PANAMA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,565	1	2,624	+ 1,941
Stroke	2	2,339	2	2,006	+ 333
Lung Cancers	3	1,864	16	303	+ 1,561
Lung Disease	4	1,333	5	815	+ 518
Diabetes Mellitus	5	951	4	1,070	- 119
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	920	17	296	+ 623
Kidney Disease	7	905	3	1,106	- 202
Hypertension	8	785	10	510	+ 275
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	683	7	697	- 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	564	14	352	+ 211
Stomach Cancer	11	549	11	397	+ 152
Pancreas Cancer	12	366	29	135	+ 231
Liver Disease	13	337	15	325	+ 11
Breast Cancer	14	300	19	279	+ 21
Prostate Cancer	15	298	12	390	- 92
Road Traffic Accidents	16	296	9	591	- 295
Congenital Anomalies	17	264	13	378	- 114
Leukemia	18	259	25	189	+ 70
Lymphomas	19	258	24	205	+ 53
Liver Cancer	20	241	27	182	+ 60
Bladder Cancer	21	238	46	33	+ 205
Falls	22	232	37	92	+ 141
Violence	23	213	6	730	- 517
Low Birth Weight	24	185	22	238	- 53
Parkinson's Disease	25	183	33	115	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	26	139	18	279	- 140
Asthma	27	129	43	56	+ 73
Ovary Cancer	28	122	41	64	+ 58
Suicide	29	106	32	121	- 15
Other Injuries	30	89	35	100	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	31	87	20	270	- 183
Skin Cancers	32	82	44	56	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	33	70	45	52	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	34	70	26	185	- 115
Oral Cancer	35	69	38	78	- 9
Epilepsy	36	61	39	66	- 6
Uterin Cancer	37	58	40	66	- 8
Drug Use	38	52	47	33	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	42	50	30	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	39	28	163	- 124
Birth Trauma	41	38	36	94	- 55
Other Neoplasms	42	34	21	256	- 222
Malnutrition	43	31	31	122	- 91
Drownings	44	29	34	103	- 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	24	53	25	- 1
Poisonings	46	20	61	4	+ 16
Fires	47	18	57	11	+ 7
Skin Disease	48	17	30	127	- 110
War	49	17	67	0	+ 16
Tuberculosis	50	16	23	223	- 207
Meningitis	51	15	52	27	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	13	55	14	- 1
HIV/AIDS	53	11	8	653	- 642
Encephalitis	54	10	63	3	+ 7
Alcohol	55	10	49	30	- 21
Multiple Sclerosis	56	9	62	3	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	57	6	48	32	- 27
Pertussis	58	5	74	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	5	56	11	- 6
Hepatitis B	60	4	59	7	- 3
Syphilis	61	3	65	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	62	2	80	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	66	1	+ 0
Tetanus	64	1	69	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	54	14	- 13
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	58	10	- 10
Anemia	81	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

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.