LATVIA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,839	1	8,099	- 6,260
Stroke	2	942	2	5,893	- 4,950
Lung Cancers	3	751	4	956	- 205
Lung Disease	4	537	18	346	+ 191
Diabetes Mellitus	5	383	8	529	- 146
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	371	7	664	- 293
Kidney Disease	7	364	17	356	+ 8
Hypertension	8	316	3	1,194	- 878
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	275	9	501	- 226
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	227	6	722	- 495
Stomach Cancer	11	221	11	470	- 248
Pancreas Cancer	12	147	13	436	- 289
Liver Disease	13	136	15	365	- 229
Breast Cancer	14	121	10	472	- 352
Prostate Cancer	15	120	12	464	- 344
Road Traffic Accidents	16	119	27	154	- 34
Congenital Anomalies	17	106	43	46	+ 60
Leukemia	18	104	25	186	- 82
Lymphomas	19	104	19	245	- 142
Liver Cancer	20	97	26	157	- 59
Bladder Cancer	21	96	20	228	- 132
Falls	22	94	23	201	- 108
Violence	23	86	37	94	- 9
Low Birth Weight	24	74	56	11	+ 63
Parkinson's Disease	25	74	35	125	- 52
Endocrine Disorders	26	56	41	59	- 3
Asthma	27	52	46	42	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	28	49	24	196	- 147
Suicide	29	43	14	384	- 341
Other Injuries	30	36	16	362	- 326
Inflammatory/Heart	31	35	5	921	- 886
Skin Cancers	32	33	30	144	- 111
Oesophagus Cancer	33	28	32	131	- 103
Cervical Cancer	34	28	33	128	- 100
Oral Cancer	35	28	22	214	- 186
Epilepsy	36	25	45	44	- 20
Uterin Cancer	37	23	29	148	- 124
Drug Use	38	21	48	41	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	17	31	142	- 125
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	16	54	14	+ 2
Birth Trauma	41	15	55	12	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	42	14	28	153	- 139
Malnutrition	43	13	64	2	+ 11
Drownings	44	12	34	127	- 115
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	10	47	41	- 31
Poisonings	46	8	49	23	- 15
Fires	47	7	36	103	- 96
Skin Disease	48	7	38	76	- 70
War	49	7	68	0	+ 7
Tuberculosis	50	6	40	71	- 65
Meningitis	51	6	52	15	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	5	51	20	- 15
HIV/AIDS	53	4	39	74	- 70
Encephalitis	54	4	69	0	+ 4
Alcohol	55	4	21	227	- 223
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	50	20	- 17
Maternal Conditions	57	2	60	5	- 2
Pertussis	58	2	70	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	2	59	5	- 3
Hepatitis B	60	2	63	3	- 2
Syphilis	61	1	65	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	62	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	0	42	53	- 52
Tetanus	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	4	- 3
Otitis Media	67	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	81	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

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.