FIJI VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,632	2	1,481	+ 150
Stroke	2	672	3	583	+ 89
Hypertension	3	223	7	170	+ 53
Kidney Disease	4	203	4	277	- 74
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	198	19	63	+ 135
Road Traffic Accidents	6	152	11	120	+ 32
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	151	5	228	- 77
Lung Cancers	8	146	22	48	+ 98
Diabetes Mellitus	9	140	1	1,628	- 1,488
Lung Disease	10	138	9	141	- 2
Liver Disease	11	104	15	82	+ 22
Congenital Anomalies	12	77	10	129	- 52
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	77	24	45	+ 32
Low Birth Weight	14	73	14	86	- 13
Breast Cancer	15	62	8	162	- 101
Asthma	16	53	6	226	- 173
Bladder Cancer	17	52	50	8	+ 43
Lymphomas	18	49	35	27	+ 21
Stomach Cancer	19	46	37	23	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	20	37	26	40	- 3
Falls	21	35	36	27	+ 8
Birth Trauma	22	34	28	36	- 2
Prostate Cancer	23	33	25	41	- 8
Violence	24	32	40	19	+ 13
Leukemia	25	30	30	31	- 1
Suicide	26	30	16	80	- 50
Other Injuries	27	29	17	77	- 47
Pancreas Cancer	28	29	38	21	+ 8
Liver Cancer	29	28	18	68	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	30	24	23	45	- 22
Endocrine Disorders	31	23	34	28	- 5
HIV/AIDS	32	21	31	30	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	19	29	34	- 15
Drug Use	34	19	52	4	+ 15
Oral Cancer	35	18	46	13	+ 6
Skin Cancers	36	17	61	1	+ 16
Fires	37	16	33	28	- 12
Cervical Cancer	38	16	13	86	- 70
Ovary Cancer	39	15	32	29	- 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	15	12	96	- 82
Tuberculosis	41	11	27	39	- 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	10	20	62	- 52
Drownings	43	10	21	60	- 50
Oesophagus Cancer	44	9	42	18	- 9
Epilepsy	45	8	44	16	- 8
Meningitis	46	7	43	17	- 10
Maternal Conditions	47	7	49	9	- 2
Poisonings	48	6	56	2	+ 4
Hepatitis B	49	6	59	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	50	4	39	20	- 16
Skin Disease	51	3	41	19	- 16
Pertussis	52	3	48	10	- 7
Encephalitis	53	3	51	7	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	60	1	+ 2
Alcohol	55	2	57	2	+ 1
Tetanus	56	2	58	1	+ 1
War	57	2	66	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	2	54	3	- 1
Other Neoplasms	59	2	53	3	- 1
Malnutrition	60	2	45	14	- 12
Syphilis	61	1	47	11	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	62	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	55	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	63	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Tunisia

Fiji

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.