CANADA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	39,618	1	40,063	- 445
Stroke	2	20,295	5	14,159	+ 6,136
Lung Cancers	3	16,174	3	20,937	- 4,763
Lung Disease	4	11,570	4	14,212	- 2,642
Diabetes Mellitus	5	8,255	9	5,718	+ 2,537
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	7,982	2	30,970	- 22,987
Kidney Disease	7	7,850	14	4,578	+ 3,272
Hypertension	8	6,809	22	2,563	+ 4,246
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	5,924	7	7,431	- 1,508
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	4,891	6	9,651	- 4,759
Stomach Cancer	11	4,765	26	2,177	+ 2,588
Pancreas Cancer	12	3,174	11	5,057	- 1,883
Liver Disease	13	2,924	17	3,624	- 700
Breast Cancer	14	2,602	8	5,910	- 3,308
Prostate Cancer	15	2,586	13	4,711	- 2,125
Road Traffic Accidents	16	2,570	28	1,998	+ 572
Congenital Anomalies	17	2,290	35	1,081	+ 1,209
Leukemia	18	2,246	21	3,098	- 852
Lymphomas	19	2,236	10	5,146	- 2,910
Liver Cancer	20	2,095	20	3,113	- 1,018
Bladder Cancer	21	2,068	23	2,521	- 452
Falls	22	2,017	12	4,829	- 2,812
Violence	23	1,850	40	605	+ 1,245
Low Birth Weight	24	1,604	42	553	+ 1,051
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,586	18	3,359	- 1,773
Endocrine Disorders	26	1,205	19	3,233	- 2,028
Asthma	27	1,123	49	262	+ 861
Ovary Cancer	28	1,055	29	1,902	- 847
Suicide	29	924	15	4,417	- 3,493
Other Injuries	30	774	24	2,392	- 1,619
Inflammatory/Heart	31	753	27	2,060	- 1,307
Skin Cancers	32	714	30	1,756	- 1,042
Oesophagus Cancer	33	609	25	2,230	- 1,620
Cervical Cancer	34	605	41	578	+ 27
Oral Cancer	35	602	32	1,592	- 990
Epilepsy	36	529	44	384	+ 145
Uterin Cancer	37	503	34	1,183	- 680
Drug Use	38	448	16	3,686	- 3,238
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	364	43	442	- 78
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	342	36	840	- 499
Birth Trauma	41	332	50	193	+ 139
Other Neoplasms	42	298	31	1,679	- 1,380
Malnutrition	43	271	51	192	+ 79
Drownings	44	253	48	283	- 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	208	39	636	- 427
Poisonings	46	170	56	121	+ 49
Fires	47	158	52	192	- 34
Skin Disease	48	149	38	679	- 530
War	49	147	65	21	+ 126
Tuberculosis	50	140	58	97	+ 42
Meningitis	51	127	59	68	+ 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	109	47	322	- 213
HIV/AIDS	53	94	53	163	- 69
Encephalitis	54	85	68	3	+ 82
Alcohol	55	84	33	1,491	- 1,407
Multiple Sclerosis	56	78	37	692	- 614
Maternal Conditions	57	50	64	45	+ 5
Pertussis	58	47	69	1	+ 47
Appendicitis	59	43	62	49	- 6
Hepatitis B	60	33	60	66	- 32
Syphilis	61	23	67	5	+ 18
Schistosomiasis	62	15	78	0	+ 15
Hepatitis C	63	9	45	363	- 354
Tetanus	64	5	71	0	+ 5
Measles	65	3	74	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	63	47	- 44
Otitis Media	67	1	66	8	- 6
Leishmaniasis	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	118	- 118
Anemia	81	0	46	343	- 343
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	55	139	- 139
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	143	- 143
Oral conditions	86	0	61	51	- 51
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

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.