YEMEN VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	55,624	1	30,158	+ 25,466
Stroke	2	26,694	2	13,570	+ 13,125
HIV/AIDS	3	16,828	46	396	+ 16,432
Liver Disease	4	11,289	13	2,891	+ 8,398
Low Birth Weight	5	6,497	5	8,810	- 2,312
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,359	4	11,978	- 5,619
Birth Trauma	7	5,101	7	5,939	- 839
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,478	6	8,561	- 4,083
Congenital Anomalies	9	4,300	10	4,291	+ 9
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,881	19	1,794	+ 2,086
Inflammatory/Heart	11	3,712	40	585	+ 3,127
Kidney Disease	12	3,542	15	2,679	+ 864
Tuberculosis	13	3,329	18	1,899	+ 1,430
Hypertension	14	2,673	8	5,293	- 2,621
Stomach Cancer	15	2,477	31	902	+ 1,574
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	2,466	22	1,405	+ 1,061
Lung Cancers	17	2,336	41	569	+ 1,767
Breast Cancer	18	2,336	26	1,134	+ 1,202
Oesophagus Cancer	19	2,192	35	765	+ 1,428
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,960	9	4,372	- 2,412
Suicide	21	1,883	21	1,699	+ 185
Other Injuries	22	1,880	16	2,225	- 345
Lung Disease	23	1,780	11	3,196	- 1,416
Liver Cancer	24	1,562	39	609	+ 953
Cervical Cancer	25	1,398	57	119	+ 1,279
Oral Cancer	26	1,015	42	547	+ 467
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	991	30	913	+ 78
Violence	28	946	14	2,839	- 1,893
Drownings	29	859	25	1,142	- 284
Alcohol	30	799	59	78	+ 721
Endocrine Disorders	31	786	36	738	+ 49
Leukemia	32	756	34	776	- 21
Lymphomas	33	733	45	433	+ 300
Pancreas Cancer	34	700	51	283	+ 417
Fires	35	682	29	991	- 309
Falls	36	579	24	1,170	- 591
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	574	33	833	- 259
Epilepsy	38	552	43	539	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	39	537	49	362	+ 176
Ovary Cancer	40	522	52	188	+ 334
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	512	37	707	- 195
Encephalitis	42	409	48	369	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	43	385	55	160	+ 225
Meningitis	44	350	28	1,018	- 668
Prostate Cancer	45	333	63	39	+ 294
Uterin Cancer	46	326	69	5	+ 320
Skin Cancers	47	302	58	100	+ 203
Drug Use	48	256	38	613	- 356
Asthma	49	248	17	2,106	- 1,858
Poisonings	50	205	44	532	- 327
Hepatitis B	51	197	50	299	- 102
Upper Respiratory	52	141	70	5	+ 136
Tetanus	53	85	47	395	- 309
Skin Disease	54	56	61	44	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	55	56	62	42	+ 14
Malnutrition	56	44	27	1,058	- 1,014
Other Neoplasms	57	40	64	21	+ 19
Appendicitis	58	38	54	162	- 124
Maternal Conditions	59	25	32	890	- 865
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	24	66	14	+ 9
Pertussis	61	20	23	1,239	- 1,220
Leishmaniasis	62	15	71	2	+ 13
Hepatitis C	63	12	68	8	+ 4
War	64	11	3	12,915	- 12,904
Chlamydia	65	2	72	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	2	65	17	- 15
Syphilis	67	1	53	175	- 175
Dengue	68	0	60	71	- 71
Otitis Media	69	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	14	- 14
Measles	71	0	12	3,019	- 3,019
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	56	124	- 124
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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 YEMEN

Turkmenistan

Yemen

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.