GEORGIA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,005	1	16,014	- 11,009
Stroke	2	2,564	2	11,969	- 9,405
Lung Cancers	3	2,043	8	1,152	+ 891
Lung Disease	4	1,462	7	1,158	+ 303
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,043	6	1,621	- 578
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,008	5	1,826	- 818
Kidney Disease	7	992	10	826	+ 166
Hypertension	8	860	3	4,387	- 3,527
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	748	9	886	- 137
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	618	14	444	+ 174
Stomach Cancer	11	602	12	533	+ 69
Pancreas Cancer	12	401	23	227	+ 174
Liver Disease	13	369	4	1,871	- 1,502
Breast Cancer	14	329	11	613	- 284
Prostate Cancer	15	327	22	290	+ 36
Road Traffic Accidents	16	325	13	496	- 171
Congenital Anomalies	17	289	28	174	+ 115
Leukemia	18	284	30	171	+ 112
Lymphomas	19	282	25	208	+ 74
Liver Cancer	20	265	17	385	- 120
Bladder Cancer	21	261	26	205	+ 56
Falls	22	255	16	420	- 165
Violence	23	234	40	90	+ 143
Low Birth Weight	24	203	37	114	+ 88
Parkinson's Disease	25	200	19	354	- 154
Endocrine Disorders	26	152	38	109	+ 44
Asthma	27	142	35	136	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	28	133	29	174	- 41
Suicide	29	117	18	367	- 250
Other Injuries	30	98	20	346	- 249
Inflammatory/Heart	31	95	21	346	- 251
Skin Cancers	32	90	33	149	- 59
Oesophagus Cancer	33	77	43	75	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	34	76	27	187	- 111
Oral Cancer	35	76	31	167	- 90
Epilepsy	36	67	44	51	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	37	64	36	115	- 51
Drug Use	38	57	41	90	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	46	24	226	- 180
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	43	50	19	+ 25
Birth Trauma	41	42	46	39	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	42	38	52	15	+ 23
Malnutrition	43	34	59	5	+ 30
Drownings	44	32	39	95	- 63
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	26	15	426	- 400
Poisonings	46	21	49	23	- 2
Fires	47	20	34	140	- 120
Skin Disease	48	19	51	17	+ 2
War	49	19	61	0	+ 18
Tuberculosis	50	18	32	153	- 135
Meningitis	51	16	47	25	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	14	57	8	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	53	12	42	89	- 77
Encephalitis	54	11	48	24	- 13
Alcohol	55	11	45	49	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	56	10	54	12	- 2
Maternal Conditions	57	6	53	13	- 7
Pertussis	58	6	67	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	59	5	55	10	- 5
Hepatitis B	60	4	58	7	- 3
Syphilis	61	3	63	0	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	62	2	73	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	64	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	1	62	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	60	1	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	56	8	- 8
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

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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.