ROMANIA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,533	1	71,810	- 53,277
Stroke	2	9,494	2	49,707	- 40,213
Lung Cancers	3	7,566	4	10,113	- 2,547
Lung Disease	4	5,413	7	7,359	- 1,946
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,862	18	2,230	+ 1,631
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	3,734	15	2,839	+ 895
Kidney Disease	7	3,672	9	5,175	- 1,503
Hypertension	8	3,185	3	11,007	- 7,822
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,771	5	9,357	- 6,586
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,288	8	6,835	- 4,547
Stomach Cancer	11	2,229	12	3,457	- 1,228
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,485	14	2,935	- 1,450
Liver Disease	13	1,368	6	8,920	- 7,552
Breast Cancer	14	1,217	11	3,851	- 2,633
Prostate Cancer	15	1,210	16	2,449	- 1,239
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,202	20	1,992	- 790
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,071	38	367	+ 705
Leukemia	18	1,051	26	1,342	- 292
Lymphomas	19	1,046	25	1,385	- 339
Liver Cancer	20	980	13	3,114	- 2,134
Bladder Cancer	21	968	23	1,715	- 747
Falls	22	943	24	1,504	- 561
Violence	23	865	44	255	+ 610
Low Birth Weight	24	750	41	317	+ 434
Parkinson's Disease	25	742	31	741	+ 1
Endocrine Disorders	26	564	48	193	+ 371
Asthma	27	525	45	225	+ 300
Ovary Cancer	28	493	27	1,109	- 616
Suicide	29	432	21	1,886	- 1,454
Other Injuries	30	362	19	2,139	- 1,777
Inflammatory/Heart	31	352	10	4,433	- 4,081
Skin Cancers	32	334	29	1,003	- 669
Oesophagus Cancer	33	285	30	755	- 470
Cervical Cancer	34	283	22	1,870	- 1,587
Oral Cancer	35	282	17	2,290	- 2,008
Epilepsy	36	247	42	314	- 67
Uterin Cancer	37	235	34	522	- 287
Drug Use	38	210	40	346	- 136
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	170	33	531	- 361
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	160	46	223	- 64
Birth Trauma	41	155	57	38	+ 117
Other Neoplasms	42	139	43	289	- 149
Malnutrition	43	127	50	142	- 15
Drownings	44	118	32	596	- 478
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	97	35	440	- 343
Poisonings	46	80	39	366	- 287
Fires	47	74	36	421	- 347
Skin Disease	48	70	53	97	- 28
War	49	69	65	2	+ 66
Tuberculosis	50	65	28	1,015	- 950
Meningitis	51	59	54	76	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	51	85	0	+ 51
HIV/AIDS	53	44	47	219	- 175
Encephalitis	54	40	62	6	+ 34
Alcohol	55	39	37	409	- 370
Multiple Sclerosis	56	36	55	66	- 30
Maternal Conditions	57	24	58	35	- 12
Pertussis	58	22	69	0	+ 22
Appendicitis	59	20	60	21	- 1
Hepatitis B	60	16	59	30	- 15
Syphilis	61	11	66	1	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	62	7	74	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	63	4	52	98	- 94
Tetanus	64	3	67	1	+ 1
Measles	65	1	61	7	- 6
Upper Respiratory	66	1	63	3	- 2
Otitis Media	67	1	68	1	- 0
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	79	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	51	103	- 103
Anemia	81	0	56	59	- 59
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	143	- 143
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Turkey

Romania

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.