TURKEY VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	120,146	1	85,905	+ 34,241
Stroke	2	76,281	2	44,006	+ 32,276
Diabetes Mellitus	3	33,557	5	17,900	+ 15,657
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	32,888	9	12,845	+ 20,043
Lung Disease	5	28,675	4	25,088	+ 3,587
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	21,133	40	741	+ 20,392
Kidney Disease	7	18,632	7	17,021	+ 1,611
Suicide	8	14,302	29	2,003	+ 12,299
Liver Disease	9	13,605	13	6,340	+ 7,265
Congenital Anomalies	10	12,625	17	4,966	+ 7,658
Hypertension	11	12,439	8	14,763	- 2,324
Road Traffic Accidents	12	11,790	16	5,573	+ 6,217
Asthma	13	11,785	27	2,434	+ 9,351
Low Birth Weight	14	11,457	24	3,478	+ 7,979
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	9,252	45	452	+ 8,800
Drownings	16	9,202	44	549	+ 8,653
Other Injuries	17	7,901	30	1,678	+ 6,223
Liver Cancer	18	7,273	20	4,542	+ 2,731
Birth Trauma	19	5,196	41	720	+ 4,476
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	4,879	39	789	+ 4,090
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	4,656	6	17,308	- 12,652
Tuberculosis	22	4,303	50	303	+ 4,000
Lung Cancers	23	3,972	3	35,070	- 31,099
Maternal Conditions	24	3,734	57	109	+ 3,625
Falls	25	3,480	22	4,373	- 893
Breast Cancer	26	3,425	14	5,643	- 2,217
Cervical Cancer	27	3,396	34	1,311	+ 2,085
Parkinson's Disease	28	3,072	25	3,439	- 367
Inflammatory/Heart	29	2,938	31	1,632	+ 1,306
Pertussis	30	2,685	58	103	+ 2,582
Malnutrition	31	2,649	43	588	+ 2,061
Leukemia	32	2,367	18	4,870	- 2,503
Endocrine Disorders	33	2,321	26	2,612	- 291
Prostate Cancer	34	2,299	15	5,608	- 3,309
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	2,246	10	10,606	- 8,360
Meningitis	36	2,134	51	274	+ 1,860
Syphilis	37	2,026	61	50	+ 1,975
Violence	38	1,794	23	4,010	- 2,217
Skin Disease	39	1,793	48	324	+ 1,469
Stomach Cancer	40	1,620	11	10,333	- 8,713
Epilepsy	41	1,399	36	1,147	+ 252
Fires	42	1,108	47	343	+ 765
Alcohol	43	1,055	55	182	+ 872
Ovary Cancer	44	1,039	28	2,287	- 1,248
Lymphomas	45	848	19	4,849	- 4,001
Tetanus	46	757	64	12	+ 745
Poisonings	47	582	46	369	+ 213
Uterin Cancer	48	519	37	1,090	- 571
Bladder Cancer	49	495	21	4,485	- 3,990
Appendicitis	50	356	59	93	+ 263
Hepatitis B	51	329	60	72	+ 256
Encephalitis	52	276	54	184	+ 92
Pancreas Cancer	53	234	12	6,882	- 6,648
Oral Cancer	54	220	35	1,305	- 1,085
Other Neoplasms	55	194	42	646	- 453
Drug Use	56	115	38	972	- 857
Multiple Sclerosis	57	72	56	169	- 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	69	52	237	- 168
Dengue	59	50	73	0	+ 50
Diphtheria	60	49	71	1	+ 48
Hepatitis C	61	42	63	19	+ 23
Measles	62	27	65	6	+ 21
Ascariasis	63	22	70	1	+ 20
War	64	8	49	318	- 310
Upper Respiratory	65	8	66	5	+ 3
Chlamydia	66	6	69	2	+ 4
Otitis Media	67	1	67	3	- 2
Leprosy	68	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	53	204	- 204
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	68	2	- 2
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	62	33	- 33
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	33	1,321	- 1,321
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	32	1,548	- 1,548
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKEY

Vanuatu

Turkey

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.