SOMALIA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,294	7	7,233	+ 6,061
Stroke	2	6,810	6	8,595	- 1,786
Lung Cancers	3	5,427	54	233	+ 5,194
Lung Disease	4	3,882	19	2,442	+ 1,440
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,770	16	2,888	- 118
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,678	32	647	+ 2,031
Kidney Disease	7	2,634	21	2,051	+ 583
Hypertension	8	2,285	18	2,643	- 359
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,988	1	21,712	- 19,724
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,641	38	546	+ 1,095
Stomach Cancer	11	1,599	49	310	+ 1,289
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,065	62	108	+ 957
Liver Disease	13	981	13	3,917	- 2,936
Breast Cancer	14	873	26	1,232	- 358
Prostate Cancer	15	868	52	285	+ 583
Road Traffic Accidents	16	862	11	4,231	- 3,369
Congenital Anomalies	17	769	15	3,410	- 2,642
Leukemia	18	754	35	562	+ 192
Lymphomas	19	750	34	605	+ 146
Liver Cancer	20	703	53	256	+ 447
Bladder Cancer	21	694	61	149	+ 545
Falls	22	677	37	548	+ 129
Violence	23	621	29	828	- 208
Low Birth Weight	24	538	8	6,250	- 5,712
Parkinson's Disease	25	532	56	184	+ 348
Endocrine Disorders	26	404	44	406	- 2
Asthma	27	377	23	1,878	- 1,501
Ovary Cancer	28	354	50	295	+ 59
Suicide	29	310	27	1,219	- 909
Other Injuries	30	260	14	3,602	- 3,342
Inflammatory/Heart	31	253	39	521	- 268
Skin Cancers	32	240	57	164	+ 76
Oesophagus Cancer	33	204	40	516	- 312
Cervical Cancer	34	203	28	883	- 680
Oral Cancer	35	202	46	328	- 126
Epilepsy	36	178	43	419	- 241
Uterin Cancer	37	169	64	78	+ 91
Drug Use	38	150	65	54	+ 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	122	36	559	- 437
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	115	2	15,363	- 15,248
Birth Trauma	41	111	5	9,573	- 9,462
Other Neoplasms	42	100	70	12	+ 88
Malnutrition	43	91	10	4,825	- 4,734
Drownings	44	85	25	1,272	- 1,187
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	70	41	446	- 376
Poisonings	46	57	31	758	- 701
Fires	47	53	30	810	- 757
Skin Disease	48	50	58	151	- 101
War	49	49	24	1,318	- 1,269
Tuberculosis	50	47	4	10,261	- 10,214
Meningitis	51	42	9	5,381	- 5,339
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	37	66	35	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	53	32	33	610	- 578
Encephalitis	54	29	63	91	- 62
Alcohol	55	28	59	151	- 123
Multiple Sclerosis	56	26	71	8	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	57	17	12	4,127	- 4,110
Pertussis	58	16	20	2,054	- 2,038
Appendicitis	59	14	55	188	- 173
Hepatitis B	60	11	48	315	- 304
Syphilis	61	8	45	378	- 370
Schistosomiasis	62	5	42	435	- 430
Hepatitis C	63	3	67	34	- 31
Tetanus	64	2	17	2,648	- 2,646
Measles	65	1	3	11,576	- 11,575
Upper Respiratory	66	1	47	326	- 325
Otitis Media	67	0	68	32	- 31
Leishmaniasis	68	0	51	290	- 289
Chlamydia	69	0	72	5	- 5
Ascariasis	70	0	69	30	- 29
Diphtheria	71	0	60	150	- 149
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.