TURKEY VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	163,196	1	85,905	+ 77,291
Diabetes Mellitus	2	103,649	5	17,900	+ 85,749
Stroke	3	100,597	2	44,006	+ 56,591
Kidney Disease	4	47,496	7	17,021	+ 30,475
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	43,729	9	12,845	+ 30,884
Lung Disease	6	34,816	4	25,088	+ 9,727
Suicide	7	27,120	29	2,003	+ 25,117
Hypertension	8	22,901	8	14,763	+ 8,138
Liver Disease	9	20,025	13	6,340	+ 13,685
Lung Cancers	10	19,369	3	35,070	- 15,701
Drownings	11	14,546	44	549	+ 13,997
Breast Cancer	12	14,341	14	5,643	+ 8,699
Asthma	13	13,435	27	2,434	+ 11,001
Low Birth Weight	14	12,640	24	3,478	+ 9,162
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	11,589	45	452	+ 11,137
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	11,340	40	741	+ 10,599
Other Injuries	17	11,239	30	1,678	+ 9,561
Congenital Anomalies	18	11,214	17	4,966	+ 6,248
Tuberculosis	19	10,568	50	303	+ 10,264
Stomach Cancer	20	9,916	11	10,333	- 417
Birth Trauma	21	9,136	41	720	+ 8,416
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	7,120	10	10,606	- 3,486
Cervical Cancer	23	7,031	34	1,311	+ 5,720
Liver Cancer	24	6,891	20	4,542	+ 2,348
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	5,588	39	789	+ 4,799
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	5,506	6	17,308	- 11,802
Falls	27	5,195	22	4,373	+ 822
Inflammatory/Heart	28	5,088	31	1,632	+ 3,456
Prostate Cancer	29	4,653	15	5,608	- 955
Endocrine Disorders	30	4,480	26	2,612	+ 1,868
Violence	31	4,449	23	4,010	+ 439
Leukemia	32	4,241	18	4,870	- 629
Parkinson's Disease	33	3,942	25	3,439	+ 503
Maternal Conditions	34	3,096	57	109	+ 2,987
Pancreas Cancer	35	3,061	12	6,882	- 3,821
Lymphomas	36	3,038	19	4,849	- 1,811
Pertussis	37	2,977	58	103	+ 2,874
Oral Cancer	38	2,851	35	1,305	+ 1,546
Meningitis	39	2,696	51	274	+ 2,421
Syphilis	40	2,551	61	50	+ 2,501
Uterin Cancer	41	2,419	37	1,090	+ 1,329
Skin Disease	42	2,314	48	324	+ 1,990
Epilepsy	43	2,304	36	1,147	+ 1,157
Malnutrition	44	2,244	43	588	+ 1,656
Ovary Cancer	45	1,949	28	2,287	- 338
Alcohol	46	1,921	55	182	+ 1,739
Oesophagus Cancer	47	1,843	33	1,321	+ 522
Fires	48	1,700	47	343	+ 1,358
Bladder Cancer	49	1,318	21	4,485	- 3,167
Poisonings	50	860	46	369	+ 491
Skin Cancers	51	768	32	1,548	- 780
Drug Use	52	522	38	972	- 450
Encephalitis	53	503	54	184	+ 318
Appendicitis	54	374	59	93	+ 281
Other Neoplasms	55	314	42	646	- 332
Measles	56	294	65	6	+ 288
Hepatitis B	57	254	60	72	+ 182
Road Traffic Accidents	58	154	16	5,573	- 5,419
Tetanus	59	142	64	12	+ 130
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	123	52	237	- 114
Dengue	61	117	73	0	+ 117
Multiple Sclerosis	62	117	56	169	- 52
Hepatitis C	63	30	63	19	+ 11
Diphtheria	64	30	71	1	+ 29
Ascariasis	65	27	70	1	+ 26
War	66	11	49	318	- 307
Chlamydia	67	10	69	2	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	68	8	66	5	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	1	67	3	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	53	204	- 204
Leishmaniasis	75	0	68	2	- 2
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	62	33	- 33
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKEY

Micronesia

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.