TUNISIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,194	1	20,658	- 1,464
Stroke	2	12,379	2	8,509	+ 3,869
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	8,191	5	2,507	+ 5,684
Lung Cancers	4	6,750	8	1,849	+ 4,901
Lung Disease	5	6,400	10	1,754	+ 4,646
Hypertension	6	5,915	3	2,824	+ 3,092
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	4,200	13	971	+ 3,229
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,920	9	1,773	+ 2,148
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,229	7	1,912	+ 1,317
Breast Cancer	10	2,741	15	781	+ 1,960
Kidney Disease	11	2,515	4	2,574	- 59
Other Injuries	12	2,394	27	372	+ 2,022
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,390	28	361	+ 2,029
Stomach Cancer	14	2,026	19	583	+ 1,444
Other Neoplasms	15	1,973	59	24	+ 1,950
Lymphomas	16	1,911	18	616	+ 1,295
Liver Cancer	17	1,901	29	360	+ 1,542
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,666	31	285	+ 1,381
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,666	20	469	+ 1,197
Prostate Cancer	20	1,662	23	417	+ 1,245
Leukemia	21	1,330	25	385	+ 945
Bladder Cancer	22	1,326	17	654	+ 672
Liver Disease	23	1,099	11	1,313	- 214
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,093	30	298	+ 795
Falls	25	835	21	445	+ 390
Suicide	26	799	26	383	+ 416
Oral Cancer	27	661	35	232	+ 429
Ovary Cancer	28	649	39	192	+ 456
Skin Cancers	29	640	36	214	+ 426
Road Traffic Accidents	30	637	6	1,928	- 1,292
Hepatitis C	31	484	65	1	+ 483
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	438	42	123	+ 315
Uterin Cancer	33	434	50	46	+ 388
Oesophagus Cancer	34	404	44	109	+ 295
Anemia	35	331	85	0	+ 331
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	321	40	184	+ 136
Congenital Anomalies	37	285	12	980	- 695
Skin Disease	38	285	51	41	+ 244
Epilepsy	39	264	45	101	+ 163
Cervical Cancer	40	228	38	201	+ 27
Malnutrition	41	153	60	24	+ 130
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	139	62	9	+ 129
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	136	33	237	- 100
Multiple Sclerosis	44	134	54	33	+ 100
Drug Use	45	129	34	235	- 106
HIV/AIDS	46	103	32	261	- 158
Asthma	47	98	16	665	- 568
Osteoarthritis	48	95	81	0	+ 95
Schizophrenia	49	84	84	0	+ 84
Violence	50	81	24	410	- 329
Low Birth Weight	51	71	14	924	- 853
Drownings	52	68	43	122	- 54
Tuberculosis	53	66	41	136	- 70
Hepatitis B	54	66	49	70	- 4
Alcohol	55	55	55	31	+ 24
Fires	56	54	37	202	- 149
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	48	80	0	+ 48
Poisonings	58	30	48	81	- 50
Birth Trauma	59	28	22	436	- 408
Meningitis	60	25	46	86	- 61
Appendicitis	61	10	58	25	- 15
Oral conditions	62	9	82	0	+ 9
Tetanus	63	4	56	26	- 21
Upper Respiratory	64	4	66	1	+ 3
Otitis Media	65	3	70	0	+ 3
War	66	1	57	25	- 24
Maternal Conditions	67	1	47	83	- 82
Encephalitis	68	1	53	38	- 37
Syphilis	69	1	61	18	- 17
Leishmaniasis	70	1	64	3	- 3
Measles	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	52	40	- 40
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	63	8	- 8
Malaria	79	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Italy

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.