IRELAND VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,345	1	4,762	+ 583
Stroke	2	2,738	5	1,770	+ 968
Lung Cancers	3	2,182	3	1,916	+ 266
Lung Disease	4	1,561	4	1,915	- 355
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,114	16	414	+ 700
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,077	2	3,209	- 2,132
Kidney Disease	7	1,059	10	566	+ 493
Hypertension	8	918	29	175	+ 744
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	799	6	1,298	- 499
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	660	7	1,095	- 435
Stomach Cancer	11	643	17	357	+ 286
Pancreas Cancer	12	428	11	530	- 102
Liver Disease	13	394	19	279	+ 115
Breast Cancer	14	351	8	760	- 409
Prostate Cancer	15	349	9	585	- 236
Road Traffic Accidents	16	347	33	153	+ 194
Congenital Anomalies	17	309	32	153	+ 156
Leukemia	18	303	20	274	+ 29
Lymphomas	19	302	13	513	- 211
Liver Cancer	20	283	18	318	- 35
Bladder Cancer	21	279	22	256	+ 23
Falls	22	272	25	247	+ 25
Violence	23	250	47	38	+ 211
Low Birth Weight	24	216	44	56	+ 161
Parkinson's Disease	25	214	12	530	- 316
Endocrine Disorders	26	163	24	249	- 87
Asthma	27	151	41	58	+ 94
Ovary Cancer	28	142	21	273	- 131
Suicide	29	125	14	470	- 345
Other Injuries	30	104	30	171	- 66
Inflammatory/Heart	31	102	26	240	- 138
Skin Cancers	32	96	23	252	- 155
Oesophagus Cancer	33	82	15	419	- 336
Cervical Cancer	34	82	35	103	- 21
Oral Cancer	35	81	28	183	- 102
Epilepsy	36	71	36	85	- 14
Uterin Cancer	37	68	34	126	- 58
Drug Use	38	60	31	167	- 106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	49	38	67	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	46	45	53	- 6
Birth Trauma	41	45	56	10	+ 35
Other Neoplasms	42	40	27	218	- 178
Malnutrition	43	37	63	2	+ 35
Drownings	44	34	43	57	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	28	46	50	- 22
Poisonings	46	23	53	14	+ 9
Fires	47	21	48	30	- 9
Skin Disease	48	20	42	58	- 38
War	49	20	65	0	+ 19
Tuberculosis	50	19	50	23	- 4
Meningitis	51	17	58	7	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	15	40	59	- 44
HIV/AIDS	53	13	57	9	+ 4
Encephalitis	54	11	66	0	+ 11
Alcohol	55	11	39	64	- 53
Multiple Sclerosis	56	11	37	83	- 72
Maternal Conditions	57	7	61	3	+ 4
Pertussis	58	6	67	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	59	6	60	3	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	5	59	6	- 1
Syphilis	61	3	68	0	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	62	2	72	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	52	19	- 18
Tetanus	64	1	81	0	+ 1
Measles	65	0	83	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	1	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	55	12	- 12
Anemia	81	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Turkey

Ireland

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.