ZAMBIA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,241	10	4,432	+ 16,809
Stroke	2	10,881	3	7,948	+ 2,933
Lung Cancers	3	8,671	41	226	+ 8,446
Lung Disease	4	6,203	21	1,273	+ 4,931
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,426	14	2,395	+ 2,031
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	4,279	29	590	+ 3,690
Kidney Disease	7	4,209	18	1,760	+ 2,448
Hypertension	8	3,650	13	2,616	+ 1,034
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,176	2	9,517	- 6,341
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,622	43	203	+ 2,420
Stomach Cancer	11	2,555	42	206	+ 2,348
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,702	62	42	+ 1,659
Liver Disease	13	1,568	9	4,501	- 2,933
Breast Cancer	14	1,395	35	366	+ 1,029
Prostate Cancer	15	1,387	30	561	+ 825
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,378	11	3,654	- 2,276
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,228	12	3,146	- 1,918
Leukemia	18	1,204	39	261	+ 943
Lymphomas	19	1,199	31	548	+ 651
Liver Cancer	20	1,123	46	177	+ 946
Bladder Cancer	21	1,109	50	132	+ 977
Falls	22	1,081	28	596	+ 485
Violence	23	992	23	1,153	- 162
Low Birth Weight	24	860	8	4,857	- 3,997
Parkinson's Disease	25	850	47	164	+ 686
Endocrine Disorders	26	646	37	354	+ 292
Asthma	27	602	26	741	- 139
Ovary Cancer	28	565	57	82	+ 483
Suicide	29	495	20	1,303	- 807
Other Injuries	30	415	19	1,729	- 1,314
Inflammatory/Heart	31	404	33	501	- 98
Skin Cancers	32	383	54	108	+ 275
Oesophagus Cancer	33	327	36	359	- 32
Cervical Cancer	34	324	17	1,799	- 1,474
Oral Cancer	35	323	48	155	+ 168
Epilepsy	36	284	38	332	- 48
Uterin Cancer	37	270	64	30	+ 240
Drug Use	38	240	53	122	+ 118
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	195	40	246	- 50
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	183	5	6,275	- 6,092
Birth Trauma	41	178	7	5,062	- 4,884
Other Neoplasms	42	160	65	20	+ 140
Malnutrition	43	145	15	2,303	- 2,157
Drownings	44	136	27	689	- 553
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	112	45	190	- 78
Poisonings	46	91	34	456	- 365
Fires	47	85	32	546	- 462
Skin Disease	48	80	52	126	- 46
War	49	79	69	6	+ 72
Tuberculosis	50	75	6	5,941	- 5,866
Meningitis	51	68	16	1,976	- 1,908
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	59	63	30	+ 29
HIV/AIDS	53	50	1	17,234	- 17,184
Encephalitis	54	46	59	70	- 25
Alcohol	55	45	49	140	- 95
Multiple Sclerosis	56	42	67	13	+ 28
Maternal Conditions	57	27	22	1,188	- 1,161
Pertussis	58	25	25	743	- 717
Appendicitis	59	23	56	84	- 61
Hepatitis B	60	18	55	104	- 86
Syphilis	61	12	24	885	- 872
Schistosomiasis	62	8	51	128	- 120
Hepatitis C	63	5	66	18	- 13
Tetanus	64	3	44	190	- 187
Measles	65	2	61	48	- 47
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	68	- 66
Otitis Media	67	1	70	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	68	1	58	72	- 72
Chlamydia	69	0	71	3	- 3
Ascariasis	70	0	68	9	- 8
Diphtheria	71	0	73	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Turkey

Zambia

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.