MALAWI VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,225	7	4,929	+ 17,296
Stroke	2	11,385	5	5,939	+ 5,446
Lung Cancers	3	9,073	51	131	+ 8,943
Lung Disease	4	6,491	21	1,340	+ 5,150
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,631	14	2,267	+ 2,364
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	4,478	25	782	+ 3,696
Kidney Disease	7	4,404	19	1,567	+ 2,836
Hypertension	8	3,820	17	1,797	+ 2,023
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,323	2	7,739	- 4,415
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,744	44	234	+ 2,510
Stomach Cancer	11	2,673	45	206	+ 2,467
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,781	60	38	+ 1,743
Liver Disease	13	1,640	10	3,259	- 1,619
Breast Cancer	14	1,460	27	600	+ 860
Prostate Cancer	15	1,451	40	271	+ 1,180
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,442	4	6,221	- 4,779
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,285	13	2,509	- 1,224
Leukemia	18	1,260	56	82	+ 1,178
Lymphomas	19	1,254	24	839	+ 416
Liver Cancer	20	1,175	38	317	+ 859
Bladder Cancer	21	1,160	33	388	+ 772
Falls	22	1,131	28	562	+ 570
Violence	23	1,038	32	406	+ 631
Low Birth Weight	24	900	8	4,339	- 3,439
Parkinson's Disease	25	890	46	200	+ 690
Endocrine Disorders	26	676	42	257	+ 419
Asthma	27	630	26	705	- 75
Ovary Cancer	28	592	48	158	+ 434
Suicide	29	518	23	1,007	- 489
Other Injuries	30	434	22	1,266	- 832
Inflammatory/Heart	31	422	35	370	+ 52
Skin Cancers	32	401	36	331	+ 70
Oesophagus Cancer	33	342	16	1,842	- 1,500
Cervical Cancer	34	339	12	2,876	- 2,537
Oral Cancer	35	338	43	251	+ 87
Epilepsy	36	297	41	260	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	37	282	62	23	+ 259
Drug Use	38	252	59	48	+ 204
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	204	39	280	- 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	192	6	5,782	- 5,590
Birth Trauma	41	186	9	3,563	- 3,377
Other Neoplasms	42	167	63	17	+ 151
Malnutrition	43	152	20	1,499	- 1,347
Drownings	44	142	30	458	- 316
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	117	49	154	- 37
Poisonings	46	95	37	325	- 229
Fires	47	89	34	380	- 291
Skin Disease	48	84	53	101	- 18
War	49	82	71	2	+ 80
Tuberculosis	50	78	11	2,992	- 2,914
Meningitis	51	71	18	1,792	- 1,721
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	61	61	29	+ 33
HIV/AIDS	53	53	1	12,839	- 12,786
Encephalitis	54	48	58	48	- 0
Alcohol	55	47	52	114	- 66
Multiple Sclerosis	56	44	66	9	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	57	28	15	1,854	- 1,826
Pertussis	58	27	31	436	- 409
Appendicitis	59	24	54	94	- 70
Hepatitis B	60	19	55	88	- 69
Syphilis	61	13	29	480	- 467
Schistosomiasis	62	9	50	143	- 135
Hepatitis C	63	5	64	15	- 10
Tetanus	64	3	47	178	- 175
Measles	65	2	67	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	66	1	57	60	- 58
Otitis Media	67	1	68	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	70	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	0	69	4	- 4
Diphtheria	71	0	72	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	65	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

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.