ZIMBABWE VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,681	3	8,493	+ 21,188
Stroke	2	14,244	5	5,126	+ 9,118
HIV/AIDS	3	8,980	1	19,988	- 11,009
Liver Disease	4	6,024	17	1,941	+ 4,083
Low Birth Weight	5	3,467	7	4,038	- 571
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,393	2	10,779	- 7,386
Birth Trauma	7	2,722	8	3,405	- 684
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,389	4	6,037	- 3,648
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,294	11	2,217	+ 77
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,071	9	3,344	- 1,273
Inflammatory/Heart	11	1,981	25	1,047	+ 933
Kidney Disease	12	1,890	12	2,214	- 323
Tuberculosis	13	1,776	16	1,999	- 223
Hypertension	14	1,426	24	1,146	+ 280
Stomach Cancer	15	1,322	33	559	+ 763
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,316	31	768	+ 548
Lung Cancers	17	1,246	43	286	+ 961
Breast Cancer	18	1,246	28	839	+ 407
Oesophagus Cancer	19	1,170	29	801	+ 368
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,046	6	4,595	- 3,549
Suicide	21	1,005	13	2,069	- 1,063
Other Injuries	22	1,003	20	1,656	- 652
Lung Disease	23	950	23	1,163	- 214
Liver Cancer	24	833	38	510	+ 324
Cervical Cancer	25	746	14	2,023	- 1,277
Oral Cancer	26	541	49	208	+ 334
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	529	40	505	+ 24
Violence	28	505	18	1,916	- 1,411
Drownings	29	458	27	956	- 498
Alcohol	30	426	61	48	+ 378
Endocrine Disorders	31	420	34	553	- 134
Leukemia	32	403	45	244	+ 160
Lymphomas	33	391	26	960	- 569
Pancreas Cancer	34	374	47	217	+ 157
Fires	35	364	30	793	- 429
Falls	36	309	41	465	- 156
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	306	35	548	- 242
Epilepsy	38	295	39	508	- 213
Parkinson's Disease	39	287	46	226	+ 61
Ovary Cancer	40	279	51	173	+ 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	273	36	542	- 269
Encephalitis	42	218	56	117	+ 101
Bladder Cancer	43	206	54	125	+ 81
Meningitis	44	187	22	1,325	- 1,138
Prostate Cancer	45	178	32	628	- 450
Uterin Cancer	46	174	50	182	- 8
Skin Cancers	47	161	44	264	- 103
Drug Use	48	137	48	213	- 76
Asthma	49	132	21	1,531	- 1,398
Poisonings	50	109	37	515	- 406
Hepatitis B	51	105	60	57	+ 48
Upper Respiratory	52	75	59	65	+ 10
Tetanus	53	46	57	102	- 56
Skin Disease	54	30	52	173	- 143
Multiple Sclerosis	55	30	67	14	+ 16
Malnutrition	56	24	10	2,396	- 2,373
Other Neoplasms	57	21	62	37	- 16
Appendicitis	58	20	58	66	- 46
Maternal Conditions	59	13	19	1,749	- 1,736
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	13	64	26	- 14
Pertussis	61	10	42	419	- 408
Leishmaniasis	62	8	77	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	63	6	66	14	- 8
War	64	6	65	26	- 20
Chlamydia	65	1	69	3	- 2
Ascariasis	66	1	70	2	- 1
Syphilis	67	0	55	124	- 124
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	3	- 3
Diphtheria	70	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	71	0	63	30	- 30
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	79	0	53	172	- 172
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 ZIMBABWE

Turkmenistan

Zimbabwe

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.