ERITREA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,479	4	2,154	+ 4,325
Stroke	2	3,319	2	2,564	+ 755
Lung Cancers	3	2,645	46	62	+ 2,583
Lung Disease	4	1,892	9	662	+ 1,230
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,350	7	944	+ 405
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,305	24	310	+ 996
Kidney Disease	7	1,284	12	578	+ 706
Hypertension	8	1,113	8	926	+ 188
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	969	1	3,277	- 2,308
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	800	35	113	+ 687
Stomach Cancer	11	779	48	48	+ 731
Pancreas Cancer	12	519	58	20	+ 499
Liver Disease	13	478	6	1,215	- 737
Breast Cancer	14	426	23	311	+ 114
Prostate Cancer	15	423	47	54	+ 369
Road Traffic Accidents	16	420	5	1,326	- 906
Congenital Anomalies	17	375	18	432	- 58
Leukemia	18	367	29	144	+ 223
Lymphomas	19	366	28	147	+ 219
Liver Cancer	20	343	45	69	+ 273
Bladder Cancer	21	338	51	42	+ 296
Falls	22	330	26	168	+ 162
Violence	23	302	20	384	- 82
Low Birth Weight	24	262	16	531	- 269
Parkinson's Disease	25	259	37	85	+ 175
Endocrine Disorders	26	197	43	71	+ 126
Asthma	27	184	22	326	- 143
Ovary Cancer	28	172	40	79	+ 93
Suicide	29	151	21	382	- 231
Other Injuries	30	127	15	540	- 413
Inflammatory/Heart	31	123	32	123	+ 0
Skin Cancers	32	117	56	30	+ 87
Oesophagus Cancer	33	100	39	81	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	34	99	30	132	- 34
Oral Cancer	35	98	44	71	+ 27
Epilepsy	36	87	38	81	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	37	82	61	18	+ 65
Drug Use	38	73	53	36	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	60	27	147	- 88
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	56	3	2,292	- 2,236
Birth Trauma	41	54	11	616	- 562
Other Neoplasms	42	49	66	6	+ 43
Malnutrition	43	44	10	660	- 615
Drownings	44	41	33	118	- 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	34	41	77	- 43
Poisonings	46	28	34	114	- 86
Fires	47	26	31	132	- 106
Skin Disease	48	24	50	45	- 20
War	49	24	71	0	+ 24
Tuberculosis	50	23	14	543	- 521
Meningitis	51	21	19	404	- 384
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	18	64	12	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	53	15	25	308	- 292
Encephalitis	54	14	62	16	- 2
Alcohol	55	14	49	45	- 32
Multiple Sclerosis	56	13	67	4	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	57	8	13	544	- 535
Pertussis	58	8	36	90	- 82
Appendicitis	59	7	55	31	- 24
Hepatitis B	60	5	57	28	- 22
Syphilis	61	4	54	35	- 31
Schistosomiasis	62	3	42	73	- 70
Hepatitis C	63	1	65	6	- 5
Tetanus	64	1	52	37	- 37
Measles	65	0	63	13	- 12
Upper Respiratory	66	0	60	18	- 17
Otitis Media	67	0	69	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	68	0	59	19	- 19
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	68	2	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	17	437	- 437
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

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.