AUSTRIA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,158	1	17,638	- 8,479
Stroke	2	4,691	2	5,208	- 517
Lung Cancers	3	3,739	3	4,217	- 478
Lung Disease	4	2,675	5	4,107	- 1,432
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,908	9	2,093	- 185
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,845	4	4,174	- 2,329
Kidney Disease	7	1,815	8	2,247	- 433
Hypertension	8	1,574	6	3,601	- 2,027
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,369	13	1,563	- 194
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,131	7	2,324	- 1,193
Stomach Cancer	11	1,102	24	817	+ 285
Pancreas Cancer	12	734	10	1,901	- 1,168
Liver Disease	13	676	16	1,366	- 690
Breast Cancer	14	602	11	1,857	- 1,255
Prostate Cancer	15	598	15	1,501	- 903
Road Traffic Accidents	16	594	31	436	+ 158
Congenital Anomalies	17	529	34	327	+ 203
Leukemia	18	519	23	878	- 359
Lymphomas	19	517	18	1,167	- 650
Liver Cancer	20	484	22	922	- 437
Bladder Cancer	21	478	26	617	- 139
Falls	22	466	21	982	- 516
Violence	23	428	47	47	+ 381
Low Birth Weight	24	371	51	40	+ 331
Parkinson's Disease	25	367	19	1,102	- 736
Endocrine Disorders	26	278	20	1,077	- 799
Asthma	27	260	45	81	+ 179
Ovary Cancer	28	244	30	513	- 270
Suicide	29	214	17	1,307	- 1,094
Other Injuries	30	179	12	1,700	- 1,521
Inflammatory/Heart	31	174	14	1,515	- 1,341
Skin Cancers	32	165	28	585	- 420
Oesophagus Cancer	33	141	32	406	- 265
Cervical Cancer	34	140	37	205	- 66
Oral Cancer	35	139	27	614	- 475
Epilepsy	36	122	36	222	- 100
Uterin Cancer	37	116	35	275	- 159
Drug Use	38	104	39	161	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	84	42	142	- 58
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	79	40	152	- 73
Birth Trauma	41	77	54	34	+ 43
Other Neoplasms	42	69	25	814	- 745
Malnutrition	43	63	46	71	- 8
Drownings	44	58	48	42	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	48	33	379	- 331
Poisonings	46	39	60	15	+ 25
Fires	47	37	52	36	+ 1
Skin Disease	48	35	43	99	- 65
War	49	34	67	1	+ 33
Tuberculosis	50	32	50	41	- 8
Meningitis	51	29	58	22	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	25	53	35	- 10
HIV/AIDS	53	22	49	41	- 19
Encephalitis	54	20	68	1	+ 19
Alcohol	55	19	29	538	- 519
Multiple Sclerosis	56	18	38	170	- 152
Maternal Conditions	57	12	64	4	+ 8
Pertussis	58	11	70	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	59	10	59	15	- 5
Hepatitis B	60	8	62	8	- 1
Syphilis	61	5	66	1	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	62	4	74	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	63	2	41	147	- 145
Tetanus	64	1	72	0	+ 1
Measles	65	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	55	26	- 25
Otitis Media	67	0	65	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	63	4	- 4
Anemia	81	0	44	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	57	22	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

Turkey

Austria

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.