TUNISIA VS SWEDEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWEDEN		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,221	1	20,658	- 3,437
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	12,421	5	2,507	+ 9,914
Stroke	3	6,866	2	8,509	- 1,643
Lung Disease	4	4,943	10	1,754	+ 3,189
Lung Cancers	5	4,235	8	1,849	+ 2,386
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,470	13	971	+ 2,498
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,025	7	1,912	+ 1,113
Prostate Cancer	8	2,983	23	417	+ 2,566
Pancreas Cancer	9	2,103	28	361	+ 1,742
Hypertension	10	2,092	3	2,824	- 732
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,087	9	1,773	+ 314
Kidney Disease	12	1,853	4	2,574	- 721
Breast Cancer	13	1,800	15	781	+ 1,019
Suicide	14	1,683	26	383	+ 1,300
Other Injuries	15	1,563	27	372	+ 1,191
Lymphomas	16	1,544	18	616	+ 927
Falls	17	1,262	21	445	+ 817
Other Neoplasms	18	1,179	59	24	+ 1,155
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,073	20	469	+ 604
Leukemia	20	939	25	385	+ 554
Bladder Cancer	21	865	17	654	+ 211
Liver Cancer	22	855	29	360	+ 496
Liver Disease	23	823	11	1,313	- 490
Endocrine Disorders	24	799	31	285	+ 513
Skin Cancers	25	740	36	214	+ 526
Stomach Cancer	26	697	19	583	+ 114
Ovary Cancer	27	629	39	192	+ 437
Inflammatory/Heart	28	622	30	298	+ 324
Oesophagus Cancer	29	612	44	109	+ 503
Drug Use	30	482	34	235	+ 246
Oral Cancer	31	432	35	232	+ 200
Alcohol	32	408	55	31	+ 377
Uterin Cancer	33	392	50	46	+ 346
Road Traffic Accidents	34	359	6	1,928	- 1,570
Congenital Anomalies	35	350	12	980	- 630
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	329	40	184	+ 145
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	315	33	237	+ 78
Cervical Cancer	38	259	38	201	+ 57
Skin Disease	39	250	51	41	+ 209
Anemia	40	199	85	0	+ 199
Multiple Sclerosis	41	194	54	33	+ 160
Asthma	42	180	16	665	- 485
Rheumatoid Arthritis	43	147	62	9	+ 137
Epilepsy	44	137	45	101	+ 36
Malnutrition	45	133	60	24	+ 110
Drownings	46	130	43	122	+ 9
Violence	47	128	24	410	- 281
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	126	42	123	+ 2
Fires	49	74	37	202	- 129
Schizophrenia	50	72	84	0	+ 72
Low Birth Weight	51	57	14	924	- 867
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	52	80	0	+ 52
Hepatitis C	53	50	65	1	+ 49
Meningitis	54	40	46	86	- 46
Birth Trauma	55	38	22	436	- 398
Tuberculosis	56	27	41	136	- 109
Osteoarthritis	57	27	81	0	+ 27
Upper Respiratory	58	22	66	1	+ 22
Appendicitis	59	21	58	25	- 4
Poisonings	60	20	48	81	- 61
HIV/AIDS	61	14	32	261	- 247
Hepatitis B	62	11	49	70	- 59
Oral conditions	63	9	82	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	64	6	47	83	- 78
War	65	2	57	25	- 23
Otitis Media	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Pertussis	67	1	52	40	- 40
Tetanus	68	0	56	26	- 25
Schistosomiasis	69	0	63	8	- 8
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	71	0	53	38	- 37
Syphilis	72	0	61	18	- 18
Chlamydia	73	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	64	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Sweden

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.