CROATIA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,238	1	12,307	- 8,069
Stroke	2	2,171	2	6,275	- 4,104
Lung Cancers	3	1,730	3	2,842	- 1,112
Lung Disease	4	1,238	5	2,111	- 873
Diabetes Mellitus	5	883	6	1,963	- 1,080
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	854	9	1,066	- 212
Kidney Disease	7	840	7	1,392	- 553
Hypertension	8	728	8	1,102	- 374
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	634	10	1,021	- 388
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	523	4	2,189	- 1,666
Stomach Cancer	11	510	15	786	- 277
Pancreas Cancer	12	340	16	754	- 415
Liver Disease	13	313	13	924	- 612
Breast Cancer	14	278	11	1,019	- 740
Prostate Cancer	15	277	14	852	- 575
Road Traffic Accidents	16	275	27	328	- 53
Congenital Anomalies	17	245	37	94	+ 151
Leukemia	18	240	22	435	- 195
Lymphomas	19	239	18	556	- 317
Liver Cancer	20	224	19	501	- 277
Bladder Cancer	21	221	20	499	- 278
Falls	22	216	12	974	- 759
Violence	23	198	48	45	+ 153
Low Birth Weight	24	172	56	10	+ 162
Parkinson's Disease	25	170	24	423	- 253
Endocrine Disorders	26	129	42	72	+ 56
Asthma	27	120	41	74	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	28	113	28	308	- 196
Suicide	29	99	17	676	- 577
Other Injuries	30	83	23	428	- 345
Inflammatory/Heart	31	81	21	457	- 376
Skin Cancers	32	76	26	332	- 255
Oesophagus Cancer	33	65	33	189	- 124
Cervical Cancer	34	65	34	156	- 91
Oral Cancer	35	64	25	338	- 273
Epilepsy	36	57	36	94	- 38
Uterin Cancer	37	54	32	199	- 146
Drug Use	38	48	43	70	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	39	31	207	- 168
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	37	39	82	- 45
Birth Trauma	41	36	55	11	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	42	32	29	283	- 251
Malnutrition	43	29	70	0	+ 29
Drownings	44	27	38	86	- 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	22	35	137	- 114
Poisonings	46	18	54	16	+ 2
Fires	47	17	50	34	- 17
Skin Disease	48	16	58	8	+ 8
War	49	16	67	0	+ 15
Tuberculosis	50	15	44	61	- 47
Meningitis	51	14	52	16	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	12	46	47	- 35
HIV/AIDS	53	10	59	8	+ 3
Encephalitis	54	9	65	1	+ 8
Alcohol	55	9	30	219	- 210
Multiple Sclerosis	56	8	45	55	- 47
Maternal Conditions	57	5	61	2	+ 3
Pertussis	58	5	69	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	5	57	9	- 4
Hepatitis B	60	4	51	17	- 14
Syphilis	61	2	71	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	62	2	75	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	47	45	- 44
Tetanus	64	1	68	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	73	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	63	2	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	60	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	68	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	62	2	- 2
Leprosy	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	40	79	- 79
Anemia	81	0	53	16	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	43	- 43
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

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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.