TUNISIA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,831	1	20,658	- 1,827
Liver Disease	2	6,512	11	1,313	+ 5,199
Stroke	3	4,748	2	8,509	- 3,761
Liver Cancer	4	2,655	29	360	+ 2,295
Hypertension	5	2,285	3	2,824	- 539
Kidney Disease	6	2,284	4	2,574	- 290
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,241	7	1,912	+ 329
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,072	9	1,773	+ 299
Lung Disease	9	1,451	10	1,754	- 303
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,317	12	980	+ 337
Low Birth Weight	11	1,234	14	924	+ 310
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,098	6	1,928	- 830
Breast Cancer	13	994	15	781	+ 213
Lymphomas	14	816	18	616	+ 200
Asthma	15	769	16	665	+ 104
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	755	5	2,507	- 1,752
Birth Trauma	17	662	22	436	+ 226
Lung Cancers	18	615	8	1,849	- 1,234
Bladder Cancer	19	556	17	654	- 98
Violence	20	451	24	410	+ 42
Other Injuries	21	414	27	372	+ 42
Leukemia	22	408	25	385	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	400	40	184	+ 216
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	334	13	971	- 638
Suicide	25	327	26	383	- 56
Pancreas Cancer	26	315	28	361	- 46
Inflammatory/Heart	27	270	30	298	- 28
Parkinson's Disease	28	259	20	469	- 210
Endocrine Disorders	29	257	31	285	- 28
Falls	30	219	21	445	- 226
Ovary Cancer	31	210	39	192	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	32	200	19	583	- 383
Fires	33	170	37	202	- 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	145	33	237	- 92
Prostate Cancer	35	139	23	417	- 278
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	135	42	123	+ 12
Drownings	37	122	43	122	- 0
Encephalitis	38	113	53	38	+ 76
Skin Cancers	39	110	36	214	- 104
Hepatitis B	40	107	49	70	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	41	103	44	109	- 6
Pertussis	42	98	52	40	+ 58
Meningitis	43	90	46	86	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	44	86	47	83	+ 3
Oral Cancer	45	86	35	232	- 146
Malnutrition	46	82	60	24	+ 59
War	47	77	57	25	+ 52
Cervical Cancer	48	68	38	201	- 134
Tetanus	49	59	56	26	+ 33
Epilepsy	50	49	45	101	- 52
Tuberculosis	51	47	41	136	- 90
Uterin Cancer	52	46	50	46	- 0
HIV/AIDS	53	43	32	261	- 218
Schistosomiasis	54	24	63	8	+ 16
Skin Disease	55	24	51	41	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	56	23	54	33	- 10
Poisonings	57	21	48	81	- 60
Syphilis	58	17	61	18	- 1
Appendicitis	59	15	58	25	- 9
Alcohol	60	15	55	31	- 16
Other Neoplasms	61	13	59	24	- 11
Drug Use	62	13	34	235	- 223
Hepatitis C	63	10	65	1	+ 9
Measles	64	5	78	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	62	9	- 6
Leishmaniasis	66	1	64	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	1	- 0
Dengue	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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

Egypt

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.