TUNISIA VS NETHERLANDS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NETHERLANDS		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	12,304	5	2,507	+ 9,796
Coronary Heart Disease	2	11,932	1	20,658	- 8,726
Lung Cancers	3	7,444	8	1,849	+ 5,594
Stroke	4	6,581	2	8,509	- 1,929
Lung Disease	5	6,486	10	1,754	+ 4,733
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,952	13	971	+ 2,981
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,353	7	1,912	+ 1,441
Falls	8	2,800	21	445	+ 2,356
Breast Cancer	9	2,396	15	781	+ 1,615
Prostate Cancer	10	2,214	23	417	+ 1,797
Pancreas Cancer	11	2,031	28	361	+ 1,670
Kidney Disease	12	1,715	4	2,574	- 859
Lymphomas	13	1,702	18	616	+ 1,086
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,618	9	1,773	- 155
Oesophagus Cancer	15	1,454	44	109	+ 1,345
Parkinson's Disease	16	1,437	20	469	+ 968
Suicide	17	1,373	26	383	+ 990
Other Neoplasms	18	1,241	59	24	+ 1,218
Other Injuries	19	1,117	27	372	+ 746
Leukemia	20	1,070	25	385	+ 685
Bladder Cancer	21	997	17	654	+ 344
Stomach Cancer	22	923	19	583	+ 340
Inflammatory/Heart	23	814	30	298	+ 516
Liver Cancer	24	788	29	360	+ 429
Ovary Cancer	25	723	39	192	+ 531
Endocrine Disorders	26	715	31	285	+ 430
Skin Cancers	27	694	36	214	+ 481
Liver Disease	28	634	11	1,313	- 679
Hypertension	29	555	3	2,824	- 2,269
Oral Cancer	30	520	35	232	+ 288
Road Traffic Accidents	31	462	6	1,928	- 1,467
Alcohol	32	415	55	31	+ 384
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	396	40	184	+ 212
Uterin Cancer	34	384	50	46	+ 338
Congenital Anomalies	35	369	12	980	- 612
Skin Disease	36	200	51	41	+ 159
Multiple Sclerosis	37	200	54	33	+ 166
Epilepsy	38	196	45	101	+ 95
Cervical Cancer	39	180	38	201	- 21
Anemia	40	169	85	0	+ 169
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	161	42	123	+ 38
Drug Use	42	156	34	235	- 79
Osteoarthritis	43	149	81	0	+ 149
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	145	62	9	+ 136
Low Birth Weight	45	114	14	924	- 810
Asthma	46	112	16	665	- 553
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	88	33	237	- 149
Violence	48	73	24	410	- 337
Drownings	49	66	43	122	- 55
Schizophrenia	50	65	84	0	+ 65
Meningitis	51	53	46	86	- 33
Birth Trauma	52	50	22	436	- 386
Fires	53	33	37	202	- 169
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	28	80	0	+ 28
HIV/AIDS	55	22	32	261	- 239
Tuberculosis	56	19	41	136	- 117
Upper Respiratory	57	19	66	1	+ 18
Appendicitis	58	17	58	25	- 7
Oral conditions	59	14	82	0	+ 14
Hepatitis C	60	14	65	1	+ 13
Poisonings	61	12	48	81	- 69
Hepatitis B	62	9	49	70	- 61
Malnutrition	63	8	60	24	- 15
Otitis Media	64	7	70	0	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	65	6	47	83	- 78
War	66	1	57	25	- 24
Pertussis	67	1	52	40	- 39
Encephalitis	68	1	53	38	- 37
Syphilis	69	0	61	18	- 17
Leishmaniasis	70	0	64	3	- 3
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	56	26	- 26
Measles	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	63	8	- 8
Chagas disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Netherlands

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.