TUNISIA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	8,910	32	261	+ 8,649
Tuberculosis	2	5,495	41	136	+ 5,359
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,090	7	1,912	+ 3,178
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,929	1	20,658	- 15,729
Stroke	5	4,479	2	8,509	- 4,031
Malaria	6	3,907	73	0	+ 3,907
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,158	6	1,928	+ 1,230
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,577	40	184	+ 2,393
Low Birth Weight	9	2,535	14	924	+ 1,611
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,074	9	1,773	+ 301
Birth Trauma	11	1,971	22	436	+ 1,535
Hypertension	12	1,843	3	2,824	- 981
Liver Disease	13	1,839	11	1,313	+ 526
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,440	12	980	+ 460
Kidney Disease	15	1,211	4	2,574	- 1,363
Maternal Conditions	16	1,141	47	83	+ 1,058
Lung Disease	17	1,069	10	1,754	- 685
Violence	18	1,065	24	410	+ 655
Suicide	19	689	26	383	+ 306
Other Injuries	20	658	27	372	+ 286
Pertussis	21	650	52	40	+ 610
Meningitis	22	591	46	86	+ 505
Asthma	23	575	16	665	- 91
Malnutrition	24	537	60	24	+ 513
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	455	5	2,507	- 2,052
Inflammatory/Heart	26	434	30	298	+ 136
Endocrine Disorders	27	411	31	285	+ 125
Prostate Cancer	28	391	23	417	- 26
Cervical Cancer	29	388	38	201	+ 186
Liver Cancer	30	335	29	360	- 25
Measles	31	315	78	0	+ 315
Breast Cancer	32	314	15	781	- 467
Falls	33	294	21	445	- 151
Syphilis	34	211	61	18	+ 193
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	208	33	237	- 29
Drownings	36	205	43	122	+ 83
Fires	37	178	37	202	- 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	175	13	971	- 796
Stomach Cancer	39	174	19	583	- 409
Epilepsy	40	150	45	101	+ 49
Poisonings	41	139	48	81	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	42	136	20	469	- 333
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	132	42	123	+ 8
Drug Use	44	129	34	235	- 106
Lymphomas	45	121	18	616	- 496
Leukemia	46	114	25	385	- 272
Lung Cancers	47	106	8	1,849	- 1,743
Ovary Cancer	48	98	39	192	- 95
Alcohol	49	91	55	31	+ 60
Skin Disease	50	90	51	41	+ 50
Schistosomiasis	51	88	63	8	+ 81
Pancreas Cancer	52	83	28	361	- 278
Skin Cancers	53	71	36	214	- 143
Oral Cancer	54	65	35	232	- 167
Tetanus	55	46	56	26	+ 20
Encephalitis	56	39	53	38	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	57	38	44	109	- 70
Appendicitis	58	37	58	25	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	29	62	9	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	60	29	50	46	- 17
Bladder Cancer	61	29	17	654	- 625
Hepatitis B	62	29	49	70	- 41
Other Neoplasms	63	15	59	24	- 9
Upper Respiratory	64	13	66	1	+ 13
Trypanosomiasis	65	13	74	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	66	7	54	33	- 26
Hepatitis C	67	5	65	1	+ 4
Diphtheria	68	4	69	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	69	2	67	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	2	68	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	1	70	0	+ 1
War	72	1	57	25	- 24
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	64	3	- 3
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Congo

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.