ICELAND VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	624	1	403	+ 221
Stroke	2	257	3	141	+ 117
Hypertension	3	85	17	24	+ 61
Kidney Disease	4	78	15	33	+ 45
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	76	2	295	- 220
Road Traffic Accidents	6	58	35	7	+ 51
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	58	6	82	- 25
Lung Cancers	8	56	4	134	- 78
Diabetes Mellitus	9	54	16	30	+ 24
Lung Disease	10	53	5	129	- 76
Liver Disease	11	40	31	9	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	12	30	34	7	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	29	7	73	- 44
Low Birth Weight	14	28	43	3	+ 25
Breast Cancer	15	24	9	53	- 30
Asthma	16	20	48	2	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	17	20	21	20	- 1
Lymphomas	18	19	14	37	- 18
Stomach Cancer	19	18	23	18	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	20	14	10	53	- 39
Falls	21	13	18	24	- 10
Birth Trauma	22	13	46	2	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	23	13	8	61	- 48
Violence	24	12	39	4	+ 8
Leukemia	25	12	22	19	- 7
Suicide	26	12	13	40	- 29
Other Injuries	27	11	11	50	- 39
Pancreas Cancer	28	11	12	43	- 32
Liver Cancer	29	11	20	22	- 12
Inflammatory/Heart	30	9	26	16	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	31	9	27	16	- 7
HIV/AIDS	32	8	59	0	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	7	41	3	+ 4
Drug Use	34	7	24	17	- 10
Oral Cancer	35	7	33	9	- 2
Skin Cancers	36	6	29	13	- 7
Fires	37	6	58	1	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	38	6	32	9	- 3
Ovary Cancer	39	6	25	16	- 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	6	55	1	+ 5
Tuberculosis	41	4	82	0	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	4	54	1	+ 3
Drownings	43	4	56	1	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	44	3	19	23	- 19
Epilepsy	45	3	37	5	- 2
Meningitis	46	3	50	1	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	47	3	60	0	+ 2
Poisonings	48	2	42	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	49	2	63	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	50	1	36	7	- 6
Skin Disease	51	1	45	3	- 1
Pertussis	52	1	62	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	53	1	78	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	1	44	3	- 2
Alcohol	55	1	28	14	- 13
Tetanus	56	1	68	0	+ 1
War	57	1	61	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	58	1	86	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	59	1	30	10	- 9
Malnutrition	60	1	57	1	+ 0
Syphilis	61	1	80	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	38	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	63	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	77	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	52	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	51	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	65	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	49	1	- 1
Anemia	85	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Tunisia

Iceland

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.