TUNISIA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,665	7	1,912	+ 3,752
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,089	1	20,658	- 15,569
Stroke	3	2,854	2	8,509	- 5,656
Kidney Disease	4	2,674	4	2,574	+ 100
Liver Disease	5	2,356	11	1,313	+ 1,043
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,148	5	2,507	- 360
Stomach Cancer	7	1,874	19	583	+ 1,292
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,640	9	1,773	- 133
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,631	6	1,928	- 297
Lung Cancers	10	1,171	8	1,849	- 678
Prostate Cancer	11	1,171	23	417	+ 754
Violence	12	1,114	24	410	+ 704
Other Injuries	13	1,063	27	372	+ 691
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	977	13	971	+ 5
Lung Disease	15	931	10	1,754	- 823
Liver Cancer	16	915	29	360	+ 555
Tuberculosis	17	879	41	136	+ 742
Lymphomas	18	833	18	616	+ 216
Congenital Anomalies	19	738	12	980	- 242
Breast Cancer	20	728	15	781	- 53
Cervical Cancer	21	711	38	201	+ 510
Leukemia	22	684	25	385	+ 299
Pancreas Cancer	23	594	28	361	+ 233
Low Birth Weight	24	545	14	924	- 379
Falls	25	475	21	445	+ 30
Parkinson's Disease	26	469	20	469	+ 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	410	40	184	+ 225
Hypertension	28	392	3	2,824	- 2,432
Malnutrition	29	372	60	24	+ 348
Suicide	30	334	26	383	- 49
HIV/AIDS	31	314	32	261	+ 53
Skin Cancers	32	290	36	214	+ 77
Ovary Cancer	33	264	39	192	+ 71
Drug Use	34	235	34	235	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	225	33	237	- 12
Drownings	36	216	43	122	+ 94
Birth Trauma	37	198	22	436	- 237
Oral Cancer	38	192	35	232	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	39	182	30	298	- 116
Endocrine Disorders	40	175	31	285	- 110
Bladder Cancer	41	171	17	654	- 483
Oesophagus Cancer	42	146	44	109	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	43	128	47	83	+ 44
Alcohol	44	119	55	31	+ 88
Uterin Cancer	45	112	50	46	+ 66
Encephalitis	46	104	53	38	+ 66
Epilepsy	47	97	45	101	- 4
Pertussis	48	96	52	40	+ 56
Fires	49	88	37	202	- 114
Asthma	50	77	16	665	- 588
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	73	42	123	- 50
Syphilis	52	67	61	18	+ 50
Appendicitis	53	63	58	25	+ 38
Skin Disease	54	58	51	41	+ 17
Poisonings	55	46	48	81	- 34
Meningitis	56	44	46	86	- 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	40	62	9	+ 31
Other Neoplasms	58	20	59	24	- 4
Chagas disease	59	18	72	0	+ 18
Tetanus	60	18	56	26	- 8
Malaria	61	13	73	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	62	13	54	33	- 21
Upper Respiratory	63	4	66	1	+ 4
Hepatitis B	64	4	49	70	- 66
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	1	+ 0
Dengue	66	1	76	0	+ 1
War	67	1	57	25	- 24
Chlamydia	68	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	67	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	64	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	77	0	63	8	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	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

Peru

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.