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Turkey
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
TURKEY VS CHINA

Compare Turkey and China health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

China
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Turkey Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Turkey TURKEY   China CHINA
      Turkey TURKEY   China CHINA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    48.9
    52.1
    50.5
    94
    94
    93
    		  
    35.1
    37.6
    36.3
    162
    160
    162
    1970
    54.9
    58.6
    56.7
    93
    92
    91
    		  
    61.0
    62.5
    61.7
    67
    79
    74
    1980
    59.2
    63.8
    61.4
    96
    93
    94
    		  
    64.4
    66.7
    65.5
    67
    83
    79
    1990
    63.8
    68.3
    66.0
    99
    103
    101
    		  
    66.9
    69.7
    68.3
    62
    95
    87
    2000
    67.1
    73.8
    70.4
    93
    80
    89
    		  
    70.1
    73.5
    71.7
    56
    86
    70
    2010
    70.9
    77.6
    74.2
    73
    59
    65
    		  
    73.5
    76.7
    75.0
    42
    74
    54
    2019
    76.4
    80.7
    78.6
    38
    43
    39
    		  
    74.7
    80.5
    77.4
    52
    46
    48
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Turkey TURKEY   China CHINA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    76.4
    80.7
    38
    43
    74.7
    80.5
    52
    46
    Age 5
    77.3
    81.4
    40
    42
    75.4
    81.1
    53
    46
    Age 10
    77.3
    81.5
    40
    42
    75.4
    81.2
    53
    46
    Age 15
    77.4
    81.6
    40
    42
    75.5
    81.2
    53
    46
    Age 20
    77.5
    81.6
    40
    42
    75.6
    81.3
    56
    47
    Age 25
    77.7
    81.7
    41
    43
    75.9
    81.4
    56
    47
    Age 30
    77.8
    81.8
    42
    43
    76.1
    81.4
    56
    47
    Age 35
    78.0
    81.9
    42
    44
    76.3
    81.6
    58
    47
    Age 40
    78.2
    82.0
    43
    45
    76.7
    81.7
    60
    47
    Age 45
    78.5
    82.2
    43
    45
    77.1
    81.9
    59
    47
    Age 50
    79.0
    82.4
    43
    45
    77.6
    82.2
    61
    50
    Age 55
    79.7
    82.8
    43
    48
    78.3
    82.6
    62
    51
    Age 60
    80.6
    83.2
    43
    50
    79.2
    83.1
    67
    52
    Age 65
    81.9
    83.9
    43
    54
    80.3
    83.8
    73
    57
    Age 70
    83.6
    84.9
    45
    58
    81.7
    84.8
    87
    59
    Age 75
    85.7
    86.4
    43
    60
    83.7
    86.2
    104
    63
    Age 80
    88.2
    88.4
    33
    59
    85.9
    88.1
    147
    70
    Age 85
    90.8
    90.9
    37
    58
    88.7
    90.6
    172
    71
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Turkey TURKEY   China CHINA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    95.94
    117
    97.57
    115
    2. Stroke
    49.06
    129
    110.80
    58
    3. Lung Cancers
    39.65
    3
    36.63
    5
    4. Lung Disease
    28.02
    63
    54.18
    13
    5. Diabetes Mellitus
    20.07
    109
    8.56
    148
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    19.07
    69
    17.36
    97
    7. Kidney Disease
    19.06
    111
    10.39
    141
    8. Hypertension
    16.35
    100
    16.80
    98
    9. Prostate Cancer
    15.64
    94
    6.41
    152
    10. Influenza and Pneumonia
    14.42
    140
    11.28
    152
    11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    11.95
    53
    13.02
    42
    12. Breast Cancer
    11.74
    142
    8.95
    169
    13. Stomach Cancer
    11.66
    25
    20.55
    3
    14. Pancreas Cancer
    7.76
    26
    5.72
    59
    15. Liver Disease
    7.14
    150
    7.57
    146
    16. Road Traffic Accidents
    6.52
    145
    15.09
    96
    17. Congenital Anomalies
    5.98
    89
    3.32
    150
    18. Leukemia
    5.60
    13
    3.48
    97
    19. Lymphomas
    5.51
    62
    3.04
    145
    20. Liver Cancer
    5.13
    96
    9.30
    33
    21. Bladder Cancer
    5.04
    8
    2.04
    94
    22. Falls
    4.90
    105
    8.04
    50
    23. Violence
    4.73
    90
    0.73
    166
    24. Ovary Cancer
    4.73
    78
    2.76
    153
    25. Parkinson's Disease
    3.81
    109
    3.95
    98
    26. Low Birth Weight
    3.74
    108
    1.76
    150
    27. Endocrine Disorders
    3.05
    108
    1.51
    162
    28. Asthma
    2.72
    104
    1.29
    123
    29. Cervical Cancer
    2.71
    153
    5.16
    124
    30. Suicide
    2.34
    174
    6.67
    121
    31. Uterin Cancer
    2.20
    98
    1.16
    157
    32. Other Injuries
    1.96
    181
    3.50
    161
    33. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.86
    164
    1.73
    168
    34. Skin Cancers
    1.73
    103
    1.05
    137
    35. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.49
    128
    12.42
    6
    36. Oral Cancer
    1.48
    163
    2.81
    89
    37. Epilepsy
    1.35
    112
    0.74
    163
    38. Drug Use
    1.13
    100
    1.34
    79
    39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.88
