ALBANIA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,173	1	8,797	- 5,624
Stroke	2	1,625	2	8,790	- 7,165
Lung Cancers	3	1,295	4	1,026	+ 269
Lung Disease	4	927	5	876	+ 50
Diabetes Mellitus	5	661	19	208	+ 453
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	639	3	1,827	- 1,188
Kidney Disease	7	629	11	399	+ 230
Hypertension	8	545	10	425	+ 120
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	474	6	634	- 159
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	392	20	197	+ 195
Stomach Cancer	11	382	7	493	- 112
Pancreas Cancer	12	254	18	225	+ 30
Liver Disease	13	234	12	376	- 142
Breast Cancer	14	208	17	229	- 21
Prostate Cancer	15	207	16	311	- 104
Road Traffic Accidents	16	206	14	337	- 131
Congenital Anomalies	17	183	28	102	+ 81
Leukemia	18	180	22	131	+ 49
Lymphomas	19	179	31	69	+ 110
Liver Cancer	20	168	9	434	- 266
Bladder Cancer	21	166	15	330	- 164
Falls	22	162	23	125	+ 37
Violence	23	148	27	103	+ 46
Low Birth Weight	24	128	25	106	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	25	127	13	369	- 241
Endocrine Disorders	26	96	29	91	+ 6
Asthma	27	90	21	193	- 103
Ovary Cancer	28	84	39	39	+ 45
Suicide	29	74	24	125	- 51
Other Injuries	30	62	26	105	- 43
Inflammatory/Heart	31	60	8	465	- 405
Skin Cancers	32	57	32	64	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	33	49	34	52	- 3
Cervical Cancer	34	48	36	48	+ 1
Oral Cancer	35	48	30	90	- 41
Epilepsy	36	42	37	44	- 2
Uterin Cancer	37	40	38	42	- 2
Drug Use	38	36	44	25	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	29	33	57	- 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	27	52	9	+ 18
Birth Trauma	41	27	41	32	- 6
Other Neoplasms	42	24	47	19	+ 4
Malnutrition	43	22	58	3	+ 19
Drownings	44	20	43	25	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	17	35	50	- 34
Poisonings	46	14	53	9	+ 5
Fires	47	13	45	20	- 7
Skin Disease	48	12	55	6	+ 6
War	49	12	64	0	+ 11
Tuberculosis	50	11	54	8	+ 3
Meningitis	51	10	49	14	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	9	51	11	- 2
HIV/AIDS	53	8	42	26	- 18
Encephalitis	54	7	46	20	- 13
Alcohol	55	7	48	18	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	56	6	40	39	- 33
Maternal Conditions	57	4	59	2	+ 2
Pertussis	58	4	60	1	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	3	56	5	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	3	63	0	+ 2
Syphilis	61	2	62	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	62	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	66	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	0	57	3	- 2
Measles	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	50	12	- 12
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	61	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Turkey

Albania

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.