ZAMBIA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	35,996	10	4,432	+ 31,564
Stroke	2	17,275	3	7,948	+ 9,327
HIV/AIDS	3	10,890	1	17,234	- 6,344
Liver Disease	4	7,306	9	4,501	+ 2,805
Low Birth Weight	5	4,205	8	4,857	- 652
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,115	2	9,517	- 5,402
Birth Trauma	7	3,301	7	5,062	- 1,761
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,898	11	3,654	- 756
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,783	12	3,146	- 363
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,511	14	2,395	+ 116
Inflammatory/Heart	11	2,402	33	501	+ 1,901
Kidney Disease	12	2,292	18	1,760	+ 532
Tuberculosis	13	2,154	6	5,941	- 3,787
Hypertension	14	1,730	13	2,616	- 887
Stomach Cancer	15	1,603	42	206	+ 1,396
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,596	29	590	+ 1,006
Lung Cancers	17	1,512	41	226	+ 1,286
Breast Cancer	18	1,511	35	366	+ 1,146
Oesophagus Cancer	19	1,419	36	359	+ 1,060
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,268	5	6,275	- 5,007
Suicide	21	1,219	20	1,303	- 84
Other Injuries	22	1,217	19	1,729	- 512
Lung Disease	23	1,152	21	1,273	- 121
Liver Cancer	24	1,011	46	177	+ 834
Cervical Cancer	25	905	17	1,799	- 894
Oral Cancer	26	657	48	155	+ 501
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	641	43	203	+ 439
Violence	28	612	23	1,153	- 541
Drownings	29	556	27	689	- 133
Alcohol	30	517	49	140	+ 377
Endocrine Disorders	31	509	37	354	+ 155
Leukemia	32	489	39	261	+ 228
Lymphomas	33	474	31	548	- 74
Pancreas Cancer	34	453	62	42	+ 411
Fires	35	441	32	546	- 105
Falls	36	374	28	596	- 222
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	372	40	246	+ 126
Epilepsy	38	357	38	332	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	39	348	47	164	+ 184
Ovary Cancer	40	338	57	82	+ 255
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	331	45	190	+ 141
Encephalitis	42	264	59	70	+ 194
Bladder Cancer	43	249	50	132	+ 118
Meningitis	44	227	16	1,976	- 1,749
Prostate Cancer	45	216	30	561	- 346
Uterin Cancer	46	211	64	30	+ 181
Skin Cancers	47	196	54	108	+ 88
Drug Use	48	166	53	122	+ 43
Asthma	49	160	26	741	- 580
Poisonings	50	133	34	456	- 323
Hepatitis B	51	128	55	104	+ 23
Upper Respiratory	52	91	60	68	+ 23
Tetanus	53	55	44	190	- 135
Skin Disease	54	36	52	126	- 90
Multiple Sclerosis	55	36	67	13	+ 23
Malnutrition	56	29	15	2,303	- 2,274
Other Neoplasms	57	26	65	20	+ 6
Appendicitis	58	25	56	84	- 59
Maternal Conditions	59	16	22	1,188	- 1,172
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	15	63	30	- 15
Pertussis	61	13	25	743	- 730
Leishmaniasis	62	10	58	72	- 63
Hepatitis C	63	8	66	18	- 10
War	64	7	69	6	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	2	71	3	- 2
Ascariasis	66	1	68	9	- 8
Syphilis	67	0	24	885	- 884
Dengue	68	0	74	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	70	5	- 5
Diphtheria	70	0	73	3	- 3
Measles	71	0	61	48	- 48
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	128	- 128
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Turkmenistan

Zambia

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.