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Zambia
COUNTRY #1
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ZAMBIA VS TURKMENISTAN

Compare Zambia and Turkmenistan health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Turkmenistan
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Turkmenistan Population Pyramid
7,949,276
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
  
51.2
58.3
54.6
86
73
79
1970
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
  
54.9
62.1
58.4
92
83
87
1980
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
  
57.5
64.6
61.0
109
92
98
1990
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
  
59.2
67.1
63.0
126
110
115
2000
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
  
59.9
67.9
63.8
129
119
122
2010
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
  
61.7
70.1
65.8
138
121
130
2019
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
  
66.5
73.0
69.7
129
117
122
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.5
65.4
172
161
66.5
73.0
129
117
Age
59.5
65.4
172
161
66.5
73.0
129
117
Age 5
63.8
69.3
172
164
70.0
75.9
122
108
Age 10
64.2
69.7
172
164
70.2
76.0
123
109
Age 15
64.5
69.9
172
166
70.3
76.1
125
109
Age 20
64.9
70.2
171
166
70.5
76.3
124
108
Age 25
65.5
70.7
172
166
70.8
76.6
126
107
Age 30
66.1
71.3
172
166
71.1
76.8
129
107
Age 35
66.9
72.0
172
166
71.6
77.0
129
108
Age 40
67.9
72.9
171
165
72.3
77.3
126
107
Age 45
69.2
74.0
170
162
73.1
77.7
125
106
Age 50
70.8
75.2
170
159
74.2
78.2
122
106
Age 55
72.6
76.6
170
155
75.5
78.9
117
106
Age 60
74.7
78.1
171
153
77.1
80.1
112
103
Age 65
77.0
79.7
168
149
79.1
81.3
107
103
Age 70
79.7
81.7
167
146
82.0
83.4
75
97
Age 75
82.6
84.0
160
144
85.2
86.2
56
64
Age 80
85.8
86.7
155
139
88.1
89.3
37
34
Age 85
89.3
89.9
150
142
91.9
92.2
2
8
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
156.50
19
125.89
33
2. HIV/AIDS
132.99
8
52.75
21
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
87.45
35
17.71
123
4. Coronary Heart Disease
85.40
126
278.65
13
5. Liver Disease
63.86
4
41.99
22
6. Hypertension
56.20
6
13.37
113
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
54.75
30
5.08
80
8. Malaria
54.16
2
0.00
176
9. Tuberculosis
49.91
19
11.87
63
10. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
9.80
85
11. Diabetes Mellitus
42.93
53
16.10
118
12. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
3.71
171
13. Road Traffic Accidents
32.93
43
15.37
94
14. Kidney Disease
29.46
63
14.39
123
15. Lung Disease
25.95
72
8.70
171
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.87
72
14.19
141
17. Malnutrition
17.63
11
0.14
147
18. Meningitis
15.31
15
0.89
86
19. Suicide
14.43
32
6.07
127
20. Other Injuries
13.38
34
5.68
121
21. Asthma
10.81
57
1.08
130
22. Birth Trauma
10.07
26
8.81
37
23. Low Birth Weight
9.64
36
11.05
27
24. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
16.34
99
25. Falls
9.14
30
1.94
174
26. Congenital Anomalies
8.15
24
8.77
21
27. Maternal Conditions
7.77
38
0.07
156
28. Violence
7.04
67
3.13
111
29. Lymphomas
6.38
29
2.62
158
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.33
60
13.50
14
31. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
9.55
12
32. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
9.52
107
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.09
94
3.02
142
34. Fires
3.87
31
2.02
73
35. Poisonings
3.48
11
0.62
87
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.48
77
2.22
100
37. Endocrine Disorders
3.28
99
2.31
140
38. Drownings
3.21
69
2.33
96
39. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
10.51
38
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
4.31
159
41. Leukemia
2.93
124
2.47
142
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.70
47
1.81
76
43. Epilepsy
2.68
38
1.64
88
44. Syphilis
2.49
3
0.00
168
45. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
4.10
57
46. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
1.79
107
47. Pertussis
2.30
37
0.05
111
48. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
6.40
67
49. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
3.48
127
50. Alcohol
1.90
63
2.64
46
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
17,234
15.43
3,008
8.78
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,517
8.52
1,137
3.32
3. Stroke
7,948
7.12
4,771
13.93
4. Malaria
7,882
7.06
0
0.00
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,275
5.62
350
1.02
6. Tuberculosis
5,941
5.32
595
1.74
7. Birth Trauma
5,062
4.53
912
2.66
8. Low Birth Weight
4,857
4.35
1,161
3.39
9. Liver Disease
4,501
4.03
2,018
5.89
10. Coronary Heart Disease
4,432
3.97
9,941
29.02
11. Road Traffic Accidents
3,654
3.27
800
2.34
12. Congenital Anomalies
3,146
2.82
768
2.24
13. Hypertension
2,616
2.34
478
1.40
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,395
2.14
694
2.03
15. Malnutrition
2,303
2.06
8
0.02
16. Meningitis
1,976
1.77
63
0.18
17. Cervical Cancer
1,799
1.61
250
0.73
18. Kidney Disease
1,760
1.58
633
1.85
19. Other Injuries
1,729
1.55
336
0.98
20. Suicide
1,303
1.17
337
0.98
21. Lung Disease
1,273
1.14
318
0.93
22. Maternal Conditions
1,188
1.06
4
0.01
23. Violence
1,153
1.03
169
0.49
24. Syphilis
885
0.79
0
0.00
25. Pertussis
743
0.67
3
0.01
26. Asthma
741
0.66
44
0.13
27. Drownings
689
0.62
153
0.45
28. Falls
596
0.53
103
0.30
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
590
0.53
441
1.29
30. Prostate Cancer
561
0.50
60
0.18
31. Lymphomas
548
0.49
131
0.38
32. Fires
546
0.49
122
0.36
33. Inflammatory/Heart
501
0.45
663
1.94
34. Poisonings
456
0.41
37
0.11
35. Breast Cancer
366
0.33
417
1.22
36. Oesophagus Cancer
359
0.32
392
1.14
37. Endocrine Disorders
354
0.32
141
0.41
38. Epilepsy
332
0.30
99
0.29
39. Leukemia
261
0.23
135
0.39
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
246
0.22
103
0.30
41. Lung Cancers
226
0.20
417
1.22
42. Stomach Cancer
206
0.18
443
1.29
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
203
0.18
177
0.52
44. Tetanus
190
0.17
15
0.04
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
190
0.17
91
0.27
46. Liver Cancer
177
0.16
279
0.81
47. Parkinson's Disease
164
0.15
96
0.28
48. Oral Cancer
155
0.14
181
0.53
49. Alcohol
140
0.13
143
0.42
50. Bladder Cancer
132
0.12
69
0.20
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
9.80
85
2. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
3.71
171
3. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
16.34
99
4. Lymphomas
6.38
29
2.62
158
5. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
9.55
12
6. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
9.52
107
7. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
10.51
38
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
4.31
159
9. Leukemia
2.93
124
2.47
142
10. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
4.10
57
11. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
1.79
107
12. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
6.40
67
13. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
3.48
127
14. Skin Cancers
1.87
93
1.38
125
15. Uterin Cancer
0.90
164
2.44
85
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.68
175
3.11
107
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.