TUNISIA VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAPAN		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,030	1	20,658	- 4,629
Stroke	2	11,914	2	8,509	+ 3,405
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	10,552	7	1,912	+ 8,640
Lung Cancers	4	7,793	8	1,849	+ 5,944
Lung Disease	5	7,645	10	1,754	+ 5,891
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	5,608	13	971	+ 4,636
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	5,568	5	2,507	+ 3,061
Stomach Cancer	8	4,932	19	583	+ 4,350
Kidney Disease	9	4,379	4	2,574	+ 1,805
Pancreas Cancer	10	3,621	28	361	+ 3,260
Liver Cancer	11	2,874	29	360	+ 2,514
Other Injuries	12	2,158	27	372	+ 1,786
Suicide	13	1,904	26	383	+ 1,521
Lymphomas	14	1,885	18	616	+ 1,268
Breast Cancer	15	1,546	15	781	+ 765
Other Neoplasms	16	1,479	59	24	+ 1,455
Liver Disease	17	1,388	11	1,313	+ 75
Parkinson's Disease	18	1,370	20	469	+ 901
Prostate Cancer	19	1,322	23	417	+ 905
Oesophagus Cancer	20	1,204	44	109	+ 1,096
Endocrine Disorders	21	1,123	31	285	+ 838
Bladder Cancer	22	972	17	654	+ 318
Falls	23	952	21	445	+ 508
Leukemia	24	940	25	385	+ 554
Drownings	25	822	43	122	+ 701
Oral Cancer	26	815	35	232	+ 583
Inflammatory/Heart	27	805	30	298	+ 507
Hypertension	28	653	3	2,824	- 2,171
Diabetes Mellitus	29	531	9	1,773	- 1,241
Ovary Cancer	30	495	39	192	+ 303
Road Traffic Accidents	31	447	6	1,928	- 1,482
Cervical Cancer	32	372	38	201	+ 170
Uterin Cancer	33	338	50	46	+ 292
Tuberculosis	34	338	41	136	+ 202
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	286	33	237	+ 49
Skin Disease	36	274	51	41	+ 234
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	267	40	184	+ 83
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	256	62	9	+ 247
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	250	42	123	+ 127
Congenital Anomalies	40	242	12	980	- 739
Hepatitis C	41	217	65	1	+ 216
Asthma	42	188	16	665	- 477
Malnutrition	43	187	60	24	+ 163
Skin Cancers	44	180	36	214	- 34
Epilepsy	45	152	45	101	+ 51
Hepatitis B	46	139	49	70	+ 69
Schizophrenia	47	103	84	0	+ 103
Fires	48	98	37	202	- 104
Anemia	49	86	85	0	+ 86
Drug Use	50	72	34	235	- 164
Alcohol	51	56	55	31	+ 25
Meningitis	52	30	46	86	- 56
Violence	53	26	24	410	- 384
Poisonings	54	25	48	81	- 56
Low Birth Weight	55	20	14	924	- 904
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	17	80	0	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	57	16	66	1	+ 15
Appendicitis	58	12	58	25	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	59	11	54	33	- 23
Oral conditions	60	10	82	0	+ 10
Birth Trauma	61	10	22	436	- 426
Osteoarthritis	62	8	81	0	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	63	5	32	261	- 256
Maternal Conditions	64	4	47	83	- 80
Syphilis	65	2	61	18	- 16
War	66	1	57	25	- 23
Tetanus	67	1	56	26	- 25
Otitis Media	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	69	0	53	38	- 37
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	52	40	- 40
Schistosomiasis	72	0	63	8	- 8
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	64	3	- 3
Chagas disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Japan

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.