BOLIVIA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,573	1	11,051	+ 1,522
Stroke	2	6,441	3	7,206	- 766
Lung Cancers	3	5,133	20	901	+ 4,232
Lung Disease	4	3,672	7	3,735	- 63
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,620	5	4,927	- 2,307
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,533	8	2,479	+ 54
Kidney Disease	7	2,491	4	5,879	- 3,387
Hypertension	8	2,161	10	1,927	+ 234
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,880	2	8,069	- 6,189
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,552	30	407	+ 1,145
Stomach Cancer	11	1,512	23	785	+ 727
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,007	36	332	+ 676
Liver Disease	13	928	6	3,987	- 3,059
Breast Cancer	14	826	29	482	+ 344
Prostate Cancer	15	821	28	550	+ 271
Road Traffic Accidents	16	816	9	2,430	- 1,614
Congenital Anomalies	17	727	15	1,080	- 353
Leukemia	18	713	34	380	+ 333
Lymphomas	19	710	41	219	+ 490
Liver Cancer	20	665	25	720	- 56
Bladder Cancer	21	656	59	43	+ 614
Falls	22	640	17	1,066	- 426
Violence	23	587	14	1,097	- 510
Low Birth Weight	24	509	12	1,265	- 756
Parkinson's Disease	25	503	22	852	- 349
Endocrine Disorders	26	382	32	384	- 2
Asthma	27	356	38	258	+ 98
Ovary Cancer	28	335	54	102	+ 233
Suicide	29	293	26	715	- 422
Other Injuries	30	246	11	1,279	- 1,034
Inflammatory/Heart	31	239	35	374	- 135
Skin Cancers	32	227	43	190	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	33	193	48	133	+ 60
Cervical Cancer	34	192	16	1,071	- 879
Oral Cancer	35	191	56	91	+ 100
Epilepsy	36	168	42	199	- 32
Uterin Cancer	37	160	47	151	+ 8
Drug Use	38	142	40	244	- 102
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	116	27	678	- 563
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	108	21	883	- 775
Birth Trauma	41	105	19	984	- 879
Other Neoplasms	42	95	58	43	+ 52
Malnutrition	43	86	18	1,031	- 945
Drownings	44	80	31	406	- 326
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	66	37	292	- 226
Poisonings	46	54	57	66	- 12
Fires	47	50	44	181	- 131
Skin Disease	48	47	55	101	- 53
War	49	47	63	9	+ 38
Tuberculosis	50	44	13	1,187	- 1,142
Meningitis	51	40	49	128	- 87
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	35	51	111	- 76
HIV/AIDS	53	30	45	174	- 144
Encephalitis	54	27	52	110	- 83
Alcohol	55	27	33	384	- 357
Multiple Sclerosis	56	25	61	22	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	57	16	39	245	- 229
Pertussis	58	15	50	121	- 106
Appendicitis	59	14	46	156	- 142
Hepatitis B	60	11	64	6	+ 5
Syphilis	61	7	53	105	- 98
Schistosomiasis	62	5	75	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	63	3	67	3	+ 0
Tetanus	64	2	60	31	- 29
Measles	65	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	15	- 15
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	65	5	- 5
Chlamydia	69	0	68	2	- 2
Ascariasis	70	0	69	2	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	66	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	24	755	- 755
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Turkey

Bolivia

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.