TURKEY VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	249,457	1	85,905	+ 163,552
Stroke	2	127,197	2	44,006	+ 83,191
Lung Cancers	3	57,606	3	35,070	+ 22,535
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	44,370	10	10,606	+ 33,764
Lung Disease	5	42,784	4	25,088	+ 17,696
Diabetes Mellitus	6	39,785	5	17,900	+ 21,885
Kidney Disease	7	28,220	7	17,021	+ 11,199
Hypertension	8	22,336	8	14,763	+ 7,572
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	21,614	6	17,308	+ 4,306
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	20,702	9	12,845	+ 7,857
Breast Cancer	11	20,645	14	5,643	+ 15,002
Falls	12	19,752	22	4,373	+ 15,379
Liver Disease	13	18,738	13	6,340	+ 12,398
Prostate Cancer	14	17,269	15	5,608	+ 11,661
Stomach Cancer	15	15,940	11	10,333	+ 5,608
Pancreas Cancer	16	15,288	12	6,882	+ 8,406
Suicide	17	13,704	29	2,003	+ 11,701
Lymphomas	18	11,277	19	4,849	+ 6,428
Liver Cancer	19	10,161	20	4,542	+ 5,619
Bladder Cancer	20	10,118	21	4,485	+ 5,633
Inflammatory/Heart	21	9,256	31	1,632	+ 7,624
Leukemia	22	8,823	18	4,870	+ 3,953
Other Injuries	23	8,670	30	1,678	+ 6,992
Parkinson's Disease	24	8,575	25	3,439	+ 5,136
Oral Cancer	25	6,848	35	1,305	+ 5,543
Skin Cancers	26	6,726	32	1,548	+ 5,178
Road Traffic Accidents	27	6,652	16	5,573	+ 1,079
Ovary Cancer	28	6,251	28	2,287	+ 3,964
Other Neoplasms	29	5,738	42	646	+ 5,092
Alcohol	30	4,436	55	182	+ 4,254
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	4,192	39	789	+ 3,402
Uterin Cancer	32	4,040	37	1,090	+ 2,950
Oesophagus Cancer	33	3,836	33	1,321	+ 2,515
Cervical Cancer	34	3,153	34	1,311	+ 1,842
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	2,770	45	452	+ 2,319
Epilepsy	36	1,915	36	1,147	+ 768
Congenital Anomalies	37	1,912	17	4,966	- 3,054
Drownings	38	1,739	44	549	+ 1,191
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	1,662	40	741	+ 921
Schizophrenia	40	1,604	80	0	+ 1,604
Asthma	41	1,493	27	2,434	- 942
Endocrine Disorders	42	1,468	26	2,612	- 1,144
Drug Use	43	1,428	38	972	+ 456
Tuberculosis	44	1,246	50	303	+ 943
Multiple Sclerosis	45	1,112	56	169	+ 943
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	952	52	237	+ 715
Hepatitis C	47	905	63	19	+ 886
Violence	48	904	23	4,010	- 3,106
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	867	85	0	+ 867
Fires	50	692	47	343	+ 350
Hepatitis B	51	348	60	72	+ 276
Meningitis	52	329	51	274	+ 55
Anemia	53	320	81	0	+ 320
Poisonings	54	320	46	369	- 49
Birth Trauma	55	224	41	720	- 496
Low Birth Weight	56	204	24	3,478	- 3,274
Appendicitis	57	175	59	93	+ 82
Skin Disease	58	157	48	324	- 167
HIV/AIDS	59	153	53	204	- 51
Otitis Media	60	68	67	3	+ 65
Maternal Conditions	61	46	57	109	- 63
Iodine Deficiency	62	42	78	0	+ 42
Upper Respiratory	63	34	66	5	+ 29
Oral conditions	64	34	86	0	+ 34
Encephalitis	65	15	54	184	- 170
Leishmaniasis	66	10	68	2	+ 8
War	67	9	49	318	- 310
Tetanus	68	6	64	12	- 5
Pertussis	69	3	58	103	- 100
Malnutrition	70	2	43	588	- 586
Syphilis	71	0	61	50	- 50
Diphtheria	72	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	73	0	65	6	- 6
Chlamydia	74	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	75	0	62	33	- 33
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	70	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKEY

Croatia

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.