TURKEY VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	94,276	2	44,006	+ 50,270
Coronary Heart Disease	2	74,455	1	85,905	- 11,450
Diabetes Mellitus	3	69,905	5	17,900	+ 52,005
Kidney Disease	4	39,895	7	17,021	+ 22,874
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	32,877	9	12,845	+ 20,032
Prostate Cancer	6	28,169	15	5,608	+ 22,561
Road Traffic Accidents	7	27,306	16	5,573	+ 21,733
Lung Disease	8	26,447	4	25,088	+ 1,358
Hypertension	9	26,263	8	14,763	+ 11,500
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	23,820	6	17,308	+ 6,512
Violence	11	18,522	23	4,010	+ 14,512
Liver Disease	12	17,442	13	6,340	+ 11,102
Inflammatory/Heart	13	15,767	31	1,632	+ 14,135
Breast Cancer	14	12,742	14	5,643	+ 7,099
Stomach Cancer	15	10,967	11	10,333	+ 635
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	10,564	10	10,606	- 42
Endocrine Disorders	17	10,099	26	2,612	+ 7,487
Lung Cancers	18	9,358	3	35,070	- 25,713
Low Birth Weight	19	8,605	24	3,478	+ 5,127
Skin Disease	20	8,089	48	324	+ 7,765
Other Injuries	21	7,383	30	1,678	+ 5,705
Suicide	22	7,207	29	2,003	+ 5,203
Parkinson's Disease	23	6,943	25	3,439	+ 3,504
Lymphomas	24	6,550	19	4,849	+ 1,702
Cervical Cancer	25	5,937	34	1,311	+ 4,626
Falls	26	5,270	22	4,373	+ 897
Asthma	27	4,800	27	2,434	+ 2,366
Drownings	28	4,668	44	549	+ 4,119
Alcohol	29	4,627	55	182	+ 4,444
Congenital Anomalies	30	4,051	17	4,966	- 915
Pancreas Cancer	31	4,034	12	6,882	- 2,848
Epilepsy	32	3,562	36	1,147	+ 2,415
Malnutrition	33	3,295	43	588	+ 2,707
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	2,687	39	789	+ 1,897
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	2,292	40	741	+ 1,551
Leukemia	36	2,214	18	4,870	- 2,657
Liver Cancer	37	2,023	20	4,542	- 2,519
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,970	45	452	+ 1,519
Fires	39	1,658	47	343	+ 1,316
Oesophagus Cancer	40	1,571	33	1,321	+ 250
Ovary Cancer	41	1,566	28	2,287	- 721
Birth Trauma	42	1,548	41	720	+ 828
Oral Cancer	43	1,540	35	1,305	+ 235
Tuberculosis	44	1,460	50	303	+ 1,157
Uterin Cancer	45	1,018	37	1,090	- 72
Drug Use	46	959	38	972	- 13
Maternal Conditions	47	924	57	109	+ 814
Other Neoplasms	48	909	42	646	+ 263
Meningitis	49	731	51	274	+ 457
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	655	52	237	+ 418
Appendicitis	51	562	59	93	+ 469
Encephalitis	52	551	54	184	+ 367
Dengue	53	295	73	0	+ 295
Multiple Sclerosis	54	223	56	169	+ 54
Poisonings	55	131	46	369	- 238
Tetanus	56	107	64	12	+ 95
Syphilis	57	94	61	50	+ 44
War	58	84	49	318	- 235
Upper Respiratory	59	63	66	5	+ 58
Hepatitis B	60	30	60	72	- 43
Schistosomiasis	61	26	62	33	- 8
Chlamydia	62	23	69	2	+ 21
Pertussis	63	15	58	103	- 88
Ascariasis	64	6	70	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	3	63	19	- 16
Otitis Media	66	1	67	3	- 2
Diphtheria	67	1	71	1	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	1	32	1,548	- 1,548
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	21	4,485	- 4,485
Schizophrenia	73	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	65	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	68	2	- 2
Leprosy	83	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	53	204	- 204
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKEY

Saint Lucia

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.