    154
    2.05
    106
    40. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.87
    145
    0.72
    150
    41. Birth Trauma
    0.79
    134
    1.40
    108
    42. Other Neoplasms
    0.73
    68
    0.24
    152
    43. Drownings
    0.66
    164
    3.66
    56
    44. Malnutrition
    0.66
    110
    0.78
    107
    45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.51
    156
    3.53
    34
    46. Poisonings
    0.43
    105
    1.55
    57
    47. Fires
    0.40
    155
    0.62
    129
    48. War
    0.38
    30
    0.06
    68
    49. Skin Disease
    0.36
    153
    0.30
    162
    50. Tuberculosis
    0.35
    145
    1.88
    111
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Turkey TURKEY   China CHINA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    85,905
    22.08
    1.772m
    18.44
    2. Stroke
    44,006
    11.31
    2.043m
    21.27
    3. Lung Cancers
    35,070
    9.01
    714,311
    7.44
    4. Lung Disease
    25,088
    6.45
    968,607
    10.08
    5. Diabetes Mellitus
    17,900
    4.60
    161,672
    1.68
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    17,308
    4.45
    304,455
    3.17
    7. Kidney Disease
    17,021
    4.37
    192,302
    2.00
    8. Hypertension
    14,763
    3.79
    301,183
    3.14
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    12,845
    3.30
    183,342
    1.91
    10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10,606
    2.73
    248,388
    2.59
    11. Stomach Cancer
    10,333
    2.66
    398,439
    4.15
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    6,882
    1.77
    111,537
    1.16
    13. Liver Disease
    6,340
    1.63
    145,603
    1.52
    14. Breast Cancer
    5,643
    1.45
    92,757
    0.97
    15. Prostate Cancer
    5,608
    1.44
    51,056
    0.53
    16. Road Traffic Accidents
    5,573
    1.43
    250,272
    2.61
    17. Congenital Anomalies
    4,966
    1.28
    36,613
    0.38
    18. Leukemia
    4,870
    1.25
    58,145
    0.61
    19. Lymphomas
    4,849
    1.25
    57,838
    0.60
    20. Liver Cancer
    4,542
    1.17
    180,952
    1.88
    21. Bladder Cancer
    4,485
    1.15
    37,873
    0.39
    22. Falls
    4,373
    1.12
    138,878
    1.45
    23. Violence
    4,010
    1.03
    11,115
    0.12
    24. Low Birth Weight
    3,478
    0.89
    21,631
    0.23
    25. Parkinson's Disease
    3,439
    0.88
    70,699
    0.74
    26. Endocrine Disorders
    2,612
    0.67
    25,613
    0.27
    27. Asthma
    2,434
    0.63
    23,147
    0.24
    28. Ovary Cancer
    2,287
    0.59
    28,078
    0.29
    29. Suicide
    2,003
    0.51
    116,324
    1.21
    30. Other Injuries
    1,678
    0.43
    54,087
    0.56
    31. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,632
    0.42
    29,954
    0.31
    32. Skin Cancers
    1,548
    0.40
    19,669
    0.20
    33. Oesophagus Cancer
    1,321
    0.34
    242,891
    2.53
    34. Cervical Cancer
    1,311
    0.34
    51,650
    0.54
    35. Oral Cancer
    1,305
    0.34
    54,695
    0.57
    36. Epilepsy
    1,147
    0.29
    11,365
    0.12
    37. Uterin Cancer
    1,090
    0.28
    11,751
    0.12
    38. Drug Use
    972
    0.25
    24,214
    0.25
    39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    789
    0.20
    37,723
    0.39
    40. Diarrhoeal diseases
    741
    0.19
    8,719
    0.09
    41. Birth Trauma
    720
    0.19
    17,644
    0.18
    42. Other Neoplasms
    646
    0.17
    4,374
    0.05
    43. Malnutrition
    588
    0.15
    12,995
    0.14
    44. Drownings
    549
    0.14
    52,807
    0.55
    45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    452
    0.12
    65,350
    0.68
    46. Poisonings
    369
    0.09
    25,762
    0.27
    47. Fires
    343
    0.09
    10,498
    0.11
    48. Skin Disease
    324
    0.08
    5,222
    0.05
    49. War
    318
    0.08
    900
    0.01
    50. Tuberculosis
    303
    0.08
    34,802
    0.36
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Turkey TURKEY   China CHINA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    39.65
    3
    36.63
    5
    2. Prostate Cancer
    15.64
    94
    6.41
    152
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    11.95
    53
    13.02
    42
    4. Breast Cancer
    11.74
    142
    8.95
    169
    5. Stomach Cancer
    11.66
    25
    20.55
    3
    6. Pancreas Cancer
    7.76
    26
    5.72
    59
    7. Leukemia
    5.60
    13
    3.48
    97
    8. Lymphomas
    5.51
    62
    3.04
    145
    9. Liver Cancer
    5.13
    96
    9.30
    33
    10. Bladder Cancer
    5.04
    8
    2.04
    94
    11. Ovary Cancer
    4.73
    78
    2.76
    153
    12. Cervical Cancer
    2.71
    153
    5.16
    124
    13. Uterin Cancer
    2.20
    98
    1.16
    157
    14. Skin Cancers
    1.73
    103
    1.05
    137
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.49
    128
    12.42
    6
    16. Oral Cancer
    1.48
    163
    2.81
    89
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.