TUNISIA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	10,549	7	1,912	+ 8,637
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	7,365	40	184	+ 7,181
Tuberculosis	3	6,481	41	136	+ 6,344
Malaria	4	5,138	73	0	+ 5,138
Birth Trauma	5	5,099	22	436	+ 4,663
Low Birth Weight	6	4,884	14	924	+ 3,960
Coronary Heart Disease	7	3,124	1	20,658	- 17,535
Stroke	8	2,939	2	8,509	- 5,571
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,529	12	980	+ 1,549
HIV/AIDS	10	2,246	32	261	+ 1,985
Meningitis	11	2,222	46	86	+ 2,136
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,122	6	1,928	+ 193
Liver Disease	13	1,951	11	1,313	+ 637
Measles	14	1,498	78	0	+ 1,498
Maternal Conditions	15	1,198	47	83	+ 1,115
Pertussis	16	1,185	52	40	+ 1,145
Other Injuries	17	1,155	27	372	+ 783
Diabetes Mellitus	18	1,145	9	1,773	- 628
Violence	19	937	24	410	+ 527
Kidney Disease	20	926	4	2,574	- 1,648
Endocrine Disorders	21	804	31	285	+ 519
Lung Disease	22	640	10	1,754	- 1,114
Breast Cancer	23	605	15	781	- 176
Hypertension	24	544	3	2,824	- 2,280
Cervical Cancer	25	538	38	201	+ 337
Tetanus	26	425	56	26	+ 400
Asthma	27	417	16	665	- 248
Falls	28	383	21	445	- 61
Fires	29	363	37	202	+ 161
Suicide	30	357	26	383	- 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	345	5	2,507	- 2,162
Drownings	32	335	43	122	+ 213
Poisonings	33	334	48	81	+ 253
Drug Use	34	319	34	235	+ 84
Prostate Cancer	35	301	23	417	- 116
Malnutrition	36	300	60	24	+ 276
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	298	33	237	+ 61
Syphilis	38	277	61	18	+ 260
Liver Cancer	39	269	29	360	- 91
Lymphomas	40	265	18	616	- 352
Epilepsy	41	255	45	101	+ 153
Inflammatory/Heart	42	246	30	298	- 52
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	211	13	971	- 760
Diphtheria	44	193	69	0	+ 193
War	45	165	57	25	+ 140
Parkinson's Disease	46	126	20	469	- 343
Leukemia	47	115	25	385	- 270
Oral Cancer	48	114	35	232	- 118
Ovary Cancer	49	109	39	192	- 84
Stomach Cancer	50	108	19	583	- 474
Pancreas Cancer	51	101	28	361	- 260
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	99	42	123	- 24
Skin Cancers	53	98	36	214	- 115
Schistosomiasis	54	77	63	8	+ 69
Hepatitis B	55	76	49	70	+ 6
Skin Disease	56	75	51	41	+ 34
Lung Cancers	57	66	8	1,849	- 1,783
Alcohol	58	52	55	31	+ 22
Encephalitis	59	48	53	38	+ 10
Appendicitis	60	39	58	25	+ 14
Ascariasis	61	35	67	1	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	62	35	50	46	- 11
Bladder Cancer	63	34	17	654	- 620
Oesophagus Cancer	64	29	44	109	- 80
Hepatitis C	65	15	65	1	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	66	15	59	24	- 9
Upper Respiratory	67	13	66	1	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	68	9	54	33	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	8	62	9	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	1	64	3	- 2
Chlamydia	71	1	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Nigeria

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.