TURKEY VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	73,055	1	85,905	- 12,850
Violence	2	32,686	23	4,010	+ 28,675
Stroke	3	28,113	2	44,006	- 15,893
Lung Disease	4	27,020	4	25,088	+ 1,931
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	18,276	9	12,845	+ 5,431
Road Traffic Accidents	6	13,172	16	5,573	+ 7,599
Kidney Disease	7	11,593	7	17,021	- 5,428
Hypertension	8	10,856	8	14,763	- 3,907
Stomach Cancer	9	10,368	11	10,333	+ 35
Lung Cancers	10	8,906	3	35,070	- 26,164
Diabetes Mellitus	11	8,530	5	17,900	- 9,370
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	7,415	10	10,606	- 3,191
Breast Cancer	13	6,224	14	5,643	+ 582
Prostate Cancer	14	6,081	15	5,608	+ 473
Other Neoplasms	15	5,436	42	646	+ 4,790
Congenital Anomalies	16	5,026	17	4,966	+ 59
HIV/AIDS	17	4,552	53	204	+ 4,348
Lymphomas	18	4,415	19	4,849	- 433
Liver Disease	19	4,116	13	6,340	- 2,224
Cervical Cancer	20	3,844	34	1,311	+ 2,533
Leukemia	21	3,746	18	4,870	- 1,124
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	3,659	6	17,308	- 13,649
Low Birth Weight	23	3,554	24	3,478	+ 76
Liver Cancer	24	3,503	20	4,542	- 1,039
Pancreas Cancer	25	3,431	12	6,882	- 3,452
Suicide	26	3,333	29	2,003	+ 1,330
Malnutrition	27	3,186	43	588	+ 2,598
Other Injuries	28	2,701	30	1,678	+ 1,023
Falls	29	2,575	22	4,373	- 1,799
Endocrine Disorders	30	2,319	26	2,612	- 293
Inflammatory/Heart	31	2,255	31	1,632	+ 623
Tuberculosis	32	2,157	50	303	+ 1,854
Ovary Cancer	33	1,904	28	2,287	- 383
Skin Disease	34	1,869	48	324	+ 1,545
Skin Cancers	35	1,745	32	1,548	+ 197
Oesophagus Cancer	36	1,417	33	1,321	+ 96
Oral Cancer	37	1,369	35	1,305	+ 64
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	1,268	40	741	+ 527
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	1,185	39	789	+ 395
Drownings	40	1,169	44	549	+ 620
Birth Trauma	41	1,100	41	720	+ 380
Bladder Cancer	42	1,033	21	4,485	- 3,452
Epilepsy	43	1,013	36	1,147	- 134
Drug Use	44	834	38	972	- 138
Uterin Cancer	45	718	37	1,090	- 373
Maternal Conditions	46	668	57	109	+ 559
Parkinson's Disease	47	650	25	3,439	- 2,790
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	565	85	0	+ 565
War	49	441	49	318	+ 123
Meningitis	50	414	51	274	+ 139
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	411	52	237	+ 174
Appendicitis	52	361	59	93	+ 268
Chagas disease	53	345	76	0	+ 345
Asthma	54	325	27	2,434	- 2,110
Dengue	55	226	73	0	+ 226
Fires	56	215	47	343	- 128
Anemia	57	171	81	0	+ 171
Osteoarthritis	58	113	84	0	+ 113
Hepatitis C	59	110	63	19	+ 91
Multiple Sclerosis	60	106	56	169	- 63
Poisonings	61	103	46	369	- 266
Hepatitis B	62	86	60	72	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	64	45	452	- 387
Encephalitis	64	64	54	184	- 120
Syphilis	65	51	61	50	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	45	66	5	+ 40
Malaria	67	44	75	0	+ 44
Alcohol	68	39	55	182	- 144
Pertussis	69	31	58	103	- 72
Schizophrenia	70	30	80	0	+ 30
Tetanus	71	24	64	12	+ 12
Leprosy	72	14	79	0	+ 14
Otitis Media	73	13	67	3	+ 10
Leishmaniasis	74	12	68	2	+ 10
Oral conditions	75	12	86	0	+ 12
Ascariasis	76	8	70	1	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	77	1	62	33	- 32
Measles	78	1	65	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	79	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	80	0	71	1	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	69	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKEY

Colombia

Turkey

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.