LATVIA VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,088	1	8,099	- 5,011
Stroke	2	1,272	2	5,893	- 4,620
Hypertension	3	422	3	1,194	- 772
Kidney Disease	4	385	17	356	+ 28
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	375	7	664	- 289
Road Traffic Accidents	6	288	27	154	+ 135
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	286	9	501	- 215
Lung Cancers	8	276	4	956	- 680
Diabetes Mellitus	9	265	8	529	- 264
Lung Disease	10	262	18	346	- 84
Liver Disease	11	196	15	365	- 168
Congenital Anomalies	12	147	43	46	+ 100
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	145	6	722	- 577
Low Birth Weight	14	138	56	11	+ 127
Breast Cancer	15	117	10	472	- 356
Asthma	16	99	46	42	+ 58
Bladder Cancer	17	98	20	228	- 130
Lymphomas	18	92	19	245	- 153
Stomach Cancer	19	87	11	470	- 382
Parkinson's Disease	20	70	35	125	- 55
Falls	21	66	23	201	- 135
Birth Trauma	22	65	55	12	+ 54
Prostate Cancer	23	62	12	464	- 402
Violence	24	61	37	94	- 33
Leukemia	25	58	25	186	- 129
Suicide	26	57	14	384	- 326
Other Injuries	27	56	16	362	- 307
Pancreas Cancer	28	54	13	436	- 382
Liver Cancer	29	54	26	157	- 103
Inflammatory/Heart	30	45	5	921	- 876
Endocrine Disorders	31	43	41	59	- 16
HIV/AIDS	32	39	39	74	- 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	35	31	142	- 106
Drug Use	34	35	48	41	- 6
Oral Cancer	35	35	22	214	- 179
Skin Cancers	36	32	30	144	- 112
Fires	37	30	36	103	- 73
Cervical Cancer	38	30	33	128	- 98
Ovary Cancer	39	29	24	196	- 168
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	28	54	14	+ 14
Tuberculosis	41	20	40	71	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	18	47	41	- 22
Drownings	43	18	34	127	- 109
Oesophagus Cancer	44	16	32	131	- 115
Epilepsy	45	15	45	44	- 29
Meningitis	46	13	52	15	- 2
Maternal Conditions	47	12	60	5	+ 8
Poisonings	48	12	49	23	- 11
Hepatitis B	49	10	63	3	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	50	7	29	148	- 141
Skin Disease	51	6	38	76	- 70
Pertussis	52	6	70	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	53	6	69	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	54	5	50	20	- 15
Alcohol	55	5	21	227	- 223
Tetanus	56	4	71	0	+ 4
War	57	4	68	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	58	4	59	5	- 1
Other Neoplasms	59	4	28	153	- 149
Malnutrition	60	4	64	2	+ 2
Syphilis	61	3	65	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	51	20	- 18
Schistosomiasis	63	1	78	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	42	53	- 53
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	4	- 3
Ascariasis	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	85	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Tunisia

Latvia

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.