VENEZUELA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	54,083	1	26,905	+ 27,178
Stroke	2	25,955	3	12,133	+ 13,822
HIV/AIDS	3	16,362	6	7,490	+ 8,872
Liver Disease	4	10,976	16	2,340	+ 8,636
Low Birth Weight	5	6,317	12	3,088	+ 3,230
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,183	7	7,188	- 1,005
Birth Trauma	7	4,959	24	1,087	+ 3,872
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,354	5	11,127	- 6,773
Congenital Anomalies	9	4,181	14	2,846	+ 1,335
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,773	4	11,176	- 7,403
Inflammatory/Heart	11	3,609	33	599	+ 3,010
Kidney Disease	12	3,444	8	5,932	- 2,487
Tuberculosis	13	3,237	31	748	+ 2,489
Hypertension	14	2,599	9	5,195	- 2,596
Stomach Cancer	15	2,408	17	2,175	+ 233
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	2,398	35	572	+ 1,826
Lung Cancers	17	2,271	11	3,900	- 1,629
Breast Cancer	18	2,271	15	2,563	- 292
Oesophagus Cancer	19	2,132	44	370	+ 1,762
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,906	22	1,359	+ 547
Suicide	21	1,831	34	585	+ 1,246
Other Injuries	22	1,828	21	1,693	+ 135
Lung Disease	23	1,730	10	5,150	- 3,419
Liver Cancer	24	1,518	26	1,029	+ 489
Cervical Cancer	25	1,359	20	1,986	- 627
Oral Cancer	26	987	38	544	+ 442
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	963	19	2,037	- 1,074
Violence	28	920	2	18,132	- 17,212
Drownings	29	835	43	388	+ 446
Alcohol	30	777	62	34	+ 743
Endocrine Disorders	31	764	30	760	+ 5
Leukemia	32	735	27	1,007	- 273
Lymphomas	33	712	23	1,248	- 536
Pancreas Cancer	34	681	25	1,082	- 401
Fires	35	663	54	144	+ 519
Falls	36	563	28	865	- 303
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	558	40	418	+ 141
Epilepsy	38	537	41	411	+ 127
Parkinson's Disease	39	522	48	252	+ 271
Ovary Cancer	40	508	36	563	- 55
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	497	57	80	+ 417
Encephalitis	42	397	61	37	+ 360
Bladder Cancer	43	375	45	365	+ 10
Meningitis	44	341	49	251	+ 90
Prostate Cancer	45	324	13	2,848	- 2,525
Uterin Cancer	46	316	47	309	+ 7
Skin Cancers	47	294	37	553	- 259
Drug Use	48	249	50	225	+ 24
Asthma	49	241	46	311	- 70
Poisonings	50	199	58	68	+ 132
Hepatitis B	51	192	63	30	+ 162
Upper Respiratory	52	137	74	1	+ 136
Tetanus	53	83	68	8	+ 75
Skin Disease	54	54	66	18	+ 37
Multiple Sclerosis	55	54	60	51	+ 4
Malnutrition	56	43	32	629	- 586
Other Neoplasms	57	39	18	2,167	- 2,129
Appendicitis	58	37	56	98	- 61
Maternal Conditions	59	24	39	422	- 398
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	23	52	180	- 157
Pertussis	61	19	64	26	- 7
Leishmaniasis	62	15	73	3	+ 12
Hepatitis C	63	12	65	21	- 9
War	64	11	51	185	- 174
Chlamydia	65	2	82	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	1	70	5	- 3
Syphilis	67	1	67	15	- 15
Dengue	68	0	59	65	- 65
Otitis Media	69	0	75	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	42	402	- 402
Chagas disease	77	0	29	826	- 826
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	55	126	- 126
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	69	6	- 6
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	151	- 151
Osteoarthritis	86	0	72	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Turkmenistan

Venezuela

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.