BOTSWANA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,503	3	1,632	+ 871
Stroke	2	1,282	4	1,588	- 306
Lung Cancers	3	1,022	39	45	+ 976
Lung Disease	4	731	10	482	+ 249
Diabetes Mellitus	5	521	5	1,273	- 751
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	504	23	164	+ 341
Kidney Disease	7	496	9	506	- 10
Hypertension	8	430	11	471	- 41
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	374	2	1,674	- 1,299
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	309	47	28	+ 281
Stomach Cancer	11	301	53	10	+ 291
Pancreas Cancer	12	201	50	16	+ 184
Liver Disease	13	185	12	459	- 274
Breast Cancer	14	164	33	68	+ 96
Prostate Cancer	15	163	41	45	+ 119
Road Traffic Accidents	16	162	7	608	- 446
Congenital Anomalies	17	145	16	287	- 143
Leukemia	18	142	51	13	+ 129
Lymphomas	19	141	31	77	+ 64
Liver Cancer	20	132	35	57	+ 75
Bladder Cancer	21	131	60	6	+ 124
Falls	22	127	34	62	+ 66
Violence	23	117	14	389	- 272
Low Birth Weight	24	101	13	447	- 346
Parkinson's Disease	25	100	38	47	+ 53
Endocrine Disorders	26	76	27	103	- 27
Asthma	27	71	18	232	- 161
Ovary Cancer	28	67	49	19	+ 47
Suicide	29	58	15	370	- 311
Other Injuries	30	49	19	216	- 167
Inflammatory/Heart	31	48	20	177	- 129
Skin Cancers	32	45	37	52	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	33	38	28	103	- 64
Cervical Cancer	34	38	22	164	- 126
Oral Cancer	35	38	32	70	- 32
Epilepsy	36	33	36	56	- 23
Uterin Cancer	37	32	56	9	+ 22
Drug Use	38	28	48	26	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	23	29	90	- 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	22	8	527	- 506
Birth Trauma	41	21	17	261	- 240
Other Neoplasms	42	19	55	9	+ 9
Malnutrition	43	17	21	171	- 154
Drownings	44	16	30	83	- 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	13	43	37	- 24
Poisonings	46	11	42	42	- 32
Fires	47	10	26	108	- 98
Skin Disease	48	9	46	30	- 20
War	49	9	69	0	+ 9
Tuberculosis	50	9	6	649	- 640
Meningitis	51	8	25	108	- 100
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	7	52	11	- 4
HIV/AIDS	53	6	1	4,950	- 4,944
Encephalitis	54	5	59	7	- 2
Alcohol	55	5	45	31	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	63	3	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	57	3	24	118	- 115
Pertussis	58	3	40	45	- 42
Appendicitis	59	3	57	8	- 5
Hepatitis B	60	2	62	6	- 4
Syphilis	61	1	44	36	- 35
Schistosomiasis	62	1	54	10	- 9
Hepatitis C	63	1	66	1	+ 0
Tetanus	64	0	61	6	- 6
Measles	65	0	68	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	58	7	- 7
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

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.