TUNISIA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,371	1	20,658	- 5,287
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	9,472	5	2,507	+ 6,965
Stroke	3	7,452	2	8,509	- 1,058
Lung Cancers	4	6,817	8	1,849	+ 4,968
Lung Disease	5	6,476	10	1,754	+ 4,723
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,711	7	1,912	+ 3,799
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,348	13	971	+ 2,377
Kidney Disease	8	2,969	4	2,574	+ 395
Breast Cancer	9	2,602	15	781	+ 1,821
Suicide	10	2,124	26	383	+ 1,741
Other Injuries	11	2,018	27	372	+ 1,646
Other Neoplasms	12	1,838	59	24	+ 1,815
Prostate Cancer	13	1,835	23	417	+ 1,418
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,820	28	361	+ 1,459
Falls	15	1,766	21	445	+ 1,321
Lymphomas	16	1,562	18	616	+ 945
Liver Disease	17	1,441	11	1,313	+ 128
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,440	31	285	+ 1,155
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,386	20	469	+ 917
Diabetes Mellitus	20	1,277	9	1,773	- 496
Leukemia	21	1,206	25	385	+ 821
Bladder Cancer	22	1,085	17	654	+ 431
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,067	30	298	+ 769
Liver Cancer	24	981	29	360	+ 622
Oesophagus Cancer	25	904	44	109	+ 795
Stomach Cancer	26	868	19	583	+ 286
Hypertension	27	744	3	2,824	- 2,080
Oral Cancer	28	679	35	232	+ 447
Road Traffic Accidents	29	670	6	1,928	- 1,259
Ovary Cancer	30	656	39	192	+ 464
Skin Cancers	31	525	36	214	+ 312
Alcohol	32	503	55	31	+ 472
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	420	40	184	+ 236
Uterin Cancer	34	386	50	46	+ 340
Skin Disease	35	382	51	41	+ 341
Epilepsy	36	350	45	101	+ 249
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	295	42	123	+ 171
Malnutrition	38	292	60	24	+ 269
Drug Use	39	289	34	235	+ 54
Congenital Anomalies	40	284	12	980	- 697
Cervical Cancer	41	244	38	201	+ 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	214	33	237	- 23
Anemia	43	200	85	0	+ 200
Violence	44	150	24	410	- 259
Multiple Sclerosis	45	148	54	33	+ 114
Asthma	46	128	16	665	- 537
Drownings	47	79	43	122	- 43
Fires	48	75	37	202	- 127
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	73	62	9	+ 64
Low Birth Weight	50	70	14	924	- 854
Osteoarthritis	51	59	81	0	+ 59
Hepatitis C	52	53	65	1	+ 52
Birth Trauma	53	47	22	436	- 389
Tuberculosis	54	46	41	136	- 90
Poisonings	55	41	48	81	- 40
Schizophrenia	56	40	84	0	+ 40
HIV/AIDS	57	36	32	261	- 225
Meningitis	58	29	46	86	- 57
Upper Respiratory	59	22	66	1	+ 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	20	80	0	+ 20
Oral conditions	61	19	82	0	+ 19
Appendicitis	62	17	58	25	- 8
Hepatitis B	63	17	49	70	- 53
Maternal Conditions	64	6	47	83	- 77
Otitis Media	65	2	70	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	66	1	53	38	- 36
War	67	1	57	25	- 24
Pertussis	68	1	52	40	- 39
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	61	18	- 18
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	64	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	63	8	- 8
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	56	26	- 26
Measles	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	83	0	76	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

Belgium

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.