TRINIDAD/TOB. VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,439	1	1,476	- 37
Stroke	2	737	3	822	- 85
Lung Cancers	3	587	8	217	+ 370
Lung Disease	4	420	16	129	+ 291
Diabetes Mellitus	5	300	2	1,275	- 976
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	290	9	215	+ 75
Kidney Disease	7	285	5	439	- 154
Hypertension	8	247	11	201	+ 46
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	215	10	205	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	178	13	196	- 18
Stomach Cancer	11	173	26	69	+ 104
Pancreas Cancer	12	115	19	114	+ 1
Liver Disease	13	106	14	136	- 30
Breast Cancer	14	95	7	258	- 164
Prostate Cancer	15	94	6	330	- 236
Road Traffic Accidents	16	93	15	130	- 37
Congenital Anomalies	17	83	22	93	- 10
Leukemia	18	82	29	62	+ 19
Lymphomas	19	81	20	111	- 30
Liver Cancer	20	76	28	66	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	21	75	34	41	+ 35
Falls	22	73	33	43	+ 30
Violence	23	67	4	549	- 482
Low Birth Weight	24	58	23	83	- 25
Parkinson's Disease	25	58	32	51	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	26	44	18	119	- 76
Asthma	27	41	35	40	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	28	38	24	80	- 42
Suicide	29	34	17	121	- 87
Other Injuries	30	28	30	61	- 33
Inflammatory/Heart	31	27	25	72	- 45
Skin Cancers	32	26	57	4	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	33	22	41	24	- 2
Cervical Cancer	34	22	21	97	- 75
Oral Cancer	35	22	38	31	- 9
Epilepsy	36	19	37	32	- 13
Uterin Cancer	37	18	27	68	- 49
Drug Use	38	16	44	19	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	13	31	52	- 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	12	45	18	- 6
Birth Trauma	41	12	40	25	- 13
Other Neoplasms	42	11	51	10	+ 1
Malnutrition	43	10	47	17	- 7
Drownings	44	9	39	31	- 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	8	49	11	- 4
Poisonings	46	6	59	1	+ 5
Fires	47	6	48	16	- 11
Skin Disease	48	5	36	39	- 33
War	49	5	46	17	- 12
Tuberculosis	50	5	43	22	- 16
Meningitis	51	5	52	9	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	4	53	8	- 4
HIV/AIDS	53	3	12	196	- 193
Encephalitis	54	3	54	6	- 3
Alcohol	55	3	42	23	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	58	2	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	57	2	50	10	- 9
Pertussis	58	2	67	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	2	56	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	60	1	60	0	+ 1
Syphilis	61	1	61	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	0	62	0	+ 0
Tetanus	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	63	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Turkey

Trinidad/Tob.

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.