GUYANA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	811	1	1,335	- 524
Stroke	2	415	2	1,022	- 607
Lung Cancers	3	331	29	38	+ 293
Lung Disease	4	237	13	174	+ 63
Diabetes Mellitus	5	169	3	579	- 410
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	163	38	23	+ 141
Kidney Disease	7	161	8	233	- 73
Hypertension	8	139	4	320	- 181
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	121	6	302	- 180
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	100	25	59	+ 42
Stomach Cancer	11	98	31	34	+ 64
Pancreas Cancer	12	65	42	19	+ 46
Liver Disease	13	60	9	197	- 137
Breast Cancer	14	53	19	96	- 43
Prostate Cancer	15	53	17	123	- 70
Road Traffic Accidents	16	53	11	175	- 122
Congenital Anomalies	17	47	23	69	- 22
Leukemia	18	46	39	21	+ 25
Lymphomas	19	46	32	32	+ 14
Liver Cancer	20	43	34	29	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	21	42	50	8	+ 34
Falls	22	41	48	11	+ 30
Violence	23	38	10	194	- 156
Low Birth Weight	24	33	22	89	- 56
Parkinson's Disease	25	32	49	9	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	26	25	12	174	- 150
Asthma	27	23	36	25	- 2
Ovary Cancer	28	22	43	18	+ 4
Suicide	29	19	5	315	- 296
Other Injuries	30	16	14	167	- 151
Inflammatory/Heart	31	15	20	92	- 76
Skin Cancers	32	15	55	5	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	33	12	51	8	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	34	12	21	91	- 79
Oral Cancer	35	12	40	20	- 8
Epilepsy	36	11	37	24	- 13
Uterin Cancer	37	10	46	13	- 3
Drug Use	38	9	45	16	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	7	26	54	- 47
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	7	27	48	- 41
Birth Trauma	41	7	24	64	- 58
Other Neoplasms	42	6	28	40	- 34
Malnutrition	43	6	30	37	- 32
Drownings	44	5	15	145	- 140
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	4	47	13	- 9
Poisonings	46	3	65	1	+ 3
Fires	47	3	41	19	- 16
Skin Disease	48	3	56	3	- 0
War	49	3	64	1	+ 2
Tuberculosis	50	3	16	137	- 134
Meningitis	51	3	44	17	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	2	63	1	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	53	2	7	256	- 254
Encephalitis	54	2	53	7	- 5
Alcohol	55	2	57	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	61	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	57	1	35	28	- 27
Pertussis	58	1	73	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	59	1	54	6	- 5
Hepatitis B	60	1	59	2	- 1
Syphilis	61	0	71	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	62	0	84	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	64	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	33	30	- 30
Chagas disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	85	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	68	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	62	1	- 1
Anemia	81	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Turkey

Guyana

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.