NORWAY VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,627	1	5,321	+ 306
Stroke	2	2,882	4	2,475	+ 407
Lung Cancers	3	2,297	5	2,320	- 23
Lung Disease	4	1,643	3	2,723	- 1,080
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,172	16	560	+ 613
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,134	2	4,464	- 3,331
Kidney Disease	7	1,115	14	611	+ 504
Hypertension	8	967	28	230	+ 737
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	841	6	1,797	- 955
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	695	7	1,787	- 1,092
Stomach Cancer	11	677	22	343	+ 333
Pancreas Cancer	12	451	10	770	- 319
Liver Disease	13	415	30	214	+ 202
Breast Cancer	14	370	11	698	- 328
Prostate Cancer	15	367	8	1,172	- 805
Road Traffic Accidents	16	365	42	114	+ 251
Congenital Anomalies	17	325	34	136	+ 189
Leukemia	18	319	21	354	- 35
Lymphomas	19	318	12	646	- 328
Liver Cancer	20	298	26	259	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	21	294	20	356	- 62
Falls	22	286	9	777	- 491
Violence	23	263	50	32	+ 231
Low Birth Weight	24	228	52	23	+ 204
Parkinson's Disease	25	225	17	554	- 329
Endocrine Disorders	26	171	19	359	- 188
Asthma	27	159	43	85	+ 75
Ovary Cancer	28	150	24	309	- 159
Suicide	29	131	13	633	- 502
Other Injuries	30	110	15	583	- 473
Inflammatory/Heart	31	107	29	221	- 114
Skin Cancers	32	101	18	407	- 306
Oesophagus Cancer	33	87	27	248	- 161
Cervical Cancer	34	86	39	125	- 39
Oral Cancer	35	85	32	168	- 82
Epilepsy	36	75	40	119	- 44
Uterin Cancer	37	71	36	134	- 63
Drug Use	38	64	25	264	- 200
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	52	33	160	- 108
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	49	37	128	- 79
Birth Trauma	41	47	54	17	+ 30
Other Neoplasms	42	42	23	324	- 282
Malnutrition	43	39	35	135	- 97
Drownings	44	36	45	65	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	30	46	61	- 32
Poisonings	46	24	57	14	+ 10
Fires	47	22	48	45	- 22
Skin Disease	48	21	38	128	- 106
War	49	21	68	1	+ 20
Tuberculosis	50	20	56	15	+ 5
Meningitis	51	18	58	14	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	16	47	60	- 45
HIV/AIDS	53	13	61	10	+ 3
Encephalitis	54	12	70	0	+ 12
Alcohol	55	12	31	205	- 193
Multiple Sclerosis	56	11	41	119	- 108
Maternal Conditions	57	7	66	1	+ 6
Pertussis	58	7	64	1	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	6	59	12	- 6
Hepatitis B	60	5	63	3	+ 1
Syphilis	61	3	67	1	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	62	2	83	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	55	17	- 16
Tetanus	64	1	69	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	60	12	- 11
Otitis Media	67	0	65	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	53	23	- 23
Anemia	81	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Turkey

Norway

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.