TUNISIA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,417	1	20,658	- 6,241
Diabetes Mellitus	2	6,830	9	1,773	+ 5,057
Lung Disease	3	5,183	10	1,754	+ 3,430
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	3,803	5	2,507	+ 1,296
Kidney Disease	5	3,759	4	2,574	+ 1,185
Stroke	6	3,730	2	8,509	- 4,780
Asthma	7	3,547	16	665	+ 2,881
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,805	7	1,912	+ 892
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,302	6	1,928	+ 373
Suicide	10	1,632	26	383	+ 1,249
Oral Cancer	11	1,586	35	232	+ 1,354
Lung Cancers	12	973	8	1,849	- 876
Oesophagus Cancer	13	846	44	109	+ 737
Other Injuries	14	838	27	372	+ 466
Breast Cancer	15	758	15	781	- 23
Stomach Cancer	16	724	19	583	+ 141
Liver Disease	17	714	11	1,313	- 599
Leukemia	18	633	25	385	+ 248
Liver Cancer	19	598	29	360	+ 238
Hypertension	20	578	3	2,824	- 2,245
Lymphomas	21	563	18	616	- 53
Congenital Anomalies	22	542	12	980	- 438
Falls	23	528	21	445	+ 84
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	500	13	971	- 472
Tuberculosis	25	422	41	136	+ 285
Cervical Cancer	26	418	38	201	+ 216
Drownings	27	400	43	122	+ 279
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	331	40	184	+ 147
Low Birth Weight	29	294	14	924	- 630
Prostate Cancer	30	278	23	417	- 139
Violence	31	274	24	410	- 136
Endocrine Disorders	32	253	31	285	- 32
Anemia	33	244	85	0	+ 244
Bladder Cancer	34	237	17	654	- 417
Inflammatory/Heart	35	233	30	298	- 65
Skin Disease	36	160	51	41	+ 120
Ovary Cancer	37	154	39	192	- 38
War	38	153	57	25	+ 128
Epilepsy	39	148	45	101	+ 47
Drug Use	40	141	34	235	- 94
Fires	41	131	37	202	- 71
Uterin Cancer	42	119	50	46	+ 73
Pancreas Cancer	43	117	28	361	- 244
Birth Trauma	44	106	22	436	- 330
Parkinson's Disease	45	92	20	469	- 377
Meningitis	46	80	46	86	- 6
Dengue	47	72	76	0	+ 72
Maternal Conditions	48	53	47	83	- 31
Poisonings	49	51	48	81	- 30
Other Neoplasms	50	47	59	24	+ 23
Alcohol	51	45	55	31	+ 14
Skin Cancers	52	32	36	214	- 182
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	27	42	123	- 96
Malnutrition	54	24	60	24	+ 0
HIV/AIDS	55	22	32	261	- 239
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	21	33	237	- 216
Tetanus	57	15	56	26	- 10
Syphilis	58	8	61	18	- 10
Pertussis	59	8	52	40	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	6	62	9	- 3
Encephalitis	61	6	53	38	- 32
Hepatitis B	62	3	49	70	- 66
Leprosy	63	3	71	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	64	3	58	25	- 22
Schizophrenia	65	3	84	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	66	1	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	67	2	81	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	2	82	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	54	33	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	80	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	67	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	64	3	- 3
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	76	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	63	8	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Sri Lanka

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.