TUNISIA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,375	1	20,658	+ 2,717
Diabetes Mellitus	2	14,846	9	1,773	+ 13,073
Stroke	3	14,409	2	8,509	+ 5,900
Kidney Disease	4	6,803	4	2,574	+ 4,229
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,264	7	1,912	+ 4,351
Lung Disease	6	4,987	10	1,754	+ 3,233
Suicide	7	3,885	26	383	+ 3,502
Hypertension	8	3,280	3	2,824	+ 456
Liver Disease	9	2,868	11	1,313	+ 1,555
Lung Cancers	10	2,774	8	1,849	+ 925
Drownings	11	2,083	43	122	+ 1,962
Breast Cancer	12	2,054	15	781	+ 1,273
Asthma	13	1,924	16	665	+ 1,259
Low Birth Weight	14	1,811	14	924	+ 887
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,660	42	123	+ 1,537
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	1,624	40	184	+ 1,440
Other Injuries	17	1,610	27	372	+ 1,238
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,606	12	980	+ 626
Tuberculosis	19	1,514	41	136	+ 1,377
Stomach Cancer	20	1,420	19	583	+ 838
Birth Trauma	21	1,309	22	436	+ 873
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,020	13	971	+ 48
Cervical Cancer	23	1,007	38	201	+ 806
Liver Cancer	24	987	29	360	+ 627
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	800	33	237	+ 564
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	789	5	2,507	- 1,719
Falls	27	744	21	445	+ 299
Inflammatory/Heart	28	729	30	298	+ 431
Prostate Cancer	29	666	23	417	+ 250
Endocrine Disorders	30	642	31	285	+ 356
Violence	31	637	24	410	+ 228
Leukemia	32	608	25	385	+ 222
Parkinson's Disease	33	565	20	469	+ 96
Maternal Conditions	34	443	47	83	+ 360
Pancreas Cancer	35	439	28	361	+ 78
Lymphomas	36	435	18	616	- 181
Pertussis	37	426	52	40	+ 386
Oral Cancer	38	408	35	232	+ 176
Meningitis	39	386	46	86	+ 300
Syphilis	40	365	61	18	+ 348
Uterin Cancer	41	346	50	46	+ 300
Skin Disease	42	331	51	41	+ 291
Epilepsy	43	330	45	101	+ 229
Malnutrition	44	321	60	24	+ 298
Ovary Cancer	45	279	39	192	+ 87
Alcohol	46	275	55	31	+ 244
Oesophagus Cancer	47	264	44	109	+ 155
Fires	48	244	37	202	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	49	189	17	654	- 465
Poisonings	50	123	48	81	+ 42
Skin Cancers	51	110	36	214	- 104
Drug Use	52	75	34	235	- 161
Encephalitis	53	72	53	38	+ 34
Appendicitis	54	54	58	25	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	55	45	59	24	+ 21
Measles	56	42	78	0	+ 42
Hepatitis B	57	36	49	70	- 33
Road Traffic Accidents	58	22	6	1,928	- 1,906
Tetanus	59	20	56	26	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	18	62	9	+ 9
Dengue	61	17	76	0	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	62	17	54	33	- 17
Hepatitis C	63	4	65	1	+ 3
Diphtheria	64	4	69	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	65	4	67	1	+ 3
War	66	2	57	25	- 23
Chlamydia	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	32	261	- 261
Leishmaniasis	75	0	64	3	- 3
Chagas disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	63	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Micronesia

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.