GAMBIA VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,326	3	1,007	+ 3,320
Stroke	2	1,782	4	802	+ 980
Hypertension	3	591	22	172	+ 419
Kidney Disease	4	539	16	266	+ 273
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	525	28	89	+ 436
Road Traffic Accidents	6	404	6	695	- 291
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	400	1	1,340	- 940
Lung Cancers	8	387	38	34	+ 354
Diabetes Mellitus	9	371	15	290	+ 82
Lung Disease	10	367	19	206	+ 161
Liver Disease	11	275	14	323	- 48
Congenital Anomalies	12	205	11	383	- 178
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	203	52	11	+ 193
Low Birth Weight	14	193	8	662	- 468
Breast Cancer	15	164	40	26	+ 137
Asthma	16	139	24	134	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	17	137	56	4	+ 133
Lymphomas	18	129	51	12	+ 118
Stomach Cancer	19	122	47	14	+ 108
Parkinson's Disease	20	98	37	34	+ 64
Falls	21	93	29	83	+ 10
Birth Trauma	22	91	5	754	- 663
Prostate Cancer	23	87	43	21	+ 67
Violence	24	86	20	195	- 109
Leukemia	25	81	59	2	+ 78
Suicide	26	80	25	113	- 32
Other Injuries	27	78	21	194	- 116
Pancreas Cancer	28	76	53	6	+ 70
Liver Cancer	29	75	12	377	- 302
Inflammatory/Heart	30	62	32	59	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	31	60	17	230	- 170
HIV/AIDS	32	55	2	1,125	- 1,070
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	50	33	56	- 7
Drug Use	34	49	39	28	+ 21
Oral Cancer	35	49	71	0	+ 48
Skin Cancers	36	45	68	0	+ 44
Fires	37	42	31	67	- 24
Cervical Cancer	38	42	23	145	- 103
Ovary Cancer	39	40	61	2	+ 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	39	9	626	- 587
Tuberculosis	41	29	10	445	- 416
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	26	41	24	+ 2
Drownings	43	25	30	69	- 43
Oesophagus Cancer	44	23	54	5	+ 17
Epilepsy	45	21	35	43	- 22
Meningitis	46	18	18	229	- 211
Maternal Conditions	47	17	13	345	- 328
Poisonings	48	17	36	42	- 25
Hepatitis B	49	15	46	14	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	50	10	66	1	+ 9
Skin Disease	51	9	44	19	- 10
Pertussis	52	8	27	99	- 90
Encephalitis	53	8	48	14	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	58	3	+ 4
Alcohol	55	6	50	12	- 6
Tetanus	56	5	45	18	- 13
War	57	5	69	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	58	5	55	5	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	59	5	57	3	+ 2
Malnutrition	60	5	26	110	- 105
Syphilis	61	4	34	55	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	62	2	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	63	2	42	23	- 21
Leishmaniasis	64	1	60	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	63	2	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Tunisia

Gambia

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.