TUNISIA VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,636	1	20,658	- 9,022
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	9,763	5	2,507	+ 7,255
Lung Disease	3	5,955	10	1,754	+ 4,201
Stroke	4	5,413	2	8,509	- 3,096
Lung Cancers	5	5,073	8	1,849	+ 3,224
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,929	7	1,912	+ 2,017
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,907	13	971	+ 2,936
Prostate Cancer	8	2,563	23	417	+ 2,147
Falls	9	1,700	21	445	+ 1,256
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,684	28	361	+ 1,323
Breast Cancer	11	1,526	15	781	+ 745
Lymphomas	12	1,412	18	616	+ 795
Suicide	13	1,385	26	383	+ 1,002
Kidney Disease	14	1,336	4	2,574	- 1,238
Other Injuries	15	1,275	27	372	+ 903
Diabetes Mellitus	16	1,224	9	1,773	- 549
Parkinson's Disease	17	1,212	20	469	+ 743
Skin Cancers	18	891	36	214	+ 677
Endocrine Disorders	19	785	31	285	+ 499
Bladder Cancer	20	779	17	654	+ 125
Leukemia	21	774	25	385	+ 388
Stomach Cancer	22	751	19	583	+ 168
Other Neoplasms	23	709	59	24	+ 686
Ovary Cancer	24	676	39	192	+ 483
Drug Use	25	576	34	235	+ 341
Liver Cancer	26	567	29	360	+ 207
Oesophagus Cancer	27	542	44	109	+ 433
Hypertension	28	503	3	2,824	- 2,321
Inflammatory/Heart	29	483	30	298	+ 185
Liver Disease	30	467	11	1,313	- 846
Alcohol	31	447	55	31	+ 416
Oral Cancer	32	367	35	232	+ 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	349	33	237	+ 112
Congenital Anomalies	34	298	12	980	- 682
Malnutrition	35	295	60	24	+ 272
Uterin Cancer	36	293	50	46	+ 247
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	280	40	184	+ 95
Skin Disease	38	279	51	41	+ 238
Cervical Cancer	39	273	38	201	+ 72
Epilepsy	40	261	45	101	+ 160
Multiple Sclerosis	41	260	54	33	+ 227
Road Traffic Accidents	42	250	6	1,928	- 1,679
Asthma	43	185	16	665	- 480
Anemia	44	163	85	0	+ 163
Drownings	45	141	43	122	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	134	42	123	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	132	62	9	+ 123
Fires	48	98	37	202	- 105
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	71	80	0	+ 71
Violence	50	70	24	410	- 340
Osteoarthritis	51	60	81	0	+ 60
Low Birth Weight	52	51	14	924	- 873
Schizophrenia	53	50	84	0	+ 50
Birth Trauma	54	38	22	436	- 398
Hepatitis C	55	37	65	1	+ 36
Tuberculosis	56	33	41	136	- 104
Poisonings	57	31	48	81	- 50
Meningitis	58	30	46	86	- 56
Appendicitis	59	26	58	25	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	60	25	66	1	+ 25
HIV/AIDS	61	23	32	261	- 238
Oral conditions	62	19	82	0	+ 19
Hepatitis B	63	7	49	70	- 62
Pertussis	64	3	52	40	- 37
Otitis Media	65	3	70	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	66	2	47	83	- 81
Syphilis	67	2	61	18	- 16
War	68	1	57	25	- 24
Tetanus	69	1	56	26	- 25
Encephalitis	70	0	53	38	- 37
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	77	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	64	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	63	8	- 8
Malaria	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Norway

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.