 36
Epilepsy	38	152	39	159	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	39	148	18	857	- 709
Ovary Cancer	40	144	29	457	- 313
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	141	48	78	+ 63
Encephalitis	42	113	68	1	+ 112
Bladder Cancer	43	106	23	669	- 563
Meningitis	44	97	57	20	+ 77
Prostate Cancer	45	92	10	1,579	- 1,487
Uterin Cancer	46	90	33	224	- 134
Skin Cancers	47	83	27	493	- 410
Drug Use	48	71	36	176	- 105
Asthma	49	68	46	95	- 26
Poisonings	50	57	60	13	+ 44
Hepatitis B	51	54	63	5	+ 50
Upper Respiratory	52	39	61	11	+ 28
Tetanus	53	24	70	0	+ 23
Skin Disease	54	15	40	129	- 114
Multiple Sclerosis	55	15	38	160	- 144
Malnutrition	56	12	47	84	- 72
Other Neoplasms	57	11	20	681	- 670
Appendicitis	58	10	59	15	- 4
Maternal Conditions	59	7	64	4	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	6	49	68	- 61
Pertussis	61	5	73	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	62	4	71	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	63	3	58	15	- 12
War	64	3	67	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	65	2	- 1
Dengue	68	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	66	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	102	- 102
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	45	96	- 96
Oral conditions	84	0	62	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	86	0	37	170	- 170
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Turkmenistan

Switzerland

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.