TURKEY VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	89,387	1	85,905	+ 3,482
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	57,136	9	12,845	+ 44,291
Stroke	3	52,548	2	44,006	+ 8,542
Road Traffic Accidents	4	17,477	16	5,573	+ 11,904
Lung Disease	5	16,142	4	25,088	- 8,947
Kidney Disease	6	16,133	7	17,021	- 888
Liver Disease	7	12,474	13	6,340	+ 6,133
Lung Cancers	8	10,511	3	35,070	- 24,560
Diabetes Mellitus	9	9,995	5	17,900	- 7,904
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	9,725	6	17,308	- 7,582
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	9,327	10	10,606	- 1,279
Breast Cancer	12	7,475	14	5,643	+ 1,832
HIV/AIDS	13	6,520	53	204	+ 6,316
Other Injuries	14	5,408	30	1,678	+ 3,730
Skin Disease	15	5,027	48	324	+ 4,703
Liver Cancer	16	4,829	20	4,542	+ 286
Oral Cancer	17	4,538	35	1,305	+ 3,233
Falls	18	4,515	22	4,373	+ 141
Suicide	19	4,437	29	2,003	+ 2,434
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	4,314	40	741	+ 3,573
Stomach Cancer	21	3,508	11	10,333	- 6,824
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	3,466	39	789	+ 2,677
Leukemia	23	3,437	18	4,870	- 1,433
Congenital Anomalies	24	3,414	17	4,966	- 1,552
Lymphomas	25	3,215	19	4,849	- 1,634
Tuberculosis	26	2,986	50	303	+ 2,683
Inflammatory/Heart	27	2,954	31	1,632	+ 1,322
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,691	25	3,439	- 748
Low Birth Weight	29	2,483	24	3,478	- 995
Asthma	30	2,466	27	2,434	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	31	2,459	34	1,311	+ 1,148
Pancreas Cancer	32	2,420	12	6,882	- 4,463
Prostate Cancer	33	2,198	15	5,608	- 3,409
Violence	34	2,114	23	4,010	- 1,896
Ovary Cancer	35	2,014	28	2,287	- 273
Drownings	36	1,995	44	549	+ 1,447
Endocrine Disorders	37	1,970	26	2,612	- 642
Hypertension	38	1,580	8	14,763	- 13,183
Bladder Cancer	39	1,137	21	4,485	- 3,348
Encephalitis	40	1,101	54	184	+ 916
Oesophagus Cancer	41	1,057	33	1,321	- 264
Birth Trauma	42	873	41	720	+ 153
Uterin Cancer	43	857	37	1,090	- 233
Fires	44	817	47	343	+ 475
Drug Use	45	784	38	972	- 189
Meningitis	46	732	51	274	+ 458
Dengue	47	681	73	0	+ 681
Other Neoplasms	48	644	42	646	- 2
Malnutrition	49	606	43	588	+ 18
Skin Cancers	50	602	32	1,548	- 946
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	599	45	452	+ 147
Epilepsy	52	549	36	1,147	- 598
Poisonings	53	513	46	369	+ 144
Hepatitis B	54	500	60	72	+ 428
Alcohol	55	440	55	182	+ 257
Maternal Conditions	56	406	57	109	+ 296
Pertussis	57	195	58	103	+ 92
Appendicitis	58	174	59	93	+ 81
Multiple Sclerosis	59	74	56	169	- 95
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	67	52	237	- 170
Tetanus	61	52	64	12	+ 40
Syphilis	62	46	61	50	- 4
War	63	26	49	318	- 293
Hepatitis C	64	13	63	19	- 5
Upper Respiratory	65	12	66	5	+ 6
Otitis Media	66	8	67	3	+ 5
Ascariasis	67	5	70	1	+ 4
Chlamydia	68	4	69	2	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	71	1	+ 1
Measles	70	0	65	6	- 6
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	62	33	- 33
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	68	2	- 2
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	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.