TUNISIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,669	7	1,912	+ 2,757
Stroke	2	4,475	2	8,509	- 4,034
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,289	6	1,928	+ 1,360
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,189	1	20,658	- 17,469
Malaria	5	2,917	73	0	+ 2,917
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,761	40	184	+ 2,576
HIV/AIDS	7	2,499	32	261	+ 2,238
Liver Disease	8	2,254	11	1,313	+ 940
Low Birth Weight	9	1,939	14	924	+ 1,016
Birth Trauma	10	1,670	22	436	+ 1,234
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,644	9	1,773	- 129
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,572	12	980	+ 591
Lung Disease	13	1,375	10	1,754	- 379
Hypertension	14	1,200	3	2,824	- 1,623
Kidney Disease	15	1,066	4	2,574	- 1,508
Malnutrition	16	1,033	60	24	+ 1,009
Other Injuries	17	835	27	372	+ 463
Cervical Cancer	18	832	38	201	+ 630
Meningitis	19	749	46	86	+ 664
Stomach Cancer	20	690	19	583	+ 107
Maternal Conditions	21	639	47	83	+ 556
Asthma	22	634	16	665	- 31
Liver Cancer	23	625	29	360	+ 265
Suicide	24	622	26	383	+ 239
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	581	5	2,507	- 1,926
Tuberculosis	26	553	41	136	+ 416
Breast Cancer	27	530	15	781	- 251
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	523	13	971	- 449
Violence	29	485	24	410	+ 75
Lymphomas	30	398	18	616	- 219
Falls	31	365	21	445	- 80
Prostate Cancer	32	350	23	417	- 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	320	33	237	+ 84
Inflammatory/Heart	34	307	30	298	+ 9
Leukemia	35	280	25	385	- 105
Drownings	36	252	43	122	+ 130
Oral Cancer	37	241	35	232	+ 9
Fires	38	239	37	202	+ 36
Lung Cancers	39	207	8	1,849	- 1,642
Poisonings	40	195	48	81	+ 114
Endocrine Disorders	41	194	31	285	- 91
Pertussis	42	193	52	40	+ 152
Pancreas Cancer	43	189	28	361	- 172
Oesophagus Cancer	44	188	44	109	+ 80
Epilepsy	45	169	45	101	+ 68
Syphilis	46	153	61	18	+ 135
Parkinson's Disease	47	129	20	469	- 340
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	120	42	123	- 3
Alcohol	49	111	55	31	+ 80
Skin Cancers	50	100	36	214	- 114
Schistosomiasis	51	98	63	8	+ 90
Skin Disease	52	91	51	41	+ 50
Ovary Cancer	53	81	39	192	- 111
Appendicitis	54	62	58	25	+ 37
Hepatitis B	55	60	49	70	- 9
Uterin Cancer	56	52	50	46	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	57	52	66	1	+ 51
Tetanus	58	47	56	26	+ 21
Measles	59	46	78	0	+ 46
Drug Use	60	39	34	235	- 196
Encephalitis	61	34	53	38	- 3
Bladder Cancer	62	31	17	654	- 623
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	20	62	9	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	64	14	59	24	- 9
Hepatitis C	65	11	65	1	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	54	33	- 27
Ascariasis	67	4	67	1	+ 4
Otitis Media	68	3	70	0	+ 3
War	69	2	57	25	- 23
Chlamydia	70	2	68	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	64	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Rwanda

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.