TUNISIA VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	17,385	2	8,509	+ 8,876
Coronary Heart Disease	2	15,074	1	20,658	- 5,584
Lung Disease	3	8,242	10	1,754	+ 6,488
Lung Cancers	4	6,078	8	1,849	+ 4,229
Stomach Cancer	5	3,390	19	583	+ 2,808
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,591	5	2,507	+ 83
Hypertension	7	2,563	3	2,824	- 261
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,130	6	1,928	+ 201
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,113	13	971	+ 1,142
Oesophagus Cancer	10	2,067	44	109	+ 1,958
Kidney Disease	11	1,636	4	2,574	- 938
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	1,560	7	1,912	- 352
Liver Cancer	13	1,540	29	360	+ 1,180
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,376	9	1,773	- 397
Liver Disease	15	1,239	11	1,313	- 74
Falls	16	1,182	21	445	+ 737
Suicide	17	990	26	383	+ 607
Pancreas Cancer	18	949	28	361	+ 588
Breast Cancer	19	789	15	781	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	20	602	20	469	+ 133
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	556	42	123	+ 433
Leukemia	22	495	25	385	+ 109
Lymphomas	23	492	18	616	- 124
Oral Cancer	24	465	35	232	+ 233
Other Injuries	25	460	27	372	+ 88
Drownings	26	449	43	122	+ 328
Cervical Cancer	27	439	38	201	+ 238
Prostate Cancer	28	434	23	417	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	29	322	17	654	- 332
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	321	33	237	+ 84
Congenital Anomalies	31	312	12	980	- 669
Tuberculosis	32	296	41	136	+ 160
Inflammatory/Heart	33	255	30	298	- 43
HIV/AIDS	34	245	32	261	- 16
Ovary Cancer	35	239	39	192	+ 47
Poisonings	36	219	48	81	+ 138
Endocrine Disorders	37	218	31	285	- 67
Drug Use	38	206	34	235	- 29
Asthma	39	197	16	665	- 468
Low Birth Weight	40	184	14	924	- 740
Skin Cancers	41	167	36	214	- 46
Alcohol	42	162	55	31	+ 131
Birth Trauma	43	150	22	436	- 286
Malnutrition	44	111	60	24	+ 87
Uterin Cancer	45	100	50	46	+ 54
Epilepsy	46	97	45	101	- 4
Violence	47	95	24	410	- 315
Fires	48	89	37	202	- 113
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	86	62	9	+ 77
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	74	40	184	- 110
Meningitis	51	49	46	86	- 37
Skin Disease	52	44	51	41	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	53	37	59	24	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	54	31	47	83	- 53
Encephalitis	55	24	53	38	- 14
Hepatitis B	56	23	49	70	- 46
Upper Respiratory	57	23	66	1	+ 22
Syphilis	58	16	61	18	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	15	54	33	- 19
Appendicitis	60	12	58	25	- 12
War	61	8	57	25	- 17
Measles	62	5	78	0	+ 5
Tetanus	63	4	56	26	- 21
Pertussis	64	4	52	40	- 36
Schistosomiasis	65	3	63	8	- 5
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	64	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

China

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.