NETHERLANDS VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		NETHERLANDS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,150	2	17,601	+ 549
Stroke	2	9,297	4	9,707	- 410
Lung Cancers	3	7,409	3	10,980	- 3,570
Lung Disease	4	5,301	5	9,567	- 4,267
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,782	14	2,386	+ 1,396
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	3,657	1	18,148	- 14,492
Kidney Disease	7	3,596	12	2,530	+ 1,066
Hypertension	8	3,119	29	818	+ 2,301
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,714	7	4,946	- 2,232
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,241	6	5,829	- 3,589
Stomach Cancer	11	2,183	22	1,361	+ 822
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,454	11	2,995	- 1,541
Liver Disease	13	1,340	28	936	+ 404
Breast Cancer	14	1,192	9	3,535	- 2,343
Prostate Cancer	15	1,185	10	3,265	- 2,080
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,177	31	681	+ 496
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,049	35	544	+ 505
Leukemia	18	1,029	20	1,578	- 550
Lymphomas	19	1,024	13	2,511	- 1,487
Liver Cancer	20	960	24	1,163	- 203
Bladder Cancer	21	948	21	1,471	- 524
Falls	22	924	8	4,131	- 3,207
Violence	23	847	48	107	+ 740
Low Birth Weight	24	735	45	167	+ 567
Parkinson's Disease	25	727	16	2,120	- 1,393
Endocrine Disorders	26	552	26	1,055	- 503
Asthma	27	514	46	165	+ 349
Ovary Cancer	28	483	25	1,067	- 584
Suicide	29	423	17	2,025	- 1,602
Other Injuries	30	355	19	1,648	- 1,294
Inflammatory/Heart	31	345	23	1,201	- 856
Skin Cancers	32	327	27	1,024	- 697
Oesophagus Cancer	33	279	15	2,145	- 1,866
Cervical Cancer	34	277	39	266	+ 11
Oral Cancer	35	276	30	768	- 492
Epilepsy	36	242	38	289	- 47
Uterin Cancer	37	230	34	566	- 336
Drug Use	38	205	42	231	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	167	47	130	+ 37
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	156	33	584	- 427
Birth Trauma	41	152	52	74	+ 78
Other Neoplasms	42	137	18	1,831	- 1,695
Malnutrition	43	124	63	12	+ 112
Drownings	44	116	49	98	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	95	41	238	- 142
Poisonings	46	78	61	17	+ 61
Fires	47	72	53	49	+ 23
Skin Disease	48	68	36	295	- 227
War	49	67	66	2	+ 65
Tuberculosis	50	64	56	29	+ 35
Meningitis	51	58	51	78	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	50	44	214	- 164
HIV/AIDS	53	43	55	33	+ 10
Encephalitis	54	39	68	1	+ 38
Alcohol	55	39	32	612	- 574
Multiple Sclerosis	56	36	37	295	- 259
Maternal Conditions	57	23	65	8	+ 15
Pertussis	58	22	67	1	+ 21
Appendicitis	59	20	58	26	- 6
Hepatitis B	60	15	62	14	+ 2
Syphilis	61	11	69	1	+ 10
Schistosomiasis	62	7	74	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	63	4	60	20	- 16
Tetanus	64	2	72	0	+ 2
Measles	65	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	57	28	- 27
Otitis Media	67	1	64	10	- 9
Leishmaniasis	68	1	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	50	96	- 96
Anemia	81	0	40	249	- 249
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	43	220	- 220
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	42	- 42
Oral conditions	86	0	59	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NETHERLANDS

Turkey

Netherlands

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.