TUNISIA VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GREECE		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,331	1	20,658	+ 3,673
Stroke	2	16,214	2	8,509	+ 7,705
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	9,539	7	1,912	+ 7,627
Lung Cancers	4	8,472	8	1,849	+ 6,623
Lung Disease	5	6,365	10	1,754	+ 4,611
Kidney Disease	6	5,481	4	2,574	+ 2,907
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	4,538	5	2,507	+ 2,030
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	3,759	13	971	+ 2,787
Hypertension	9	3,366	3	2,824	+ 542
Parkinson's Disease	10	3,047	20	469	+ 2,578
Breast Cancer	11	2,903	15	781	+ 2,122
Prostate Cancer	12	2,330	23	417	+ 1,913
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,193	28	361	+ 1,832
Liver Cancer	14	1,803	29	360	+ 1,443
Bladder Cancer	15	1,786	17	654	+ 1,132
Stomach Cancer	16	1,768	19	583	+ 1,186
Other Injuries	17	1,674	27	372	+ 1,302
Leukemia	18	1,559	25	385	+ 1,174
Lymphomas	19	1,461	18	616	+ 844
Diabetes Mellitus	20	1,458	9	1,773	- 315
Falls	21	1,434	21	445	+ 989
Road Traffic Accidents	22	1,002	6	1,928	- 926
Liver Disease	23	932	11	1,313	- 381
Inflammatory/Heart	24	835	30	298	+ 537
Other Neoplasms	25	781	59	24	+ 758
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	703	33	237	+ 467
Ovary Cancer	27	642	39	192	+ 450
Suicide	28	613	26	383	+ 231
Endocrine Disorders	29	606	31	285	+ 320
Oral Cancer	30	507	35	232	+ 275
Skin Cancers	31	505	36	214	+ 291
Drownings	32	501	43	122	+ 380
Uterin Cancer	33	429	50	46	+ 383
Epilepsy	34	287	45	101	+ 186
Oesophagus Cancer	35	283	44	109	+ 174
Cervical Cancer	36	280	38	201	+ 79
Drug Use	37	223	34	235	- 13
Congenital Anomalies	38	201	12	980	- 780
Fires	39	169	37	202	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	40	156	54	33	+ 122
Low Birth Weight	41	146	14	924	- 777
Violence	42	120	24	410	- 290
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	115	42	123	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	109	40	184	- 75
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	77	62	9	+ 68
Tuberculosis	46	77	41	136	- 60
Skin Disease	47	65	51	41	+ 24
Hepatitis B	48	64	49	70	- 5
Alcohol	49	58	55	31	+ 27
HIV/AIDS	50	54	32	261	- 207
Anemia	51	54	85	0	+ 54
Hepatitis C	52	44	65	1	+ 43
Meningitis	53	38	46	86	- 47
Schizophrenia	54	32	84	0	+ 32
Asthma	55	32	16	665	- 634
Poisonings	56	22	48	81	- 59
Birth Trauma	57	19	22	436	- 416
Appendicitis	58	11	58	25	- 14
Upper Respiratory	59	9	66	1	+ 9
Leishmaniasis	60	4	64	3	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	3	47	83	- 81
Tetanus	62	2	56	26	- 24
Oral conditions	63	2	82	0	+ 2
War	64	1	57	25	- 24
Syphilis	65	1	61	18	- 17
Malnutrition	66	1	60	24	- 23
Encephalitis	67	1	53	38	- 37
Measles	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	52	40	- 40
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	67	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	63	8	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Greece

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.