Türkiye vs United States: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Türkiye
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 3.09 million Deaths against 525,814 Deaths in Türkiye, a difference of 2.57 million Deaths.
That makes United States's figure about 5.9 times Türkiye's.
Across all 15 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Türkiye ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 7 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Türkiye | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 281,504 Deaths | 2.44 million Deaths | 2.16 million Deaths | United States |
| 2010s | 377,216 Deaths | 2.67 million Deaths | 2.29 million Deaths | United States |
| 2020s | 526,546 Deaths | 3.30 million Deaths | 2.78 million Deaths | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Türkiye or United States?
- United States, at 3.09 million Deaths against 525,814 Deaths in Türkiye as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Türkiye and United States?
- 2.57 million Deaths, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Türkiye and United States?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2023.
- How do Türkiye and United States rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Türkiye ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 7 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.