TURKMENISTAN VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,760	3	3,008	+ 1,752
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,628	6	1,137	+ 1,492
Stroke	3	2,195	2	4,771	- 2,576
Malaria	4	2,177	76	0	+ 2,177
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,733	20	350	+ 1,383
Tuberculosis	6	1,641	13	595	+ 1,046
Birth Trauma	7	1,398	7	912	+ 486
Low Birth Weight	8	1,341	5	1,161	+ 180
Liver Disease	9	1,243	4	2,018	- 775
Coronary Heart Disease	10	1,224	1	9,941	- 8,717
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,009	8	800	+ 209
Congenital Anomalies	12	869	9	768	+ 100
Hypertension	13	723	14	478	+ 245
Diabetes Mellitus	14	661	10	694	- 32
Malnutrition	15	636	56	8	+ 628
Meningitis	16	546	44	63	+ 483
Cervical Cancer	17	497	25	250	+ 247
Kidney Disease	18	486	12	633	- 147
Other Injuries	19	477	22	336	+ 141
Suicide	20	360	21	337	+ 23
Lung Disease	21	351	23	318	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	22	328	59	4	+ 324
Violence	23	318	28	169	+ 149
Syphilis	24	244	67	0	+ 244
Pertussis	25	205	61	3	+ 202
Asthma	26	205	49	44	+ 160
Drownings	27	190	29	153	+ 37
Falls	28	165	36	103	+ 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	163	16	441	- 278
Prostate Cancer	30	155	45	60	+ 96
Lymphomas	31	151	33	131	+ 20
Fires	32	151	35	122	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	33	138	11	663	- 525
Poisonings	34	126	50	37	+ 89
Breast Cancer	35	101	18	417	- 316
Oesophagus Cancer	36	99	19	392	- 293
Endocrine Disorders	37	98	31	141	- 43
Epilepsy	38	92	38	99	- 7
Leukemia	39	72	32	135	- 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	68	37	103	- 35
Lung Cancers	41	62	17	417	- 355
Stomach Cancer	42	57	15	443	- 386
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	56	27	177	- 121
Tetanus	44	52	53	15	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	52	41	91	- 39
Liver Cancer	46	49	24	279	- 230
Parkinson's Disease	47	45	39	96	- 51
Oral Cancer	48	43	26	181	- 138
Alcohol	49	39	30	143	- 104
Bladder Cancer	50	36	43	69	- 33
Schistosomiasis	51	35	79	0	+ 35
Skin Disease	52	35	54	10	+ 25
Drug Use	53	34	48	46	- 12
Skin Cancers	54	30	47	54	- 24
Hepatitis B	55	29	51	35	- 6
Appendicitis	56	23	58	7	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	57	23	40	93	- 71
Leishmaniasis	58	20	62	3	+ 17
Encephalitis	59	19	42	73	- 54
Upper Respiratory	60	19	52	25	- 6
Measles	61	13	71	0	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	62	12	34	125	- 113
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	8	60	4	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	64	8	46	58	- 50
Other Neoplasms	65	5	57	7	- 2
Hepatitis C	66	5	63	2	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	55	10	- 6
Ascariasis	68	2	66	0	+ 2
War	69	2	64	2	- 0
Otitis Media	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	65	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	1	78	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	73	1	70	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Zambia

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.