THAILAND VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	71,405	1	51,305	+ 20,100
Stroke	2	36,578	2	50,273	- 13,695
Lung Cancers	3	29,151	8	22,296	+ 6,854
Lung Disease	4	20,854	9	19,474	+ 1,379
Diabetes Mellitus	5	14,878	10	18,776	- 3,898
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	14,386	6	22,851	- 8,465
Kidney Disease	7	14,148	4	26,822	- 12,674
Hypertension	8	12,271	34	2,179	+ 10,092
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	10,677	3	31,289	- 20,613
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	8,816	13	9,908	- 1,093
Stomach Cancer	11	8,589	27	3,451	+ 5,138
Pancreas Cancer	12	5,721	33	2,383	+ 3,338
Liver Disease	13	5,270	11	17,596	- 12,326
Breast Cancer	14	4,690	17	6,053	- 1,362
Prostate Cancer	15	4,661	30	3,013	+ 1,649
Road Traffic Accidents	16	4,632	7	22,428	- 17,796
Congenital Anomalies	17	4,128	35	2,107	+ 2,021
Leukemia	18	4,048	26	3,902	+ 146
Lymphomas	19	4,030	22	4,539	- 509
Liver Cancer	20	3,776	5	23,883	- 20,107
Bladder Cancer	21	3,728	38	1,798	+ 1,930
Falls	22	3,635	18	5,409	- 1,774
Violence	23	3,334	31	2,965	+ 368
Low Birth Weight	24	2,891	40	1,548	+ 1,344
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,859	23	4,292	- 1,434
Endocrine Disorders	26	2,171	37	1,888	+ 283
Asthma	27	2,023	24	4,182	- 2,158
Ovary Cancer	28	1,901	36	2,003	- 102
Suicide	29	1,665	16	6,147	- 4,482
Other Injuries	30	1,395	21	4,869	- 3,474
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,357	32	2,879	- 1,522
Skin Cancers	32	1,287	41	1,133	+ 154
Oesophagus Cancer	33	1,098	29	3,156	- 2,058
Cervical Cancer	34	1,090	19	5,110	- 4,020
Oral Cancer	35	1,085	20	4,961	- 3,876
Epilepsy	36	954	47	689	+ 265
Uterin Cancer	37	906	44	864	+ 42
Drug Use	38	808	45	794	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	656	39	1,679	- 1,022
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	616	15	6,863	- 6,247
Birth Trauma	41	598	50	533	+ 65
Other Neoplasms	42	537	54	192	+ 346
Malnutrition	43	489	42	962	- 473
Drownings	44	456	25	3,956	- 3,500
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	375	51	436	- 60
Poisonings	46	307	57	132	+ 175
Fires	47	285	48	617	- 333
Skin Disease	48	269	28	3,375	- 3,106
War	49	265	60	87	+ 177
Tuberculosis	50	252	14	9,551	- 9,299
Meningitis	51	228	43	931	- 702
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	197	53	194	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	53	169	12	13,922	- 13,753
Encephalitis	54	153	46	722	- 568
Alcohol	55	152	49	548	- 396
Multiple Sclerosis	56	140	61	86	+ 55
Maternal Conditions	57	91	52	227	- 137
Pertussis	58	85	62	77	+ 8
Appendicitis	59	77	59	114	- 37
Hepatitis B	60	60	56	153	- 93
Syphilis	61	42	64	36	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	62	28	75	0	+ 28
Hepatitis C	63	16	67	7	+ 8
Tetanus	64	10	58	116	- 107
Measles	65	5	63	56	- 50
Upper Respiratory	66	4	65	18	- 13
Otitis Media	67	2	68	7	- 4
Leishmaniasis	68	2	72	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	2	70	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	1	69	4	- 3
Diphtheria	71	1	71	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	55	172	- 172
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	66	13	- 13
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Turkey

Thailand

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.