ESTONIA VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,047	1	3,009	- 962
Stroke	2	843	3	1,116	- 273
Hypertension	3	280	2	2,700	- 2,420
Kidney Disease	4	255	17	176	+ 79
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	248	12	229	+ 19
Road Traffic Accidents	6	191	35	59	+ 132
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	189	6	349	- 159
Lung Cancers	8	183	4	657	- 474
Diabetes Mellitus	9	176	19	146	+ 30
Lung Disease	10	174	13	229	- 55
Liver Disease	11	130	7	328	- 198
Congenital Anomalies	12	97	43	25	+ 72
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	96	5	527	- 431
Low Birth Weight	14	92	55	7	+ 85
Breast Cancer	15	77	11	260	- 183
Asthma	16	66	44	24	+ 42
Bladder Cancer	17	65	21	126	- 61
Lymphomas	18	61	15	213	- 152
Stomach Cancer	19	58	9	290	- 232
Parkinson's Disease	20	46	29	82	- 35
Falls	21	44	24	119	- 75
Birth Trauma	22	43	57	5	+ 38
Prostate Cancer	23	41	8	298	- 257
Violence	24	41	42	28	+ 12
Leukemia	25	38	22	126	- 87
Suicide	26	38	16	197	- 159
Other Injuries	27	37	20	141	- 104
Pancreas Cancer	28	36	10	268	- 233
Liver Cancer	29	36	26	107	- 72
Inflammatory/Heart	30	30	14	217	- 187
Endocrine Disorders	31	28	33	66	- 38
HIV/AIDS	32	26	39	40	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	23	36	55	- 32
Drug Use	34	23	31	75	- 52
Oral Cancer	35	23	25	110	- 87
Skin Cancers	36	21	30	79	- 58
Fires	37	20	38	41	- 21
Cervical Cancer	38	20	32	68	- 48
Ovary Cancer	39	19	28	87	- 68
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	18	53	8	+ 10
Tuberculosis	41	14	47	16	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	12	45	22	- 9
Drownings	43	12	40	30	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	44	11	27	99	- 88
Epilepsy	45	10	37	45	- 34
Meningitis	46	9	54	7	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	47	8	61	1	+ 7
Poisonings	48	8	52	8	- 0
Hepatitis B	49	7	65	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	50	5	34	60	- 56
Skin Disease	51	4	41	29	- 24
Pertussis	52	4	83	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	53	4	63	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	48	16	- 13
Alcohol	55	3	18	148	- 145
Tetanus	56	3	81	0	+ 3
War	57	2	64	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	2	59	2	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	59	2	23	123	- 121
Malnutrition	60	2	79	0	+ 2
Syphilis	61	2	62	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	46	17	- 16
Schistosomiasis	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	58	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	6	- 6
Anemia	85	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.