SOUTH KOREA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	53,187	1	28,043	+ 25,144
Stroke	2	27,246	3	25,596	+ 1,650
Lung Cancers	3	21,713	4	20,293	+ 1,420
Lung Disease	4	15,533	11	8,526	+ 7,007
Diabetes Mellitus	5	11,082	13	6,812	+ 4,271
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	10,716	6	12,145	- 1,429
Kidney Disease	7	10,538	9	10,107	+ 431
Hypertension	8	9,141	17	3,711	+ 5,430
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	7,953	2	26,650	- 18,697
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	6,567	8	10,180	- 3,614
Stomach Cancer	11	6,397	10	8,625	- 2,228
Pancreas Cancer	12	4,261	12	6,994	- 2,732
Liver Disease	13	3,925	14	6,348	- 2,423
Breast Cancer	14	3,494	21	2,880	+ 613
Prostate Cancer	15	3,472	22	2,316	+ 1,157
Road Traffic Accidents	16	3,450	15	4,399	- 948
Congenital Anomalies	17	3,075	41	518	+ 2,557
Leukemia	18	3,015	23	2,140	+ 875
Lymphomas	19	3,002	19	3,477	- 475
Liver Cancer	20	2,812	7	11,589	- 8,777
Bladder Cancer	21	2,777	27	1,768	+ 1,009
Falls	22	2,708	20	2,934	- 227
Violence	23	2,483	44	386	+ 2,097
Low Birth Weight	24	2,154	45	370	+ 1,783
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,130	16	3,951	- 1,822
Endocrine Disorders	26	1,617	25	1,891	- 273
Asthma	27	1,507	32	1,150	+ 357
Ovary Cancer	28	1,416	30	1,330	+ 86
Suicide	29	1,240	5	14,636	- 13,395
Other Injuries	30	1,039	18	3,634	- 2,595
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,011	31	1,325	- 315
Skin Cancers	32	958	37	585	+ 374
Oesophagus Cancer	33	818	28	1,733	- 915
Cervical Cancer	34	812	34	1,065	- 253
Oral Cancer	35	808	29	1,457	- 649
Epilepsy	36	710	40	524	+ 186
Uterin Cancer	37	675	43	420	+ 255
Drug Use	38	602	50	154	+ 448
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	489	38	540	- 51
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	459	35	929	- 470
Birth Trauma	41	446	54	88	+ 358
Other Neoplasms	42	400	26	1,807	- 1,407
Malnutrition	43	364	53	88	+ 276
Drownings	44	340	42	501	- 161
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	280	48	224	+ 55
Poisonings	46	228	52	115	+ 113
Fires	47	212	47	263	- 51
Skin Disease	48	201	36	704	- 504
War	49	197	68	5	+ 192
Tuberculosis	50	188	24	1,950	- 1,762
Meningitis	51	170	58	51	+ 119
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	147	51	150	- 3
HIV/AIDS	53	126	55	84	+ 42
Encephalitis	54	114	65	19	+ 95
Alcohol	55	113	33	1,081	- 968
Multiple Sclerosis	56	105	66	11	+ 94
Maternal Conditions	57	68	61	34	+ 34
Pertussis	58	64	67	6	+ 58
Appendicitis	59	58	57	54	+ 4
Hepatitis B	60	45	39	526	- 481
Syphilis	61	31	62	27	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	62	21	72	1	+ 19
Hepatitis C	63	12	49	168	- 156
Tetanus	64	7	69	5	+ 3
Measles	65	4	83	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	3	63	26	- 22
Otitis Media	67	2	70	5	- 3
Leishmaniasis	68	2	79	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	71	1	- 1
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	77	- 77
Anemia	81	0	46	329	- 329
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	41	- 41
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	59	49	- 49
Oral conditions	86	0	64	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Turkey

South Korea

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.