IRELAND VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,973	1	4,762	+ 4,211
Stroke	2	3,696	5	1,770	+ 1,926
Hypertension	3	1,227	29	175	+ 1,052
Kidney Disease	4	1,118	10	566	+ 552
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,089	2	3,209	- 2,120
Road Traffic Accidents	6	838	33	153	+ 685
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	831	6	1,298	- 468
Lung Cancers	8	803	3	1,916	- 1,113
Diabetes Mellitus	9	770	16	414	+ 356
Lung Disease	10	762	4	1,915	- 1,154
Liver Disease	11	570	19	279	+ 291
Congenital Anomalies	12	426	32	153	+ 273
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	422	7	1,095	- 673
Low Birth Weight	14	401	44	56	+ 345
Breast Cancer	15	339	8	760	- 420
Asthma	16	289	41	58	+ 231
Bladder Cancer	17	284	22	256	+ 28
Lymphomas	18	268	13	513	- 245
Stomach Cancer	19	253	17	357	- 104
Parkinson's Disease	20	204	12	530	- 326
Falls	21	193	25	247	- 54
Birth Trauma	22	189	56	10	+ 179
Prostate Cancer	23	181	9	585	- 404
Violence	24	178	47	38	+ 140
Leukemia	25	167	20	274	- 106
Suicide	26	166	14	470	- 304
Other Injuries	27	162	30	171	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	28	157	11	530	- 374
Liver Cancer	29	156	18	318	- 162
Inflammatory/Heart	30	129	26	240	- 110
Endocrine Disorders	31	124	24	249	- 125
HIV/AIDS	32	113	57	9	+ 105
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	103	38	67	+ 36
Drug Use	34	102	31	167	- 65
Oral Cancer	35	101	28	183	- 82
Skin Cancers	36	93	23	252	- 159
Fires	37	88	48	30	+ 58
Cervical Cancer	38	88	35	103	- 15
Ovary Cancer	39	83	21	273	- 189
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	80	45	53	+ 27
Tuberculosis	41	59	50	23	+ 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	54	46	50	+ 4
Drownings	43	53	43	57	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	44	47	15	419	- 371
Epilepsy	45	44	36	85	- 41
Meningitis	46	37	58	7	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	47	36	61	3	+ 33
Poisonings	48	35	53	14	+ 21
Hepatitis B	49	30	59	6	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	50	20	34	126	- 106
Skin Disease	51	18	42	58	- 40
Pertussis	52	17	67	0	+ 17
Encephalitis	53	16	66	0	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	54	15	37	83	- 68
Alcohol	55	13	39	64	- 51
Tetanus	56	11	81	0	+ 11
War	57	11	65	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	58	11	60	3	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	59	10	27	218	- 208
Malnutrition	60	10	63	2	+ 9
Syphilis	61	8	68	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	40	59	- 55
Schistosomiasis	63	3	72	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	64	2	76	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	52	19	- 19
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	55	12	- 12
Anemia	85	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Tunisia

Ireland

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.