TANZANIA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	68,894	9	13,215	+ 55,679
Stroke	2	35,292	7	16,894	+ 18,398
Lung Cancers	3	28,126	61	159	+ 27,967
Lung Disease	4	20,120	22	3,051	+ 17,069
Diabetes Mellitus	5	14,355	15	6,247	+ 8,108
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	13,881	27	2,048	+ 11,833
Kidney Disease	7	13,650	19	4,547	+ 9,103
Hypertension	8	11,840	17	5,209	+ 6,631
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	10,301	2	26,028	- 15,727
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	8,506	33	1,567	+ 6,939
Stomach Cancer	11	8,286	39	1,190	+ 7,096
Pancreas Cancer	12	5,519	62	158	+ 5,362
Liver Disease	13	5,085	13	6,586	- 1,501
Breast Cancer	14	4,525	37	1,285	+ 3,240
Prostate Cancer	15	4,497	28	1,819	+ 2,678
Road Traffic Accidents	16	4,469	5	18,054	- 13,584
Congenital Anomalies	17	3,983	11	9,791	- 5,808
Leukemia	18	3,906	47	416	+ 3,490
Lymphomas	19	3,889	41	805	+ 3,083
Liver Cancer	20	3,643	36	1,413	+ 2,229
Bladder Cancer	21	3,597	44	667	+ 2,930
Falls	22	3,507	34	1,533	+ 1,974
Violence	23	3,216	18	4,713	- 1,496
Low Birth Weight	24	2,789	10	12,173	- 9,383
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,758	45	513	+ 2,245
Endocrine Disorders	26	2,095	29	1,778	+ 317
Asthma	27	1,952	30	1,700	+ 252
Ovary Cancer	28	1,834	53	337	+ 1,497
Suicide	29	1,607	24	2,474	- 868
Other Injuries	30	1,346	20	4,270	- 2,924
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,309	38	1,227	+ 82
Skin Cancers	32	1,241	42	744	+ 497
Oesophagus Cancer	33	1,060	25	2,247	- 1,188
Cervical Cancer	34	1,051	14	6,424	- 5,372
Oral Cancer	35	1,047	31	1,646	- 599
Epilepsy	36	920	43	707	+ 213
Uterin Cancer	37	874	57	218	+ 656
Drug Use	38	780	48	404	+ 376
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	633	46	462	+ 171
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	594	6	17,587	- 16,993
Birth Trauma	41	577	8	15,086	- 14,508
Other Neoplasms	42	518	64	58	+ 461
Malnutrition	43	472	16	5,574	- 5,103
Drownings	44	440	32	1,642	- 1,202
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	362	50	401	- 38
Poisonings	46	296	40	1,170	- 874
Fires	47	275	35	1,424	- 1,150
Skin Disease	48	260	52	359	- 100
War	49	255	67	30	+ 226
Tuberculosis	50	243	4	20,269	- 20,026
Meningitis	51	220	21	3,188	- 2,968
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	190	63	81	+ 109
HIV/AIDS	53	164	1	27,402	- 27,238
Encephalitis	54	148	59	199	- 51
Alcohol	55	146	56	270	- 124
Multiple Sclerosis	56	135	68	27	+ 109
Maternal Conditions	57	88	12	6,835	- 6,747
Pertussis	58	82	23	2,774	- 2,692
Appendicitis	59	75	58	218	- 143
Hepatitis B	60	58	60	168	- 110
Syphilis	61	40	26	2,115	- 2,074
Schistosomiasis	62	27	51	371	- 344
Hepatitis C	63	15	66	40	- 25
Tetanus	64	9	49	402	- 392
Measles	65	5	55	295	- 290
Upper Respiratory	66	4	54	299	- 294
Otitis Media	67	2	69	17	- 14
Leishmaniasis	68	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	2	71	9	- 7
Ascariasis	70	1	65	56	- 55
Diphtheria	71	1	70	11	- 10
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

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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.