TUNISIA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	LATVIA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	54,177	1	20,658	+ 33,519
Stroke	2	39,417	2	8,509	+ 30,907
Hypertension	3	7,985	3	2,824	+ 5,161
Lung Cancers	4	6,398	8	1,849	+ 4,549
Inflammatory/Heart	5	6,160	30	298	+ 5,862
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,830	13	971	+ 3,859
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	4,439	5	2,507	+ 1,932
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,541	9	1,773	+ 1,769
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,352	7	1,912	+ 1,440
Breast Cancer	10	3,160	15	781	+ 2,379
Stomach Cancer	11	3,141	19	583	+ 2,558
Prostate Cancer	12	3,104	23	417	+ 2,687
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,918	28	361	+ 2,557
Suicide	14	2,567	26	383	+ 2,184
Liver Disease	15	2,440	11	1,313	+ 1,127
Other Injuries	16	2,424	27	372	+ 2,052
Kidney Disease	17	2,384	4	2,574	- 190
Lung Disease	18	2,317	10	1,754	+ 563
Lymphomas	19	1,642	18	616	+ 1,025
Bladder Cancer	20	1,525	17	654	+ 871
Alcohol	21	1,521	55	31	+ 1,490
Oral Cancer	22	1,432	35	232	+ 1,200
Falls	23	1,347	21	445	+ 902
Ovary Cancer	24	1,314	39	192	+ 1,122
Leukemia	25	1,245	25	385	+ 860
Liver Cancer	26	1,048	29	360	+ 688
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,027	6	1,928	- 902
Other Neoplasms	28	1,021	59	24	+ 997
Uterin Cancer	29	988	50	46	+ 942
Skin Cancers	30	966	36	214	+ 752
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	949	33	237	+ 712
Oesophagus Cancer	32	877	44	109	+ 768
Cervical Cancer	33	854	38	201	+ 653
Drownings	34	848	43	122	+ 727
Parkinson's Disease	35	839	20	469	+ 370
Fires	36	691	37	202	+ 489
Violence	37	632	24	410	+ 222
Skin Disease	38	511	51	41	+ 471
HIV/AIDS	39	496	32	261	+ 235
Tuberculosis	40	477	41	136	+ 340
Endocrine Disorders	41	395	31	285	+ 110
Hepatitis C	42	354	65	1	+ 352
Congenital Anomalies	43	311	12	980	- 670
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	304	80	0	+ 304
Epilepsy	45	296	45	101	+ 195
Asthma	46	279	16	665	- 387
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	273	42	123	+ 150
Drug Use	48	273	34	235	+ 37
Poisonings	49	156	48	81	+ 75
Multiple Sclerosis	50	136	54	33	+ 102
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	133	62	9	+ 123
Meningitis	52	99	46	86	+ 13
Anemia	53	95	85	0	+ 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	91	40	184	- 93
Birth Trauma	55	78	22	436	- 358
Low Birth Weight	56	75	14	924	- 848
Schizophrenia	57	50	84	0	+ 50
Osteoarthritis	58	46	81	0	+ 46
Appendicitis	59	32	58	25	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	60	30	47	83	- 53
Oral conditions	61	24	82	0	+ 24
Upper Respiratory	62	24	66	1	+ 23
Hepatitis B	63	21	49	70	- 49
Malnutrition	64	13	60	24	- 11
Syphilis	65	9	61	18	- 9
Otitis Media	66	6	70	0	+ 6
Diphtheria	67	5	69	0	+ 5
War	68	1	57	25	- 24
Encephalitis	69	0	53	38	- 37
Pertussis	70	0	52	40	- 40
Tetanus	71	0	56	26	- 26
Measles	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	64	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	78	0	63	8	- 8
Malaria	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	67	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Latvia

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.