TUNISIA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,236	1	20,658	- 15,422
Stroke	2	3,136	2	8,509	- 5,373
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,851	6	1,928	- 77
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,816	9	1,773	+ 43
Hypertension	5	1,652	3	2,824	- 1,172
Kidney Disease	6	1,611	4	2,574	- 963
Lung Cancers	7	1,142	8	1,849	- 708
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,011	7	1,912	- 901
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,007	12	980	+ 27
Low Birth Weight	10	924	14	924	+ 0
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	762	5	2,507	- 1,746
Breast Cancer	12	740	15	781	- 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	665	13	971	- 307
Liver Disease	14	532	11	1,313	- 781
Lung Disease	15	479	10	1,754	- 1,275
Leukemia	16	399	25	385	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	17	394	19	583	- 189
Lymphomas	18	349	18	616	- 268
Other Injuries	19	317	27	372	- 55
Birth Trauma	20	292	22	436	- 144
Violence	21	290	24	410	- 119
Pancreas Cancer	22	265	28	361	- 96
Bladder Cancer	23	229	17	654	- 425
Falls	24	205	21	445	- 239
Liver Cancer	25	200	29	360	- 159
Endocrine Disorders	26	194	31	285	- 91
Parkinson's Disease	27	182	20	469	- 287
Suicide	28	178	26	383	- 205
Fires	29	165	37	202	- 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	164	40	184	- 20
Oral Cancer	31	154	35	232	- 78
Ovary Cancer	32	150	39	192	- 42
Prostate Cancer	33	141	23	417	- 276
Drug Use	34	124	34	235	- 112
Asthma	35	123	16	665	- 542
Drownings	36	115	43	122	- 6
Meningitis	37	84	46	86	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	38	80	30	298	- 218
Uterin Cancer	39	80	50	46	+ 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	72	33	237	- 165
Cervical Cancer	41	69	38	201	- 133
Oesophagus Cancer	42	68	44	109	- 41
Pertussis	43	59	52	40	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	44	57	47	83	- 27
Syphilis	45	56	61	18	+ 38
Epilepsy	46	53	45	101	- 48
Poisonings	47	50	48	81	- 31
Skin Disease	48	46	51	41	+ 5
Skin Cancers	49	41	36	214	- 173
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	24	42	123	- 99
Malnutrition	51	16	60	24	- 7
Encephalitis	52	15	53	38	- 23
Tuberculosis	53	13	41	136	- 123
Multiple Sclerosis	54	13	54	33	- 21
Alcohol	55	11	55	31	- 20
Tetanus	56	11	56	26	- 14
Other Neoplasms	57	10	59	24	- 14
Appendicitis	58	8	58	25	- 16
War	59	7	57	25	- 18
Hepatitis B	60	5	49	70	- 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	4	62	9	- 5
Schistosomiasis	62	3	63	8	- 5
HIV/AIDS	63	2	32	261	- 259
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	1	+ 0
Measles	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	64	3	- 3
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	67	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

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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.