FINLAND VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,746	2	9,831	- 4,085
Stroke	2	2,943	3	4,115	- 1,172
Lung Cancers	3	2,346	4	2,312	+ 34
Lung Disease	4	1,678	8	1,289	+ 389
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,197	22	418	+ 779
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,158	1	11,120	- 9,963
Kidney Disease	7	1,138	26	342	+ 797
Hypertension	8	987	5	2,030	- 1,043
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	859	21	436	+ 423
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	709	6	1,433	- 724
Stomach Cancer	11	691	19	447	+ 244
Pancreas Cancer	12	460	9	1,247	- 787
Liver Disease	13	424	10	1,068	- 644
Breast Cancer	14	377	12	948	- 571
Prostate Cancer	15	375	11	970	- 595
Road Traffic Accidents	16	373	33	215	+ 158
Congenital Anomalies	17	332	35	192	+ 140
Leukemia	18	326	24	371	- 45
Lymphomas	19	324	14	851	- 527
Liver Cancer	20	304	16	545	- 241
Bladder Cancer	21	300	28	308	- 8
Falls	22	293	7	1,325	- 1,033
Violence	23	268	43	64	+ 204
Low Birth Weight	24	233	48	26	+ 206
Parkinson's Disease	25	230	13	853	- 623
Endocrine Disorders	26	175	31	257	- 82
Asthma	27	163	40	85	+ 78
Ovary Cancer	28	153	25	344	- 191
Suicide	29	134	15	846	- 712
Other Injuries	30	112	20	437	- 325
Inflammatory/Heart	31	109	17	518	- 409
Skin Cancers	32	104	29	297	- 194
Oesophagus Cancer	33	88	27	320	- 231
Cervical Cancer	34	88	44	62	+ 26
Oral Cancer	35	87	34	207	- 120
Epilepsy	36	77	38	104	- 27
Uterin Cancer	37	73	32	225	- 152
Drug Use	38	65	30	269	- 204
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	53	36	151	- 99
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	50	52	15	+ 34
Birth Trauma	41	48	56	8	+ 40
Other Neoplasms	42	43	23	377	- 334
Malnutrition	43	39	57	7	+ 33
Drownings	44	37	37	106	- 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	30	50	19	+ 11
Poisonings	46	25	49	25	- 0
Fires	47	23	45	62	- 39
Skin Disease	48	22	47	27	- 5
War	49	21	65	1	+ 21
Tuberculosis	50	20	46	32	- 12
Meningitis	51	18	55	9	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	16	41	83	- 67
HIV/AIDS	53	14	59	6	+ 8
Encephalitis	54	12	66	0	+ 12
Alcohol	55	12	18	464	- 452
Multiple Sclerosis	56	11	42	80	- 69
Maternal Conditions	57	7	64	2	+ 6
Pertussis	58	7	69	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	59	6	54	10	- 3
Hepatitis B	60	5	63	2	+ 3
Syphilis	61	3	67	0	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	62	2	77	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	60	5	- 3
Tetanus	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Measles	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	2	- 2
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	39	93	- 93
Anemia	81	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Turkey

Finland

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.