TUNISIA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	14,352	32	261	+ 14,091
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,842	7	1,912	+ 5,930
Coronary Heart Disease	3	6,526	1	20,658	- 14,132
Stroke	4	6,119	2	8,509	- 2,391
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,018	9	1,773	+ 4,245
Tuberculosis	6	4,379	41	136	+ 4,242
Violence	7	4,186	24	410	+ 3,777
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	3,158	40	184	+ 2,974
Kidney Disease	9	3,050	4	2,574	+ 476
Suicide	10	2,746	26	383	+ 2,363
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,594	6	1,928	+ 666
Hypertension	12	2,549	3	2,824	- 275
Lung Disease	13	2,371	10	1,754	+ 618
Liver Disease	14	1,797	11	1,313	+ 484
Lung Cancers	15	1,536	8	1,849	- 313
Low Birth Weight	16	1,246	14	924	+ 322
Other Injuries	17	1,199	27	372	+ 827
Asthma	18	1,189	16	665	+ 524
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,174	31	285	+ 889
Cervical Cancer	20	1,107	38	201	+ 906
Inflammatory/Heart	21	1,078	30	298	+ 780
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	932	5	2,507	- 1,575
Breast Cancer	23	904	15	781	+ 123
Prostate Cancer	24	872	23	417	+ 455
Congenital Anomalies	25	867	12	980	- 113
Meningitis	26	730	46	86	+ 644
Fires	27	721	37	202	+ 519
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	715	13	971	- 256
Oesophagus Cancer	29	695	44	109	+ 586
Birth Trauma	30	599	22	436	+ 163
Lymphomas	31	562	18	616	- 55
Drownings	32	479	43	122	+ 357
Liver Cancer	33	475	29	360	+ 115
Malnutrition	34	475	60	24	+ 451
Pancreas Cancer	35	400	28	361	+ 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	378	33	237	+ 141
Epilepsy	37	373	45	101	+ 272
Maternal Conditions	38	339	47	83	+ 255
Stomach Cancer	39	306	19	583	- 277
Leukemia	40	292	25	385	- 94
Oral Cancer	41	280	35	232	+ 48
Falls	42	279	21	445	- 166
Pertussis	43	228	52	40	+ 188
Syphilis	44	225	61	18	+ 207
Skin Disease	45	220	51	41	+ 179
Parkinson's Disease	46	215	20	469	- 254
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	202	42	123	+ 79
Skin Cancers	48	198	36	214	- 16
Alcohol	49	197	55	31	+ 166
Poisonings	50	194	48	81	+ 114
Ovary Cancer	51	190	39	192	- 3
Bladder Cancer	52	165	17	654	- 489
Drug Use	53	153	34	235	- 82
Uterin Cancer	54	102	50	46	+ 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	75	62	9	+ 66
Appendicitis	56	55	58	25	+ 30
Measles	57	54	78	0	+ 54
Other Neoplasms	58	53	59	24	+ 29
Encephalitis	59	47	53	38	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	60	44	66	1	+ 44
Hepatitis B	61	28	49	70	- 42
Multiple Sclerosis	62	23	54	33	- 11
Malaria	63	16	73	0	+ 16
War	64	13	57	25	- 12
Tetanus	65	8	56	26	- 18
Schistosomiasis	66	7	63	8	- 1
Otitis Media	67	4	70	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	68	4	68	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	3	69	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	70	2	65	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	1	67	1	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	64	3	- 3
Chagas disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

South Africa

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.