URUGUAY VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,498	1	4,265	- 767
Stroke	2	1,792	2	2,850	- 1,058
Lung Cancers	3	1,428	5	1,463	- 35
Lung Disease	4	1,022	4	1,706	- 684
Diabetes Mellitus	5	729	11	747	- 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	705	3	1,899	- 1,194
Kidney Disease	7	693	8	1,040	- 347
Hypertension	8	601	15	648	- 47
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	523	6	1,370	- 847
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	432	7	1,245	- 813
Stomach Cancer	11	421	18	480	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	12	280	14	656	- 375
Liver Disease	13	258	27	206	+ 52
Breast Cancer	14	230	9	848	- 618
Prostate Cancer	15	228	13	707	- 479
Road Traffic Accidents	16	227	16	512	- 285
Congenital Anomalies	17	202	30	170	+ 32
Leukemia	18	198	25	280	- 82
Lymphomas	19	197	20	457	- 260
Liver Cancer	20	185	34	147	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	21	183	26	276	- 93
Falls	22	178	47	55	+ 123
Violence	23	163	23	295	- 132
Low Birth Weight	24	142	42	73	+ 68
Parkinson's Disease	25	140	21	320	- 180
Endocrine Disorders	26	106	17	487	- 381
Asthma	27	99	37	127	- 28
Ovary Cancer	28	93	32	160	- 67
Suicide	29	82	12	735	- 654
Other Injuries	30	68	10	774	- 706
Inflammatory/Heart	31	66	22	314	- 248
Skin Cancers	32	63	33	149	- 86
Oesophagus Cancer	33	54	24	286	- 232
Cervical Cancer	34	53	29	172	- 119
Oral Cancer	35	53	31	167	- 114
Epilepsy	36	47	40	86	- 39
Uterin Cancer	37	44	38	115	- 71
Drug Use	38	40	49	41	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	32	46	57	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	30	35	134	- 104
Birth Trauma	41	29	53	22	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	42	26	19	464	- 437
Malnutrition	43	24	43	73	- 49
Drownings	44	22	45	65	- 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	18	50	39	- 21
Poisonings	46	15	55	17	- 2
Fires	47	14	48	54	- 41
Skin Disease	48	13	36	130	- 117
War	49	13	70	0	+ 13
Tuberculosis	50	12	41	81	- 68
Meningitis	51	11	58	10	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	10	51	35	- 25
HIV/AIDS	53	8	28	195	- 187
Encephalitis	54	8	64	4	+ 4
Alcohol	55	7	39	104	- 97
Multiple Sclerosis	56	7	56	13	- 6
Maternal Conditions	57	4	60	9	- 4
Pertussis	58	4	72	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	59	4	59	9	- 5
Hepatitis B	60	3	63	4	- 1
Syphilis	61	2	66	3	- 1
Schistosomiasis	62	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	65	3	- 3
Tetanus	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	5	- 5
Otitis Media	67	0	67	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	69	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	81	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Turkey

Uruguay

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.