UNITED KINGDOM VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	118,479	2	71,728	+ 46,751
Stroke	2	56,859	4	37,626	+ 19,233
HIV/AIDS	3	35,844	55	188	+ 35,656
Liver Disease	4	24,046	14	7,666	+ 16,380
Low Birth Weight	5	13,839	40	1,313	+ 12,526
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	13,545	3	40,540	- 26,995
Birth Trauma	7	10,864	54	190	+ 10,675
Road Traffic Accidents	8	9,538	33	2,169	+ 7,369
Congenital Anomalies	9	9,159	35	2,127	+ 7,032
Diabetes Mellitus	10	8,266	17	5,842	+ 2,424
Inflammatory/Heart	11	7,906	29	3,126	+ 4,779
Kidney Disease	12	7,545	18	5,471	+ 2,074
Tuberculosis	13	7,091	47	351	+ 6,740
Hypertension	14	5,693	23	5,208	+ 485
Stomach Cancer	15	5,275	24	4,999	+ 276
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	5,253	1	98,135	- 92,882
Lung Cancers	17	4,975	5	35,715	- 30,739
Breast Cancer	18	4,975	9	12,718	- 7,743
Oesophagus Cancer	19	4,670	12	8,727	- 4,057
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	4,175	38	1,599	+ 2,576
Suicide	21	4,012	20	5,325	- 1,313
Other Injuries	22	4,005	19	5,464	- 1,459
Lung Disease	23	3,790	6	32,896	- 29,105
Liver Cancer	24	3,326	21	5,237	- 1,910
Cervical Cancer	25	2,978	43	1,099	+ 1,879
Oral Cancer	26	2,161	30	3,109	- 947
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	2,110	7	18,446	- 16,336
Violence	28	2,016	46	868	+ 1,148
Drownings	29	1,829	49	301	+ 1,528
Alcohol	30	1,702	39	1,555	+ 147
Endocrine Disorders	31	1,675	28	3,297	- 1,622
Leukemia	32	1,609	22	5,211	- 3,602
Lymphomas	33	1,560	10	9,350	- 7,790
Pancreas Cancer	34	1,491	11	8,995	- 7,504
Fires	35	1,452	48	334	+ 1,118
Falls	36	1,232	15	7,618	- 6,386
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,223	36	2,090	- 867
Epilepsy	38	1,177	42	1,193	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	39	1,144	13	8,573	- 7,428
Ovary Cancer	40	1,112	25	4,019	- 2,906
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	1,090	45	876	+ 214
Encephalitis	42	870	68	6	+ 865
Bladder Cancer	43	821	16	6,133	- 5,312
Meningitis	44	746	52	232	+ 514
Prostate Cancer	45	710	8	13,289	- 12,580
Uterin Cancer	46	693	32	2,346	- 1,653
Skin Cancers	47	644	27	3,727	- 3,083
Drug Use	48	546	31	2,824	- 2,278
Asthma	49	528	41	1,302	- 774
Poisonings	50	437	53	221	+ 216
Hepatitis B	51	420	65	40	+ 380
Upper Respiratory	52	300	63	48	+ 252
Tetanus	53	182	72	0	+ 182
Skin Disease	54	119	34	2,134	- 2,015
Multiple Sclerosis	55	119	37	1,856	- 1,737
Malnutrition	56	94	58	116	- 22
Other Neoplasms	57	85	26	3,986	- 3,901
Appendicitis	58	81	59	105	- 24
Maternal Conditions	59	52	64	47	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	50	44	1,014	- 964
Pertussis	61	42	69	3	+ 39
Leishmaniasis	62	32	70	0	+ 32
Hepatitis C	63	26	51	267	- 241
War	64	23	67	10	+ 14
Chlamydia	65	5	79	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	66	3	80	0	+ 3
Syphilis	67	1	62	49	- 47
Dengue	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	66	16	- 16
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	50	277	- 277
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	101	- 101
Oral conditions	84	0	61	54	- 54
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	184	- 184
Osteoarthritis	86	0	57	167	- 167
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

Turkmenistan

United Kingdom

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.