SENEGAL VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,248	2	6,224	+ 13,023
Stroke	2	9,860	4	5,342	+ 4,517
Lung Cancers	3	7,858	44	180	+ 7,677
Lung Disease	4	5,621	18	1,351	+ 4,270
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,011	10	2,395	+ 1,615
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	3,878	26	879	+ 2,999
Kidney Disease	7	3,814	12	2,210	+ 1,603
Hypertension	8	3,308	21	1,095	+ 2,213
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,878	1	7,184	- 4,306
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,376	37	384	+ 1,992
Stomach Cancer	11	2,315	31	557	+ 1,758
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,542	48	159	+ 1,383
Liver Disease	13	1,421	13	2,147	- 726
Breast Cancer	14	1,264	27	861	+ 404
Prostate Cancer	15	1,256	29	642	+ 614
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,249	6	3,832	- 2,583
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,113	11	2,364	- 1,252
Leukemia	18	1,091	54	113	+ 979
Lymphomas	19	1,086	39	315	+ 771
Liver Cancer	20	1,018	22	1,087	- 69
Bladder Cancer	21	1,005	50	155	+ 850
Falls	22	980	30	622	+ 358
Violence	23	899	19	1,247	- 348
Low Birth Weight	24	779	7	3,636	- 2,857
Parkinson's Disease	25	771	41	273	+ 498
Endocrine Disorders	26	585	23	1,041	- 456
Asthma	27	545	25	936	- 391
Ovary Cancer	28	512	42	220	+ 292
Suicide	29	449	24	978	- 529
Other Injuries	30	376	16	1,512	- 1,136
Inflammatory/Heart	31	366	36	426	- 60
Skin Cancers	32	347	51	147	+ 200
Oesophagus Cancer	33	296	55	99	+ 197
Cervical Cancer	34	294	17	1,405	- 1,111
Oral Cancer	35	292	43	208	+ 85
Epilepsy	36	257	38	330	- 73
Uterin Cancer	37	244	56	94	+ 150
Drug Use	38	218	52	138	+ 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	177	35	433	- 256
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	166	3	5,343	- 5,177
Birth Trauma	41	161	8	3,448	- 3,286
Other Neoplasms	42	145	62	24	+ 121
Malnutrition	43	132	32	494	- 363
Drownings	44	123	33	494	- 371
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	101	46	166	- 65
Poisonings	46	83	40	315	- 232
Fires	47	77	34	448	- 372
Skin Disease	48	73	47	159	- 87
War	49	71	69	4	+ 67
Tuberculosis	50	68	9	2,678	- 2,611
Meningitis	51	61	15	1,628	- 1,567
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	53	67	15	+ 38
HIV/AIDS	53	46	20	1,186	- 1,141
Encephalitis	54	41	57	85	- 44
Alcohol	55	41	59	74	- 33
Multiple Sclerosis	56	38	64	20	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	57	24	14	1,669	- 1,644
Pertussis	58	23	28	771	- 748
Appendicitis	59	21	61	38	- 18
Hepatitis B	60	16	60	70	- 54
Syphilis	61	11	53	122	- 111
Schistosomiasis	62	7	45	176	- 168
Hepatitis C	63	4	68	11	- 7
Tetanus	64	3	58	85	- 82
Measles	65	1	49	158	- 157
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	15	- 14
Otitis Media	67	1	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	1	63	21	- 20
Chlamydia	69	0	71	2	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	65	18	- 18
Diphtheria	71	0	70	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Turkey

Senegal

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.