TURKEY VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	490,643	1	85,905	+ 404,738
Stroke	2	180,618	2	44,006	+ 136,612
Lung Cancers	3	42,528	3	35,070	+ 7,457
Hypertension	4	41,260	8	14,763	+ 26,496
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	34,366	10	10,606	+ 23,760
Suicide	6	23,092	29	2,003	+ 21,088
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	20,937	9	12,845	+ 8,093
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	20,771	6	17,308	+ 3,463
Liver Disease	9	20,597	13	6,340	+ 14,256
Stomach Cancer	10	20,458	11	10,333	+ 10,126
Breast Cancer	11	20,131	14	5,643	+ 14,488
Prostate Cancer	12	19,137	15	5,608	+ 13,529
Pancreas Cancer	13	18,498	12	6,882	+ 11,616
Diabetes Mellitus	14	16,807	5	17,900	- 1,092
Falls	15	16,581	22	4,373	+ 12,208
Lung Disease	16	16,418	4	25,088	- 8,670
Inflammatory/Heart	17	15,491	31	1,632	+ 13,858
Other Injuries	18	13,299	30	1,678	+ 11,621
Kidney Disease	19	11,901	7	17,021	- 5,119
Oral Cancer	20	10,818	35	1,305	+ 9,512
Lymphomas	21	10,289	19	4,849	+ 5,441
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	10,009	39	789	+ 9,220
Bladder Cancer	23	9,360	21	4,485	+ 4,875
Leukemia	24	9,083	18	4,870	+ 4,212
Liver Cancer	25	7,646	20	4,542	+ 3,103
Ovary Cancer	26	7,463	28	2,287	+ 5,176
Road Traffic Accidents	27	7,187	16	5,573	+ 1,614
Cervical Cancer	28	7,179	34	1,311	+ 5,868
Parkinson's Disease	29	7,116	25	3,439	+ 3,676
Oesophagus Cancer	30	7,002	33	1,321	+ 5,681
Other Neoplasms	31	6,784	42	646	+ 6,137
Skin Cancers	32	6,292	32	1,548	+ 4,744
Alcohol	33	6,133	55	182	+ 5,951
Uterin Cancer	34	5,100	37	1,090	+ 4,010
Drownings	35	4,799	44	549	+ 4,250
Violence	36	4,210	23	4,010	+ 200
Drug Use	37	3,913	38	972	+ 2,941
Tuberculosis	38	3,801	50	303	+ 3,497
Endocrine Disorders	39	2,306	26	2,612	- 306
Epilepsy	40	1,986	36	1,147	+ 839
Congenital Anomalies	41	1,973	17	4,966	- 2,993
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	1,900	40	741	+ 1,160
Fires	43	1,639	47	343	+ 1,296
Skin Disease	44	1,533	48	324	+ 1,209
Poisonings	45	1,477	46	369	+ 1,108
Asthma	46	1,452	27	2,434	- 982
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	1,313	52	237	+ 1,076
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	934	45	452	+ 483
Multiple Sclerosis	49	921	56	169	+ 752
Hepatitis C	50	748	63	19	+ 729
HIV/AIDS	51	713	53	204	+ 509
Meningitis	52	619	51	274	+ 345
Birth Trauma	53	329	41	720	- 391
Appendicitis	54	312	59	93	+ 219
Low Birth Weight	55	283	24	3,478	- 3,195
Schizophrenia	56	271	80	0	+ 271
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	257	85	0	+ 257
Malnutrition	58	227	43	588	- 361
Osteoarthritis	59	200	84	0	+ 200
Anemia	60	170	81	0	+ 170
Hepatitis B	61	151	60	72	+ 79
Tetanus	62	77	64	12	+ 66
Maternal Conditions	63	68	57	109	- 41
Oral conditions	64	63	86	0	+ 63
Encephalitis	65	51	54	184	- 133
Otitis Media	66	32	67	3	+ 29
War	67	9	49	318	- 309
Upper Respiratory	68	2	66	5	- 4
Pertussis	69	1	58	103	- 102
Syphilis	70	0	61	50	- 50
Chlamydia	71	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	70	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	68	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	78	0	62	33	- 33
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	83	0	65	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKEY

Lithuania

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.