TUNISIA VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,895	1	20,658	- 8,763
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,077	5	2,507	+ 4,570
Stroke	3	5,552	2	8,509	- 2,957
Lung Cancers	4	4,373	8	1,849	+ 2,524
Lung Disease	5	4,237	10	1,754	+ 2,483
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,489	13	971	+ 2,518
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,148	7	1,912	+ 236
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,794	9	1,773	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	9	1,725	23	417	+ 1,308
Breast Cancer	10	1,720	15	781	+ 939
Falls	11	1,463	21	445	+ 1,018
Skin Cancers	12	1,428	36	214	+ 1,214
Lymphomas	13	1,420	18	616	+ 803
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,267	28	361	+ 906
Suicide	15	1,233	26	383	+ 851
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,069	6	1,928	- 859
Kidney Disease	17	1,008	4	2,574	- 1,566
Leukemia	18	913	25	385	+ 528
Parkinson's Disease	19	824	20	469	+ 355
Hypertension	20	763	3	2,824	- 2,061
Endocrine Disorders	21	758	31	285	+ 472
Stomach Cancer	22	754	19	583	+ 171
Inflammatory/Heart	23	731	30	298	+ 432
Liver Cancer	24	672	29	360	+ 312
Oesophagus Cancer	25	651	44	109	+ 542
Bladder Cancer	26	623	17	654	- 31
Other Neoplasms	27	572	59	24	+ 548
Other Injuries	28	509	27	372	+ 137
Ovary Cancer	29	483	39	192	+ 291
Congenital Anomalies	30	410	12	980	- 571
Oral Cancer	31	382	35	232	+ 150
Liver Disease	32	368	11	1,313	- 945
Uterin Cancer	33	337	50	46	+ 291
Skin Disease	34	275	51	41	+ 234
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	263	42	123	+ 140
Asthma	36	212	16	665	- 454
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	189	40	184	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	38	183	14	924	- 741
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	164	33	237	- 73
Drug Use	40	161	34	235	- 74
Cervical Cancer	41	142	38	201	- 60
Violence	42	134	24	410	- 276
Epilepsy	43	128	45	101	+ 27
Drownings	44	127	43	122	+ 5
Alcohol	45	120	55	31	+ 89
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	110	62	9	+ 101
Multiple Sclerosis	47	101	54	33	+ 68
Hepatitis C	48	69	65	1	+ 68
Osteoarthritis	49	56	81	0	+ 56
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	52	80	0	+ 52
Anemia	51	41	85	0	+ 41
Tuberculosis	52	40	41	136	- 96
Fires	53	39	37	202	- 163
Birth Trauma	54	34	22	436	- 402
Malnutrition	55	33	60	24	+ 9
Hepatitis B	56	32	49	70	- 37
HIV/AIDS	57	24	32	261	- 237
Poisonings	58	22	48	81	- 59
Meningitis	59	21	46	86	- 65
Schizophrenia	60	19	84	0	+ 19
Oral conditions	61	18	82	0	+ 18
Appendicitis	62	14	58	25	- 11
Maternal Conditions	63	11	47	83	- 72
Upper Respiratory	64	9	66	1	+ 8
Pertussis	65	2	52	40	- 38
Encephalitis	66	2	53	38	- 36
Otitis Media	67	2	70	0	+ 2
War	68	1	57	25	- 24
Tetanus	69	1	56	26	- 25
Syphilis	70	1	61	18	- 17
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	63	8	- 8
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	64	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	83	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

New Zealand

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.