TAJIKISTAN VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		TAJIKISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,347	1	14,359	+ 988
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,729	17	518	+ 8,212
Lung Disease	3	5,939	10	1,177	+ 4,761
Stroke	4	4,818	2	6,170	- 1,352
Lung Cancers	5	4,727	24	305	+ 4,422
Kidney Disease	6	2,610	19	408	+ 2,201
Drug Use	7	2,262	55	21	+ 2,241
Hypertension	8	2,005	5	1,721	+ 284
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,879	35	202	+ 1,678
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,867	6	1,617	+ 250
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,833	3	3,121	- 1,287
Suicide	12	1,614	20	399	+ 1,215
Breast Cancer	13	1,479	33	215	+ 1,264
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,428	34	204	+ 1,225
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,346	43	97	+ 1,249
Liver Disease	16	1,319	4	2,062	- 743
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,267	8	1,461	- 193
Falls	18	1,229	21	370	+ 859
Lymphomas	19	1,224	32	222	+ 1,002
Prostate Cancer	20	1,082	52	33	+ 1,050
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,048	29	254	+ 794
Inflammatory/Heart	22	989	44	78	+ 910
Liver Cancer	23	823	30	236	+ 586
Leukemia	24	820	42	106	+ 714
Other Injuries	25	790	27	288	+ 503
Bladder Cancer	26	596	48	51	+ 545
Violence	27	577	36	170	+ 407
Oesophagus Cancer	28	542	16	543	- 1
Other Neoplasms	29	539	61	7	+ 532
Alcohol	30	446	38	127	+ 319
Ovary Cancer	31	444	46	59	+ 384
Skin Cancers	32	435	51	36	+ 399
Stomach Cancer	33	397	12	754	- 356
Congenital Anomalies	34	357	11	1,084	- 726
Oral Cancer	35	351	41	107	+ 244
Uterin Cancer	36	306	40	111	+ 195
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	303	13	734	- 431
Cervical Cancer	38	212	39	114	+ 98
Low Birth Weight	39	210	7	1,562	- 1,352
Malnutrition	40	206	64	3	+ 203
Hepatitis C	41	173	60	8	+ 165
HIV/AIDS	42	172	25	292	- 120
Skin Disease	43	164	59	9	+ 155
Multiple Sclerosis	44	154	62	7	+ 147
Drownings	45	124	15	580	- 456
Asthma	46	116	28	276	- 160
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	111	31	222	- 111
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	105	37	161	- 56
Fires	49	97	23	318	- 221
Epilepsy	50	96	18	426	- 330
Anemia	51	95	82	0	+ 95
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	75	53	28	+ 47
Poisonings	53	51	50	39	+ 12
Birth Trauma	54	37	9	1,271	- 1,233
War	55	36	66	1	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	56	24	45	63	- 39
Schizophrenia	57	22	80	0	+ 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	21	85	0	+ 21
Hepatitis B	59	18	49	40	- 22
Meningitis	60	18	22	340	- 322
Osteoarthritis	61	18	84	0	+ 18
Tuberculosis	62	17	14	733	- 716
Appendicitis	63	13	58	18	- 5
Oral conditions	64	9	86	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	65	7	47	55	- 48
Syphilis	66	1	56	20	- 19
Otitis Media	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	54	27	- 27
Pertussis	69	0	26	290	- 290
Chagas disease	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	57	20	- 20
Schistosomiasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	63	4	- 4
Measles	80	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TAJIKISTAN

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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.