BELGIUM VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,536	1	15,281	+ 5,255
Stroke	2	8,459	3	7,408	+ 1,052
Hypertension	3	2,807	27	740	+ 2,068
Kidney Disease	4	2,559	8	2,952	- 393
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,493	2	9,416	- 6,923
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,917	29	666	+ 1,251
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,901	6	5,677	- 3,776
Lung Cancers	8	1,838	4	6,777	- 4,939
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,762	20	1,269	+ 493
Lung Disease	10	1,743	5	6,438	- 4,695
Liver Disease	11	1,305	17	1,433	- 127
Congenital Anomalies	12	975	40	282	+ 693
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	966	7	3,329	- 2,363
Low Birth Weight	14	918	50	70	+ 849
Breast Cancer	15	776	9	2,587	- 1,810
Asthma	16	661	46	128	+ 534
Bladder Cancer	17	650	22	1,078	- 428
Lymphomas	18	613	16	1,552	- 939
Stomach Cancer	19	579	26	863	- 284
Parkinson's Disease	20	466	19	1,378	- 911
Falls	21	442	15	1,756	- 1,314
Birth Trauma	22	433	53	47	+ 386
Prostate Cancer	23	414	13	1,824	- 1,410
Violence	24	407	44	149	+ 258
Leukemia	25	383	21	1,199	- 816
Suicide	26	381	10	2,111	- 1,730
Other Injuries	27	370	11	2,006	- 1,637
Pancreas Cancer	28	359	14	1,809	- 1,451
Liver Cancer	29	358	24	976	- 618
Inflammatory/Heart	30	296	23	1,060	- 764
Endocrine Disorders	31	284	18	1,432	- 1,148
HIV/AIDS	32	259	57	36	+ 223
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	235	42	213	+ 23
Drug Use	34	234	39	287	- 53
Oral Cancer	35	231	28	675	- 444
Skin Cancers	36	213	31	522	- 310
Fires	37	201	48	75	+ 126
Cervical Cancer	38	200	41	243	- 42
Ovary Cancer	39	191	30	653	- 461
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	183	33	418	- 235
Tuberculosis	41	136	54	46	+ 90
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	123	37	293	- 170
Drownings	43	121	47	79	+ 42
Oesophagus Cancer	44	108	25	898	- 790
Epilepsy	45	101	36	348	- 247
Meningitis	46	85	58	28	+ 57
Maternal Conditions	47	83	64	6	+ 77
Poisonings	48	80	55	41	+ 39
Hepatitis B	49	69	63	17	+ 53
Uterin Cancer	50	46	34	384	- 338
Skin Disease	51	41	35	380	- 339
Pertussis	52	40	68	1	+ 39
Encephalitis	53	37	66	1	+ 36
Multiple Sclerosis	54	33	45	147	- 114
Alcohol	55	31	32	500	- 469
Tetanus	56	25	78	0	+ 25
War	57	25	67	1	+ 24
Appendicitis	58	25	62	17	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	59	24	12	1,828	- 1,804
Malnutrition	60	23	38	291	- 267
Syphilis	61	18	70	0	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	9	49	73	- 63
Schistosomiasis	63	8	76	0	+ 8
Leishmaniasis	64	3	73	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	52	53	- 52
Upper Respiratory	66	1	59	22	- 21
Ascariasis	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	60	20	- 20
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	59	- 59
Oral conditions	82	0	61	19	- 19
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	40	- 40
Anemia	85	0	43	199	- 199
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Tunisia

Belgium

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.