LITHUANIA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,684	1	15,329	- 12,645
Stroke	2	1,375	2	5,643	- 4,268
Lung Cancers	3	1,096	3	1,329	- 233
Lung Disease	4	784	16	513	+ 271
Diabetes Mellitus	5	559	14	525	+ 34
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	541	8	649	- 108
Kidney Disease	7	532	19	372	+ 160
Hypertension	8	461	4	1,289	- 828
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	401	7	654	- 253
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	331	5	1,074	- 742
Stomach Cancer	11	323	10	639	- 316
Pancreas Cancer	12	215	13	578	- 363
Liver Disease	13	198	9	644	- 445
Breast Cancer	14	176	11	629	- 453
Prostate Cancer	15	175	12	598	- 423
Road Traffic Accidents	16	174	27	225	- 50
Congenital Anomalies	17	155	41	62	+ 94
Leukemia	18	152	24	284	- 132
Lymphomas	19	151	21	321	- 170
Liver Cancer	20	142	25	239	- 97
Bladder Cancer	21	140	23	292	- 152
Falls	22	137	15	518	- 381
Violence	23	125	36	132	- 6
Low Birth Weight	24	109	55	9	+ 100
Parkinson's Disease	25	107	29	222	- 115
Endocrine Disorders	26	82	39	72	+ 10
Asthma	27	76	46	45	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	28	71	26	233	- 162
Suicide	29	63	6	721	- 659
Other Injuries	30	52	18	416	- 363
Inflammatory/Heart	31	51	17	484	- 433
Skin Cancers	32	48	32	197	- 148
Oesophagus Cancer	33	41	30	219	- 178
Cervical Cancer	34	41	28	224	- 183
Oral Cancer	35	41	20	338	- 297
Epilepsy	36	36	40	62	- 26
Uterin Cancer	37	34	34	159	- 125
Drug Use	38	30	37	122	- 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	25	22	313	- 288
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	23	42	59	- 36
Birth Trauma	41	22	53	10	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	42	20	31	212	- 192
Malnutrition	43	18	58	7	+ 11
Drownings	44	17	35	150	- 133
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	14	48	29	- 15
Poisonings	46	12	45	46	- 35
Fires	47	11	43	51	- 40
Skin Disease	48	10	44	48	- 38
War	49	10	67	0	+ 10
Tuberculosis	50	9	38	119	- 109
Meningitis	51	9	52	19	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	7	47	41	- 34
HIV/AIDS	53	6	51	22	- 16
Encephalitis	54	6	65	2	+ 4
Alcohol	55	6	33	192	- 186
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	49	29	- 23
Maternal Conditions	57	3	63	2	+ 1
Pertussis	58	3	69	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	59	3	54	10	- 7
Hepatitis B	60	2	61	5	- 2
Syphilis	61	2	70	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	62	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	50	23	- 23
Tetanus	64	0	62	2	- 2
Measles	65	0	83	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	8	- 8
Anemia	81	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

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.