TUNISIA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,259	1	20,658	+ 3,601
Stroke	2	11,784	2	8,509	+ 3,275
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	9,410	7	1,912	+ 7,498
Lung Cancers	4	6,576	8	1,849	+ 4,727
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	6,418	5	2,507	+ 3,911
Lung Disease	6	6,035	10	1,754	+ 4,281
Hypertension	7	3,811	3	2,824	+ 987
Prostate Cancer	8	3,698	23	417	+ 3,281
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	3,250	13	971	+ 2,278
Falls	10	3,087	21	445	+ 2,643
Liver Disease	11	2,058	11	1,313	+ 745
Other Injuries	12	2,054	27	372	+ 1,682
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,968	9	1,773	+ 195
Kidney Disease	14	1,868	4	2,574	- 706
Breast Cancer	15	1,838	15	781	+ 1,057
Suicide	16	1,799	26	383	+ 1,417
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,271	30	298	+ 973
Lymphomas	18	1,197	18	616	+ 581
Road Traffic Accidents	19	1,107	6	1,928	- 822
Stomach Cancer	20	1,089	19	583	+ 506
Pancreas Cancer	21	994	28	361	+ 633
Oesophagus Cancer	22	966	44	109	+ 857
Oral Cancer	23	963	35	232	+ 731
Liver Cancer	24	896	29	360	+ 536
Other Neoplasms	25	844	59	24	+ 821
Bladder Cancer	26	807	17	654	+ 153
Parkinson's Disease	27	759	20	469	+ 290
Alcohol	28	742	55	31	+ 711
Cervical Cancer	29	731	38	201	+ 530
Leukemia	30	696	25	385	+ 311
Uterin Cancer	31	662	50	46	+ 615
Violence	32	641	24	410	+ 232
Skin Cancers	33	565	36	214	+ 351
HIV/AIDS	34	518	32	261	+ 257
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	461	33	237	+ 224
Endocrine Disorders	36	453	31	285	+ 168
Congenital Anomalies	37	404	12	980	- 576
Osteoarthritis	38	359	81	0	+ 359
Ovary Cancer	39	355	39	192	+ 163
Asthma	40	331	16	665	- 334
Skin Disease	41	284	51	41	+ 243
Drownings	42	253	43	122	+ 132
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	227	40	184	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	178	42	123	+ 54
Hepatitis C	45	123	65	1	+ 122
Epilepsy	46	119	45	101	+ 18
Appendicitis	47	114	58	25	+ 90
Low Birth Weight	48	108	14	924	- 816
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	95	62	9	+ 86
Meningitis	50	91	46	86	+ 5
Drug Use	51	90	34	235	- 146
Anemia	52	85	85	0	+ 85
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	83	80	0	+ 83
Schizophrenia	54	75	84	0	+ 75
Malnutrition	55	70	60	24	+ 46
Hepatitis B	56	65	49	70	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	57	61	54	33	+ 27
Fires	58	60	37	202	- 142
Birth Trauma	59	53	22	436	- 382
Tuberculosis	60	49	41	136	- 87
Maternal Conditions	61	48	47	83	- 36
Poisonings	62	19	48	81	- 62
Otitis Media	63	12	70	0	+ 12
Oral conditions	64	7	82	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	65	6	66	1	+ 6
Encephalitis	66	6	53	38	- 31
Leprosy	67	2	71	0	+ 2
War	68	1	57	25	- 24
Syphilis	69	1	61	18	- 17
Ascariasis	70	1	67	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	56	26	- 25
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	52	40	- 40
Dengue	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	63	8	- 8
Malaria	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	64	3	- 3
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Cuba

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.