CHILE VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,061	1	10,685	+ 8,376
Stroke	2	9,764	2	9,731	+ 33
Lung Cancers	3	7,781	9	3,452	+ 4,329
Lung Disease	4	5,567	4	4,062	+ 1,504
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,972	10	3,177	+ 795
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	3,840	5	4,000	- 160
Kidney Disease	7	3,777	3	4,065	- 288
Hypertension	8	3,276	7	3,817	- 541
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,850	6	3,920	- 1,070
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,353	11	3,022	- 669
Stomach Cancer	11	2,293	8	3,631	- 1,338
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,527	17	1,567	- 40
Liver Disease	13	1,407	13	2,647	- 1,241
Breast Cancer	14	1,252	16	1,689	- 436
Prostate Cancer	15	1,244	14	2,435	- 1,191
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,237	12	2,826	- 1,590
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,102	25	858	+ 244
Leukemia	18	1,081	24	879	+ 201
Lymphomas	19	1,076	18	1,394	- 318
Liver Cancer	20	1,008	19	1,369	- 361
Bladder Cancer	21	995	32	641	+ 354
Falls	22	970	23	904	+ 66
Violence	23	890	29	744	+ 146
Low Birth Weight	24	772	36	437	+ 334
Parkinson's Disease	25	763	26	790	- 27
Endocrine Disorders	26	580	22	1,286	- 707
Asthma	27	540	42	295	+ 246
Ovary Cancer	28	507	35	514	- 7
Suicide	29	445	15	1,700	- 1,256
Other Injuries	30	372	21	1,310	- 938
Inflammatory/Heart	31	362	31	709	- 347
Skin Cancers	32	343	34	526	- 182
Oesophagus Cancer	33	293	30	722	- 429
Cervical Cancer	34	291	27	780	- 489
Oral Cancer	35	290	40	307	- 17
Epilepsy	36	255	43	294	- 40
Uterin Cancer	37	242	45	275	- 33
Drug Use	38	216	50	149	+ 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	175	46	223	- 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	164	39	334	- 170
Birth Trauma	41	160	54	87	+ 72
Other Neoplasms	42	143	20	1,358	- 1,214
Malnutrition	43	130	37	420	- 290
Drownings	44	122	44	283	- 161
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	100	52	104	- 4
Poisonings	46	82	57	68	+ 14
Fires	47	76	41	295	- 219
Skin Disease	48	72	28	763	- 691
War	49	71	64	14	+ 57
Tuberculosis	50	67	38	410	- 343
Meningitis	51	61	53	95	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	53	48	187	- 134
HIV/AIDS	53	45	33	539	- 494
Encephalitis	54	41	70	2	+ 39
Alcohol	55	40	47	207	- 167
Multiple Sclerosis	56	37	62	27	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	57	24	63	24	+ 1
Pertussis	58	23	68	3	+ 20
Appendicitis	59	21	59	37	- 16
Hepatitis B	60	16	60	30	- 14
Syphilis	61	11	66	5	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	62	7	84	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	63	4	61	27	- 22
Tetanus	64	3	69	2	+ 1
Measles	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	67	4	- 3
Otitis Media	67	1	71	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	55	79	- 79
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	58	38	- 38
Anemia	81	0	49	180	- 180
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	131	- 131
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	73	- 73
Oral conditions	86	0	65	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Turkey

Chile

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.