GUINEA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,283	6	5,665	+ 8,618
Stroke	2	7,317	5	5,777	+ 1,539
Lung Cancers	3	5,831	50	128	+ 5,703
Lung Disease	4	4,171	20	1,373	+ 2,799
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,976	15	2,138	+ 838
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,878	30	579	+ 2,299
Kidney Disease	7	2,830	16	1,939	+ 891
Hypertension	8	2,455	21	1,348	+ 1,106
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,136	1	12,790	- 10,655
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,763	53	100	+ 1,663
Stomach Cancer	11	1,718	41	245	+ 1,473
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,144	65	19	+ 1,125
Liver Disease	13	1,054	12	2,550	- 1,496
Breast Cancer	14	938	38	345	+ 593
Prostate Cancer	15	932	32	525	+ 407
Road Traffic Accidents	16	927	9	3,788	- 2,862
Congenital Anomalies	17	826	14	2,181	- 1,355
Leukemia	18	810	67	17	+ 793
Lymphomas	19	806	48	158	+ 648
Liver Cancer	20	755	23	1,167	- 412
Bladder Cancer	21	746	60	32	+ 714
Falls	22	727	33	480	+ 248
Violence	23	667	26	1,128	- 461
Low Birth Weight	24	578	8	4,319	- 3,740
Parkinson's Disease	25	572	44	212	+ 360
Endocrine Disorders	26	434	25	1,140	- 705
Asthma	27	405	22	1,179	- 774
Ovary Cancer	28	380	54	93	+ 288
Suicide	29	333	29	892	- 559
Other Injuries	30	279	18	1,504	- 1,225
Inflammatory/Heart	31	271	35	439	- 168
Skin Cancers	32	257	49	152	+ 105
Oesophagus Cancer	33	220	63	20	+ 200
Cervical Cancer	34	218	19	1,491	- 1,273
Oral Cancer	35	217	52	122	+ 95
Epilepsy	36	191	37	350	- 159
Uterin Cancer	37	181	59	38	+ 144
Drug Use	38	162	46	169	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	131	34	448	- 317
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	123	3	6,788	- 6,665
Birth Trauma	41	120	7	4,797	- 4,677
Other Neoplasms	42	107	68	16	+ 91
Malnutrition	43	98	28	1,032	- 934
Drownings	44	91	31	528	- 437
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	75	42	238	- 163
Poisonings	46	61	40	295	- 234
Fires	47	57	36	410	- 353
Skin Disease	48	54	51	127	- 73
War	49	53	64	20	+ 33
Tuberculosis	50	50	13	2,369	- 2,318
Meningitis	51	46	11	2,633	- 2,587
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	39	70	13	+ 27
HIV/AIDS	53	34	10	3,020	- 2,986
Encephalitis	54	31	56	81	- 50
Alcohol	55	30	55	83	- 53
Multiple Sclerosis	56	28	66	18	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	57	18	17	1,793	- 1,775
Pertussis	58	17	24	1,165	- 1,148
Appendicitis	59	15	57	41	- 26
Hepatitis B	60	12	47	162	- 150
Syphilis	61	8	39	328	- 320
Schistosomiasis	62	6	43	232	- 226
Hepatitis C	63	3	61	22	- 19
Tetanus	64	2	45	170	- 168
Measles	65	1	4	6,025	- 6,024
Upper Respiratory	66	1	69	15	- 14
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	0	62	22	- 22
Diphtheria	71	0	58	40	- 39
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	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 GUINEA

Turkey

Guinea

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.