TUNISIA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	15,231	2	8,509	+ 6,722
Coronary Heart Disease	2	14,171	1	20,658	- 6,487
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,299	9	1,773	+ 8,527
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,763	7	1,912	+ 6,851
Prostate Cancer	5	6,538	23	417	+ 6,121
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,556	13	971	+ 3,584
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	4,519	5	2,507	+ 2,012
Breast Cancer	8	3,766	15	781	+ 2,985
Endocrine Disorders	9	3,697	31	285	+ 3,412
Kidney Disease	10	3,656	4	2,574	+ 1,081
Other Injuries	11	3,110	27	372	+ 2,738
Lung Disease	12	2,925	10	1,754	+ 1,171
Hypertension	13	2,851	3	2,824	+ 28
Skin Disease	14	2,472	51	41	+ 2,432
Lymphomas	15	2,011	18	616	+ 1,394
Lung Cancers	16	1,690	8	1,849	- 159
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,545	30	298	+ 1,247
Pancreas Cancer	18	1,534	28	361	+ 1,174
Violence	19	1,281	24	410	+ 872
Leukemia	20	1,152	25	385	+ 767
HIV/AIDS	21	1,115	32	261	+ 854
Stomach Cancer	22	1,098	19	583	+ 515
Cervical Cancer	23	1,091	38	201	+ 890
Other Neoplasms	24	1,023	59	24	+ 999
Road Traffic Accidents	25	930	6	1,928	- 999
Liver Disease	26	905	11	1,313	- 408
Uterin Cancer	27	839	50	46	+ 793
Oral Cancer	28	708	35	232	+ 476
Congenital Anomalies	29	707	12	980	- 273
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	686	80	0	+ 686
Parkinson's Disease	31	649	20	469	+ 180
Ovary Cancer	32	615	39	192	+ 423
Liver Cancer	33	570	29	360	+ 210
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	562	33	237	+ 325
Asthma	35	514	16	665	- 151
Oesophagus Cancer	36	456	44	109	+ 347
Anemia	37	441	85	0	+ 441
Epilepsy	38	373	45	101	+ 271
Bladder Cancer	39	371	17	654	- 283
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	271	40	184	+ 87
Falls	41	262	21	445	- 183
Low Birth Weight	42	209	14	924	- 715
Birth Trauma	43	206	22	436	- 230
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	184	62	9	+ 175
Meningitis	45	171	46	86	+ 85
Alcohol	46	160	55	31	+ 129
Skin Cancers	47	156	36	214	- 58
Poisonings	48	82	48	81	+ 1
Malnutrition	49	78	60	24	+ 55
Osteoarthritis	50	78	81	0	+ 78
Suicide	51	70	26	383	- 313
Hepatitis B	52	64	49	70	- 6
Drug Use	53	59	34	235	- 177
Dengue	54	54	76	0	+ 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	47	42	123	- 77
Maternal Conditions	56	46	47	83	- 38
Drownings	57	44	43	122	- 78
Upper Respiratory	58	41	66	1	+ 41
Schizophrenia	59	41	84	0	+ 41
Tuberculosis	60	40	41	136	- 96
Multiple Sclerosis	61	30	54	33	- 4
Fires	62	22	37	202	- 180
Oral conditions	63	22	82	0	+ 22
Syphilis	64	15	61	18	- 2
Appendicitis	65	13	58	25	- 12
War	66	1	57	25	- 24
Pertussis	67	0	52	40	- 40
Measles	68	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	56	26	- 26
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	1	- 1
Malaria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	63	8	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	64	3	- 3
Chagas disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	68	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	53	38	- 38
Hepatitis C	83	0	65	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Barbados

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.