TURKMENISTAN VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,481	1	9,941	- 1,460
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,824	16	441	+ 4,383
Lung Disease	3	3,282	23	318	+ 2,964
Stroke	4	2,663	2	4,771	- 2,108
Lung Cancers	5	2,613	17	417	+ 2,195
Kidney Disease	6	1,442	12	633	+ 809
Drug Use	7	1,250	48	46	+ 1,205
Hypertension	8	1,108	14	478	+ 630
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,039	27	177	+ 861
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,032	10	694	+ 338
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,013	6	1,137	- 123
Suicide	12	892	21	337	+ 555
Breast Cancer	13	818	18	417	+ 400
Endocrine Disorders	14	789	31	141	+ 649
Pancreas Cancer	15	744	34	125	+ 619
Liver Disease	16	729	4	2,018	- 1,289
Road Traffic Accidents	17	700	8	800	- 100
Falls	18	679	36	103	+ 576
Lymphomas	19	677	33	131	+ 546
Prostate Cancer	20	598	45	60	+ 539
Parkinson's Disease	21	579	39	96	+ 483
Inflammatory/Heart	22	546	11	663	- 117
Liver Cancer	23	455	24	279	+ 176
Leukemia	24	453	32	135	+ 318
Other Injuries	25	437	22	336	+ 101
Bladder Cancer	26	330	43	69	+ 261
Violence	27	319	28	169	+ 150
Oesophagus Cancer	28	299	19	392	- 92
Other Neoplasms	29	298	57	7	+ 291
Alcohol	30	246	30	143	+ 103
Ovary Cancer	31	245	40	93	+ 152
Skin Cancers	32	240	47	54	+ 186
Stomach Cancer	33	220	15	443	- 223
Congenital Anomalies	34	198	9	768	- 571
Oral Cancer	35	194	26	181	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	36	169	46	58	+ 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	167	20	350	- 183
Cervical Cancer	38	117	25	250	- 133
Low Birth Weight	39	116	5	1,161	- 1,045
Malnutrition	40	114	56	8	+ 106
Hepatitis C	41	95	63	2	+ 93
HIV/AIDS	42	95	3	3,008	- 2,912
Skin Disease	43	91	54	10	+ 81
Multiple Sclerosis	44	85	55	10	+ 75
Drownings	45	68	29	153	- 85
Asthma	46	64	49	44	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	61	41	91	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	58	37	103	- 44
Fires	49	53	35	122	- 68
Epilepsy	50	53	38	99	- 46
Anemia	51	52	81	0	+ 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	41	60	4	+ 37
Poisonings	53	28	50	37	- 9
Birth Trauma	54	21	7	912	- 891
War	55	20	64	2	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	56	13	59	4	+ 9
Schizophrenia	57	12	83	0	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	11	85	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	59	10	51	35	- 25
Meningitis	60	10	44	63	- 52
Osteoarthritis	61	10	86	0	+ 10
Tuberculosis	62	9	13	595	- 586
Appendicitis	63	7	58	7	+ 0
Oral conditions	64	5	84	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	65	4	52	25	- 21
Syphilis	66	1	67	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	0	42	73	- 73
Pertussis	69	0	61	3	- 3
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	53	15	- 15
Schistosomiasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	62	3	- 3
Measles	80	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

United States

Turkmenistan

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.