URUGUAY VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,928	1	4,265	+ 1,663
Stroke	2	2,845	2	2,850	- 5
HIV/AIDS	3	1,793	28	195	+ 1,598
Liver Disease	4	1,203	27	206	+ 997
Low Birth Weight	5	692	42	73	+ 619
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	678	6	1,370	- 693
Birth Trauma	7	544	53	22	+ 521
Road Traffic Accidents	8	477	16	512	- 34
Congenital Anomalies	9	458	30	170	+ 288
Diabetes Mellitus	10	414	11	747	- 334
Inflammatory/Heart	11	396	22	314	+ 81
Kidney Disease	12	378	8	1,040	- 662
Tuberculosis	13	355	41	81	+ 274
Hypertension	14	285	15	648	- 363
Stomach Cancer	15	264	18	480	- 216
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	263	3	1,899	- 1,636
Lung Cancers	17	249	5	1,463	- 1,214
Breast Cancer	18	249	9	848	- 599
Oesophagus Cancer	19	234	24	286	- 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	209	35	134	+ 75
Suicide	21	201	12	735	- 535
Other Injuries	22	200	10	774	- 574
Lung Disease	23	190	4	1,706	- 1,516
Liver Cancer	24	166	34	147	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	25	149	29	172	- 23
Oral Cancer	26	108	31	167	- 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	106	7	1,245	- 1,139
Violence	28	101	23	295	- 194
Drownings	29	91	45	65	+ 27
Alcohol	30	85	39	104	- 19
Endocrine Disorders	31	84	17	487	- 403
Leukemia	32	81	25	280	- 200
Lymphomas	33	78	20	457	- 379
Pancreas Cancer	34	75	14	656	- 581
Fires	35	73	48	54	+ 18
Falls	36	62	47	55	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	61	46	57	+ 4
Epilepsy	38	59	40	86	- 27
Parkinson's Disease	39	57	21	320	- 263
Ovary Cancer	40	56	32	160	- 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	55	50	39	+ 15
Encephalitis	42	44	64	4	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	43	41	26	276	- 235
Meningitis	44	37	58	10	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	45	36	13	707	- 672
Uterin Cancer	46	35	38	115	- 81
Skin Cancers	47	32	33	149	- 117
Drug Use	48	27	49	41	- 13
Asthma	49	26	37	127	- 101
Poisonings	50	22	55	17	+ 5
Hepatitis B	51	21	63	4	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	52	15	62	5	+ 10
Tetanus	53	9	71	0	+ 9
Skin Disease	54	6	36	130	- 124
Multiple Sclerosis	55	6	56	13	- 7
Malnutrition	56	5	43	73	- 68
Other Neoplasms	57	4	19	464	- 459
Appendicitis	58	4	59	9	- 5
Maternal Conditions	59	3	60	9	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	51	35	- 32
Pertussis	61	2	72	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	62	2	78	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	65	3	- 2
War	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	66	3	- 3
Dengue	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	2	- 2
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Oral conditions	84	0	68	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	86	0	52	32	- 32
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Turkmenistan

Uruguay

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.