SOLOMON ISL. VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	742	1	975	- 233
Stroke	2	380	2	670	- 290
Lung Cancers	3	303	27	33	+ 270
Lung Disease	4	217	6	209	+ 8
Diabetes Mellitus	5	155	4	322	- 167
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	150	28	32	+ 118
Kidney Disease	7	147	15	64	+ 83
Hypertension	8	128	13	76	+ 52
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	111	3	371	- 260
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	92	31	23	+ 69
Stomach Cancer	11	89	44	12	+ 78
Pancreas Cancer	12	59	51	4	+ 55
Liver Disease	13	55	10	89	- 34
Breast Cancer	14	49	26	34	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	15	48	41	13	+ 36
Road Traffic Accidents	16	48	8	111	- 63
Congenital Anomalies	17	43	16	63	- 20
Leukemia	18	42	35	20	+ 22
Lymphomas	19	42	42	13	+ 29
Liver Cancer	20	39	18	60	- 21
Bladder Cancer	21	39	52	4	+ 34
Falls	22	38	20	55	- 17
Violence	23	35	30	26	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	24	30	14	65	- 34
Parkinson's Disease	25	30	34	21	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	26	23	39	15	+ 8
Asthma	27	21	12	78	- 57
Ovary Cancer	28	20	33	21	- 2
Suicide	29	17	9	98	- 81
Other Injuries	30	14	17	60	- 45
Inflammatory/Heart	31	14	37	17	- 3
Skin Cancers	32	13	69	0	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	33	11	57	1	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	34	11	25	41	- 30
Oral Cancer	35	11	49	8	+ 4
Epilepsy	36	10	45	11	- 1
Uterin Cancer	37	9	47	9	+ 1
Drug Use	38	8	58	1	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	7	32	22	- 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	6	5	218	- 212
Birth Trauma	41	6	21	51	- 45
Other Neoplasms	42	6	56	1	+ 4
Malnutrition	43	5	36	19	- 14
Drownings	44	5	11	80	- 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	4	19	59	- 55
Poisonings	46	3	38	15	- 12
Fires	47	3	40	14	- 11
Skin Disease	48	3	46	10	- 7
War	49	3	65	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	50	3	23	45	- 42
Meningitis	51	2	43	13	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	2	60	0	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	53	2	80	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	54	2	54	2	- 0
Alcohol	55	2	48	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1	61	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	57	1	22	46	- 45
Pertussis	58	1	50	7	- 7
Appendicitis	59	1	55	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	53	3	- 3
Syphilis	61	0	29	28	- 27
Schistosomiasis	62	0	77	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	62	0	- 0
Tetanus	64	0	59	1	- 1
Measles	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	24	41	- 41
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	7	146	- 146
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Turkey

Solomon Isl.

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.