AUSTRALIA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,337	1	21,548	+ 5,788
Stroke	2	14,004	3	10,331	+ 3,672
Lung Cancers	3	11,160	4	8,769	+ 2,392
Lung Disease	4	7,984	5	8,487	- 504
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,696	7	4,471	+ 1,225
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	5,508	2	15,588	- 10,081
Kidney Disease	7	5,416	12	3,139	+ 2,277
Hypertension	8	4,698	23	1,631	+ 3,067
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	4,088	8	4,446	- 359
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	3,375	6	6,209	- 2,834
Stomach Cancer	11	3,288	27	1,288	+ 2,000
Pancreas Cancer	12	2,190	13	3,118	- 927
Liver Disease	13	2,018	26	1,421	+ 596
Breast Cancer	14	1,796	10	3,405	- 1,610
Prostate Cancer	15	1,785	9	3,766	- 1,982
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,773	29	1,245	+ 529
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,580	33	711	+ 870
Leukemia	18	1,550	18	2,126	- 576
Lymphomas	19	1,543	15	3,039	- 1,496
Liver Cancer	20	1,445	20	2,036	- 591
Bladder Cancer	21	1,427	30	1,187	+ 240
Falls	22	1,392	14	3,116	- 1,724
Violence	23	1,276	44	243	+ 1,033
Low Birth Weight	24	1,107	43	248	+ 859
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,095	19	2,036	- 942
Endocrine Disorders	26	831	16	2,328	- 1,497
Asthma	27	775	36	455	+ 319
Ovary Cancer	28	728	31	1,003	- 275
Suicide	29	638	11	3,150	- 2,512
Other Injuries	30	534	22	1,642	- 1,108
Inflammatory/Heart	31	519	24	1,571	- 1,052
Skin Cancers	32	493	17	2,319	- 1,826
Oesophagus Cancer	33	420	25	1,494	- 1,073
Cervical Cancer	34	417	39	342	+ 76
Oral Cancer	35	415	32	972	- 557
Epilepsy	36	365	41	285	+ 80
Uterin Cancer	37	347	35	524	- 177
Drug Use	38	309	21	1,783	- 1,473
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	251	42	276	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	236	40	296	- 60
Birth Trauma	41	229	50	140	+ 89
Other Neoplasms	42	206	28	1,252	- 1,047
Malnutrition	43	187	51	117	+ 70
Drownings	44	175	47	177	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	144	38	379	- 235
Poisonings	46	117	61	35	+ 83
Fires	47	109	55	55	+ 54
Skin Disease	48	103	34	594	- 491
War	49	101	65	8	+ 93
Tuberculosis	50	97	56	53	+ 44
Meningitis	51	87	60	37	+ 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	75	45	229	- 153
HIV/AIDS	53	65	57	50	+ 15
Encephalitis	54	59	68	3	+ 56
Alcohol	55	58	37	380	- 322
Multiple Sclerosis	56	54	46	188	- 134
Maternal Conditions	57	35	63	20	+ 14
Pertussis	58	33	69	1	+ 31
Appendicitis	59	30	62	26	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	23	58	41	- 18
Syphilis	61	16	67	3	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	62	11	79	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	63	6	48	173	- 167
Tetanus	64	4	70	1	+ 2
Measles	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	64	17	- 15
Otitis Media	67	1	66	6	- 5
Leishmaniasis	68	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	54	64	- 64
Anemia	81	0	49	157	- 157
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	114	- 114
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	71	- 71
Oral conditions	86	0	59	40	- 40
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Turkey

Australia

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.