TUNISIA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,699	1	20,658	- 10,959
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,017	5	2,507	+ 4,509
Stroke	3	4,650	2	8,509	- 3,859
Lung Cancers	4	3,947	8	1,849	+ 2,098
Lung Disease	5	3,820	10	1,754	+ 2,067
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,795	13	971	+ 1,823
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,013	9	1,773	+ 240
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,001	7	1,912	+ 89
Prostate Cancer	9	1,695	23	417	+ 1,278
Breast Cancer	10	1,533	15	781	+ 752
Suicide	11	1,418	26	383	+ 1,035
Kidney Disease	12	1,413	4	2,574	- 1,161
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,403	28	361	+ 1,042
Falls	14	1,402	21	445	+ 958
Lymphomas	15	1,368	18	616	+ 751
Endocrine Disorders	16	1,048	31	285	+ 763
Skin Cancers	17	1,044	36	214	+ 830
Leukemia	18	957	25	385	+ 572
Parkinson's Disease	19	917	20	469	+ 448
Liver Cancer	20	916	29	360	+ 557
Drug Use	21	802	34	235	+ 567
Other Injuries	22	739	27	372	+ 367
Hypertension	23	734	3	2,824	- 2,090
Inflammatory/Heart	24	707	30	298	+ 409
Oesophagus Cancer	25	672	44	109	+ 563
Liver Disease	26	640	11	1,313	- 673
Stomach Cancer	27	580	19	583	- 3
Other Neoplasms	28	564	59	24	+ 540
Road Traffic Accidents	29	560	6	1,928	- 1,368
Bladder Cancer	30	534	17	654	- 119
Ovary Cancer	31	451	39	192	+ 259
Oral Cancer	32	438	35	232	+ 206
Congenital Anomalies	33	320	12	980	- 661
Skin Disease	34	268	51	41	+ 227
Uterin Cancer	35	236	50	46	+ 190
Asthma	36	205	16	665	- 460
Alcohol	37	171	55	31	+ 140
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	171	42	123	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	39	154	38	201	- 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	133	40	184	- 51
Epilepsy	41	128	45	101	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	124	33	237	- 113
Low Birth Weight	43	112	14	924	- 812
Violence	44	110	24	410	- 300
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	103	62	9	+ 94
Multiple Sclerosis	46	85	54	33	+ 51
Drownings	47	80	43	122	- 42
Hepatitis C	48	78	65	1	+ 77
Anemia	49	71	85	0	+ 71
Birth Trauma	50	63	22	436	- 373
Malnutrition	51	53	60	24	+ 29
Osteoarthritis	52	51	81	0	+ 51
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	32	80	0	+ 32
Schizophrenia	54	29	84	0	+ 29
Fires	55	25	37	202	- 178
Tuberculosis	56	24	41	136	- 113
HIV/AIDS	57	23	32	261	- 238
Hepatitis B	58	18	49	70	- 51
Oral conditions	59	18	82	0	+ 18
Meningitis	60	17	46	86	- 69
Poisonings	61	16	48	81	- 65
Appendicitis	62	12	58	25	- 13
Maternal Conditions	63	9	47	83	- 74
Upper Respiratory	64	8	66	1	+ 7
War	65	4	57	25	- 21
Otitis Media	66	3	70	0	+ 3
Syphilis	67	1	61	18	- 16
Encephalitis	68	1	53	38	- 36
Pertussis	69	1	52	40	- 39
Tetanus	70	1	56	26	- 25
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	63	8	- 8
Chagas disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	64	3	- 3
Malaria	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Australia

Tunisia

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.