TURKEY VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	89,857	1	85,905	+ 3,952
Stroke	2	38,655	2	44,006	- 5,351
Road Traffic Accidents	3	28,352	16	5,573	+ 22,779
Kidney Disease	4	20,834	7	17,021	+ 3,813
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	14,114	9	12,845	+ 1,270
Falls	6	12,292	22	4,373	+ 7,919
Liver Disease	7	11,351	13	6,340	+ 5,011
Other Injuries	8	9,217	30	1,678	+ 7,539
Diabetes Mellitus	9	8,954	5	17,900	- 8,946
Lung Disease	10	6,542	4	25,088	- 18,546
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	5,621	6	17,308	- 11,687
Congenital Anomalies	12	5,311	17	4,966	+ 345
Suicide	13	4,709	29	2,003	+ 2,706
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	3,752	10	10,606	- 6,854
Endocrine Disorders	15	3,331	26	2,612	+ 719
Inflammatory/Heart	16	3,088	31	1,632	+ 1,456
Asthma	17	2,688	27	2,434	+ 253
Low Birth Weight	18	2,276	24	3,478	- 1,202
Leukemia	19	2,129	18	4,870	- 2,742
Breast Cancer	20	2,089	14	5,643	- 3,553
Liver Cancer	21	1,945	20	4,542	- 2,597
Hypertension	22	1,920	8	14,763	- 12,843
Fires	23	1,900	47	343	+ 1,558
Drownings	24	1,891	44	549	+ 1,342
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,787	25	3,439	- 1,652
Lung Cancers	26	1,784	3	35,070	- 33,286
Tuberculosis	27	1,731	50	303	+ 1,427
Lymphomas	28	1,648	19	4,849	- 3,201
Epilepsy	29	1,598	36	1,147	+ 451
Violence	30	1,486	23	4,010	- 2,524
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,211	12	6,882	- 5,672
Skin Disease	32	1,188	48	324	+ 864
Drug Use	33	1,130	38	972	+ 158
Oral Cancer	34	1,069	35	1,305	- 236
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,051	40	741	+ 310
Stomach Cancer	36	895	11	10,333	- 9,438
Birth Trauma	37	790	41	720	+ 70
Uterin Cancer	38	743	37	1,090	- 347
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	645	45	452	+ 193
Poisonings	40	643	46	369	+ 274
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	634	39	789	- 156
Ovary Cancer	42	570	28	2,287	- 1,717
Encephalitis	43	539	54	184	+ 355
Oesophagus Cancer	44	528	33	1,321	- 793
Meningitis	45	521	51	274	+ 247
Bladder Cancer	46	493	21	4,485	- 3,992
HIV/AIDS	47	442	53	204	+ 238
Maternal Conditions	48	397	57	109	+ 288
Cervical Cancer	49	361	34	1,311	- 950
Prostate Cancer	50	341	15	5,608	- 5,267
Alcohol	51	295	55	182	+ 113
Malnutrition	52	183	43	588	- 405
Hepatitis B	53	131	60	72	+ 59
Pertussis	54	129	58	103	+ 26
Skin Cancers	55	126	32	1,548	- 1,422
Multiple Sclerosis	56	112	56	169	- 57
Other Neoplasms	57	92	42	646	- 554
Appendicitis	58	79	59	93	- 14
Syphilis	59	75	61	50	+ 24
Schistosomiasis	60	57	62	33	+ 24
Tetanus	61	36	64	12	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	21	52	237	- 216
Dengue	63	20	73	0	+ 20
Hepatitis C	64	17	63	19	- 2
War	65	7	49	318	- 311
Ascariasis	66	3	70	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	67	2	68	2	- 0
Measles	68	2	65	6	- 4
Diphtheria	69	1	71	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	66	5	- 4
Chlamydia	71	1	69	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	67	3	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	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

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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.