TURKEY VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	106,130	1	85,905	+ 20,225
Stroke	2	101,692	2	44,006	+ 57,686
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	59,262	6	17,308	+ 41,955
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	56,464	9	12,845	+ 43,619
Lung Cancers	5	36,311	3	35,070	+ 1,241
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	36,175	10	10,606	+ 25,569
Lung Disease	7	35,322	4	25,088	+ 10,233
Diabetes Mellitus	8	29,679	5	17,900	+ 11,780
Kidney Disease	9	23,103	7	17,021	+ 6,082
Stomach Cancer	10	20,867	11	10,333	+ 10,535
Prostate Cancer	11	17,503	15	5,608	+ 11,895
Breast Cancer	12	16,457	14	5,643	+ 10,815
Other Injuries	13	15,963	30	1,678	+ 14,285
Hypertension	14	15,492	8	14,763	+ 729
Pancreas Cancer	15	13,756	12	6,882	+ 6,874
Lymphomas	16	13,248	19	4,849	+ 8,399
Endocrine Disorders	17	12,747	26	2,612	+ 10,135
Liver Cancer	18	10,470	20	4,542	+ 5,928
Suicide	19	9,658	29	2,003	+ 7,655
Bladder Cancer	20	9,647	21	4,485	+ 5,162
Parkinson's Disease	21	9,390	25	3,439	+ 5,951
Liver Disease	22	9,277	13	6,340	+ 2,936
Falls	23	8,510	22	4,373	+ 4,137
Leukemia	24	8,368	18	4,870	+ 3,498
Oral Cancer	25	7,516	35	1,305	+ 6,211
Inflammatory/Heart	26	7,489	31	1,632	+ 5,857
Road Traffic Accidents	27	6,908	16	5,573	+ 1,335
Other Neoplasms	28	5,374	42	646	+ 4,728
Oesophagus Cancer	29	5,132	33	1,321	+ 3,811
Skin Cancers	30	4,314	32	1,548	+ 2,766
Epilepsy	31	3,421	36	1,147	+ 2,274
Uterin Cancer	32	3,345	37	1,090	+ 2,255
Ovary Cancer	33	3,274	28	2,287	+ 988
Cervical Cancer	34	2,710	34	1,311	+ 1,399
HIV/AIDS	35	2,634	53	204	+ 2,430
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,901	40	741	+ 1,160
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,884	39	789	+ 1,094
Tuberculosis	38	1,755	50	303	+ 1,451
Skin Disease	39	1,668	48	324	+ 1,344
Congenital Anomalies	40	1,619	17	4,966	- 3,348
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	1,391	45	452	+ 939
Anemia	42	1,242	81	0	+ 1,242
Asthma	43	1,207	27	2,434	- 1,228
Drug Use	44	1,058	38	972	+ 86
Alcohol	45	916	55	182	+ 733
Fires	46	892	47	343	+ 550
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	815	52	237	+ 578
Violence	48	794	23	4,010	- 3,216
Hepatitis C	49	716	63	19	+ 697
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	679	85	0	+ 679
Drownings	51	654	44	549	+ 105
Low Birth Weight	52	649	24	3,478	- 2,829
Malnutrition	53	648	43	588	+ 60
Multiple Sclerosis	54	463	56	169	+ 294
Schizophrenia	55	405	80	0	+ 405
Meningitis	56	352	51	274	+ 77
Poisonings	57	242	46	369	- 127
Osteoarthritis	58	236	84	0	+ 236
Hepatitis B	59	214	60	72	+ 142
Birth Trauma	60	196	41	720	- 524
Appendicitis	61	172	59	93	+ 78
Upper Respiratory	62	122	66	5	+ 116
Maternal Conditions	63	59	57	109	- 50
Syphilis	64	25	61	50	- 25
Oral conditions	65	24	86	0	+ 24
Otitis Media	66	20	67	3	+ 18
Encephalitis	67	10	54	184	- 174
Leishmaniasis	68	10	68	2	+ 7
War	69	9	49	318	- 310
Leprosy	70	3	79	0	+ 3
Measles	71	2	65	6	- 4
Pertussis	72	1	58	103	- 102
Tetanus	73	0	64	12	- 12
Diphtheria	74	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	62	33	- 33
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKEY

Portugal

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.