TURKEY VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	134,001	1	85,905	+ 48,096
Stroke	2	86,422	2	44,006	+ 42,416
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	57,185	6	17,308	+ 39,877
Lung Cancers	4	47,124	3	35,070	+ 12,053
Lung Disease	5	44,681	4	25,088	+ 19,593
Hypertension	6	41,299	8	14,763	+ 26,536
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	29,326	10	10,606	+ 18,720
Diabetes Mellitus	8	27,370	5	17,900	+ 9,470
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	22,544	9	12,845	+ 9,699
Breast Cancer	10	19,135	14	5,643	+ 13,493
Kidney Disease	11	17,559	7	17,021	+ 538
Other Injuries	12	16,713	30	1,678	+ 15,034
Pancreas Cancer	13	16,688	12	6,882	+ 9,806
Stomach Cancer	14	14,146	11	10,333	+ 3,814
Other Neoplasms	15	13,776	42	646	+ 13,130
Lymphomas	16	13,343	19	4,849	+ 8,495
Liver Cancer	17	13,274	20	4,542	+ 8,732
Endocrine Disorders	18	11,633	26	2,612	+ 9,021
Parkinson's Disease	19	11,629	25	3,439	+ 8,189
Prostate Cancer	20	11,603	15	5,608	+ 5,995
Leukemia	21	9,284	18	4,870	+ 4,414
Bladder Cancer	22	9,259	21	4,485	+ 4,774
Liver Disease	23	7,671	13	6,340	+ 1,331
Inflammatory/Heart	24	7,632	31	1,632	+ 5,999
Falls	25	5,826	22	4,373	+ 1,453
Suicide	26	5,577	29	2,003	+ 3,573
Oral Cancer	27	4,613	35	1,305	+ 3,308
Ovary Cancer	28	4,528	28	2,287	+ 2,241
Skin Cancers	29	4,469	32	1,548	+ 2,921
Road Traffic Accidents	30	4,444	16	5,573	- 1,129
Hepatitis C	31	3,381	63	19	+ 3,362
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	3,057	45	452	+ 2,606
Uterin Cancer	33	3,033	37	1,090	+ 1,942
Oesophagus Cancer	34	2,822	33	1,321	+ 1,501
Anemia	35	2,308	81	0	+ 2,308
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	2,238	40	741	+ 1,497
Congenital Anomalies	37	1,991	17	4,966	- 2,975
Skin Disease	38	1,987	48	324	+ 1,663
Epilepsy	39	1,844	36	1,147	+ 697
Cervical Cancer	40	1,592	34	1,311	+ 281
Malnutrition	41	1,070	43	588	+ 482
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	968	52	237	+ 731
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	952	39	789	+ 163
Multiple Sclerosis	44	934	56	169	+ 765
Drug Use	45	902	38	972	- 70
HIV/AIDS	46	717	53	204	+ 513
Asthma	47	681	27	2,434	- 1,753
Osteoarthritis	48	664	84	0	+ 664
Schizophrenia	49	585	80	0	+ 585
Violence	50	564	23	4,010	- 3,447
Low Birth Weight	51	493	24	3,478	- 2,985
Drownings	52	474	44	549	- 74
Tuberculosis	53	464	50	303	+ 160
Hepatitis B	54	461	60	72	+ 388
Alcohol	55	382	55	182	+ 200
Fires	56	374	47	343	+ 31
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	332	85	0	+ 332
Poisonings	58	212	46	369	- 156
Birth Trauma	59	194	41	720	- 527
Meningitis	60	176	51	274	- 98
Appendicitis	61	67	59	93	- 26
Oral conditions	62	65	86	0	+ 65
Tetanus	63	30	64	12	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	64	28	66	5	+ 22
Otitis Media	65	22	67	3	+ 19
War	66	9	49	318	- 310
Maternal Conditions	67	8	57	109	- 101
Encephalitis	68	6	54	184	- 178
Syphilis	69	6	61	50	- 45
Leishmaniasis	70	4	68	2	+ 2
Measles	71	2	65	6	- 4
Chagas disease	72	1	76	0	+ 1
Pertussis	73	1	58	103	- 102
Leprosy	74	1	79	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	71	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	62	33	- 33
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKEY

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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.