SWAZILAND VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,162	5	755	+ 407
Stroke	2	595	4	800	- 205
Lung Cancers	3	474	46	17	+ 458
Lung Disease	4	339	12	264	+ 75
Diabetes Mellitus	5	242	3	892	- 650
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	234	27	77	+ 158
Kidney Disease	7	230	8	381	- 151
Hypertension	8	200	10	292	- 92
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	174	2	921	- 747
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	143	43	19	+ 125
Stomach Cancer	11	140	53	7	+ 133
Pancreas Cancer	12	93	56	6	+ 87
Liver Disease	13	86	11	274	- 188
Breast Cancer	14	76	35	37	+ 39
Prostate Cancer	15	76	31	45	+ 31
Road Traffic Accidents	16	75	7	384	- 309
Congenital Anomalies	17	67	19	160	- 93
Leukemia	18	66	47	16	+ 50
Lymphomas	19	66	36	31	+ 35
Liver Cancer	20	61	37	29	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	21	61	55	6	+ 55
Falls	22	59	32	41	+ 18
Violence	23	54	16	212	- 158
Low Birth Weight	24	47	14	233	- 186
Parkinson's Disease	25	47	41	24	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	26	35	28	74	- 39
Asthma	27	33	20	150	- 117
Ovary Cancer	28	31	52	10	+ 21
Suicide	29	27	9	338	- 310
Other Injuries	30	23	17	190	- 167
Inflammatory/Heart	31	22	24	94	- 72
Skin Cancers	32	21	42	20	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	33	18	44	18	- 1
Cervical Cancer	34	18	15	215	- 197
Oral Cancer	35	18	51	10	+ 7
Epilepsy	36	16	30	46	- 30
Uterin Cancer	37	15	50	11	+ 3
Drug Use	38	13	38	27	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	11	29	51	- 40
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	10	6	517	- 507
Birth Trauma	41	10	18	166	- 157
Other Neoplasms	42	9	61	4	+ 5
Malnutrition	43	8	22	106	- 98
Drownings	44	7	25	87	- 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	6	39	26	- 20
Poisonings	46	5	34	37	- 32
Fires	47	5	26	84	- 79
Skin Disease	48	4	40	25	- 21
War	49	4	71	0	+ 4
Tuberculosis	50	4	13	256	- 252
Meningitis	51	4	23	97	- 94
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	3	58	5	- 2
HIV/AIDS	53	3	1	2,314	- 2,311
Encephalitis	54	2	59	5	- 2
Alcohol	55	2	48	16	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	63	1	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	57	1	21	116	- 114
Pertussis	58	1	33	39	- 37
Appendicitis	59	1	54	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	60	1	57	6	- 5
Syphilis	61	1	45	17	- 17
Schistosomiasis	62	0	49	13	- 12
Hepatitis C	63	0	65	0	- 0
Tetanus	64	0	62	4	- 4
Measles	65	0	64	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	60	4	- 4
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Turkey

Swaziland

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.