TUNISIA VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,171	1	20,658	- 7,487
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	10,789	5	2,507	+ 8,282
Stroke	3	7,391	2	8,509	- 1,118
Lung Cancers	4	5,640	8	1,849	+ 3,791
Lung Disease	5	4,823	10	1,754	+ 3,070
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,321	13	971	+ 3,350
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,496	7	1,912	+ 1,583
Kidney Disease	8	2,478	4	2,574	- 96
Hypertension	9	2,323	3	2,824	- 501
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,981	9	1,773	+ 208
Breast Cancer	11	1,801	15	781	+ 1,020
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,721	28	361	+ 1,360
Prostate Cancer	13	1,636	23	417	+ 1,219
Stomach Cancer	14	1,477	19	583	+ 894
Other Injuries	15	1,411	27	372	+ 1,039
Lymphomas	16	1,359	18	616	+ 743
Bladder Cancer	17	1,331	17	654	+ 677
Liver Cancer	18	1,299	29	360	+ 940
Inflammatory/Heart	19	1,270	30	298	+ 972
Parkinson's Disease	20	1,260	20	469	+ 791
Endocrine Disorders	21	1,239	31	285	+ 954
Other Neoplasms	22	1,210	59	24	+ 1,186
Liver Disease	23	1,078	11	1,313	- 235
Leukemia	24	961	25	385	+ 576
Suicide	25	920	26	383	+ 537
Falls	26	827	21	445	+ 383
Oral Cancer	27	658	35	232	+ 426
Ovary Cancer	28	516	39	192	+ 324
Oesophagus Cancer	29	513	44	109	+ 404
Skin Disease	30	469	51	41	+ 428
Road Traffic Accidents	31	466	6	1,928	- 1,462
Skin Cancers	32	459	36	214	+ 246
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	411	42	123	+ 288
Uterin Cancer	34	411	50	46	+ 365
Asthma	35	289	16	665	- 377
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	271	40	184	+ 87
Anemia	37	233	85	0	+ 233
Congenital Anomalies	38	220	12	980	- 760
Cervical Cancer	39	218	38	201	+ 16
Epilepsy	40	210	45	101	+ 109
Drug Use	41	198	34	235	- 38
Hepatitis C	42	166	65	1	+ 165
HIV/AIDS	43	137	32	261	- 124
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	121	33	237	- 116
Drownings	45	114	43	122	- 8
Alcohol	46	85	55	31	+ 54
Malnutrition	47	77	60	24	+ 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	75	62	9	+ 66
Multiple Sclerosis	49	73	54	33	+ 40
Tuberculosis	50	69	41	136	- 67
Violence	51	67	24	410	- 343
Low Birth Weight	52	64	14	924	- 859
Osteoarthritis	53	54	81	0	+ 54
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	52	80	0	+ 52
Fires	55	47	37	202	- 155
Schizophrenia	56	46	84	0	+ 46
Poisonings	57	43	48	81	- 38
Hepatitis B	58	41	49	70	- 28
Meningitis	59	33	46	86	- 53
Birth Trauma	60	29	22	436	- 407
Appendicitis	61	20	58	25	- 4
Upper Respiratory	62	12	66	1	+ 11
Oral conditions	63	11	82	0	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	64	3	47	83	- 80
Leishmaniasis	65	3	64	3	- 1
Otitis Media	66	2	70	0	+ 2
Syphilis	67	2	61	18	- 16
War	68	1	57	25	- 23
Iodine Deficiency	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	1	53	38	- 37
Chagas disease	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	72	0	56	26	- 25
Pertussis	73	0	52	40	- 40
Schistosomiasis	74	0	63	8	- 8
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	67	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Spain

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.