JAMAICA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,884	3	1,726	+ 1,158
Stroke	2	1,477	1	2,415	- 937
Lung Cancers	3	1,177	10	472	+ 705
Lung Disease	4	842	11	452	+ 390
Diabetes Mellitus	5	601	2	2,077	- 1,476
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	581	9	587	- 6
Kidney Disease	7	571	6	793	- 222
Hypertension	8	496	8	651	- 155
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	431	15	393	+ 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	356	13	436	- 80
Stomach Cancer	11	347	19	231	+ 116
Pancreas Cancer	12	231	27	119	+ 112
Liver Disease	13	213	21	155	+ 58
Breast Cancer	14	189	14	413	- 224
Prostate Cancer	15	188	5	883	- 695
Road Traffic Accidents	16	187	12	444	- 257
Congenital Anomalies	17	167	23	139	+ 28
Leukemia	18	163	26	129	+ 35
Lymphomas	19	163	17	251	- 88
Liver Cancer	20	152	29	101	+ 51
Bladder Cancer	21	151	38	60	+ 91
Falls	22	147	33	82	+ 65
Violence	23	135	4	1,484	- 1,350
Low Birth Weight	24	117	18	241	- 124
Parkinson's Disease	25	115	25	132	- 17
Endocrine Disorders	26	88	20	176	- 89
Asthma	27	82	36	65	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	28	77	30	97	- 20
Suicide	29	67	35	70	- 3
Other Injuries	30	56	31	91	- 34
Inflammatory/Heart	31	55	24	133	- 79
Skin Cancers	32	52	52	10	+ 42
Oesophagus Cancer	33	44	34	74	- 29
Cervical Cancer	34	44	16	358	- 314
Oral Cancer	35	44	39	59	- 15
Epilepsy	36	39	41	46	- 7
Uterin Cancer	37	37	28	106	- 70
Drug Use	38	33	48	13	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	26	32	82	- 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	25	42	35	- 10
Birth Trauma	41	24	37	65	- 41
Other Neoplasms	42	22	45	19	+ 3
Malnutrition	43	20	40	48	- 28
Drownings	44	18	51	10	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	15	44	27	- 11
Poisonings	46	12	57	2	+ 10
Fires	47	11	46	16	- 4
Skin Disease	48	11	22	145	- 134
War	49	11	61	1	+ 10
Tuberculosis	50	10	54	8	+ 2
Meningitis	51	9	47	16	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	8	50	11	- 3
HIV/AIDS	53	7	7	757	- 750
Encephalitis	54	6	49	13	- 7
Alcohol	55	6	55	7	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	56	6	56	3	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	57	4	43	35	- 31
Pertussis	58	3	67	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	59	3	53	9	- 6
Hepatitis B	60	2	59	1	+ 2
Syphilis	61	2	60	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	62	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	64	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	0	63	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Turkey

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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.