LEBANON VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,198	1	13,328	- 4,130
Stroke	2	3,789	2	1,795	+ 1,994
Hypertension	3	1,257	4	1,426	- 169
Kidney Disease	4	1,146	5	1,243	- 97
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,116	6	1,213	- 97
Road Traffic Accidents	6	859	7	1,127	- 269
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	851	10	931	- 80
Lung Cancers	8	823	3	1,498	- 675
Diabetes Mellitus	9	789	9	934	- 145
Lung Disease	10	781	11	889	- 108
Liver Disease	11	585	14	663	- 78
Congenital Anomalies	12	436	20	298	+ 139
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	433	12	841	- 409
Low Birth Weight	14	411	28	190	+ 221
Breast Cancer	15	348	8	987	- 639
Asthma	16	296	19	298	- 2
Bladder Cancer	17	291	13	704	- 413
Lymphomas	18	274	15	646	- 371
Stomach Cancer	19	259	16	479	- 220
Parkinson's Disease	20	209	25	226	- 17
Falls	21	198	33	148	+ 50
Birth Trauma	22	194	42	67	+ 127
Prostate Cancer	23	186	17	442	- 257
Violence	24	182	22	285	- 102
Leukemia	25	172	18	334	- 162
Suicide	26	170	29	190	- 20
Other Injuries	27	166	30	168	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	28	161	24	273	- 112
Liver Cancer	29	160	27	217	- 57
Inflammatory/Heart	30	133	32	153	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	31	127	34	145	- 18
HIV/AIDS	32	116	45	51	+ 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	105	37	114	- 9
Drug Use	34	105	23	281	- 176
Oral Cancer	35	103	31	162	- 59
Skin Cancers	36	95	21	296	- 201
Fires	37	90	39	99	- 9
Cervical Cancer	38	90	35	135	- 45
Ovary Cancer	39	86	26	224	- 138
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	82	40	81	+ 1
Tuberculosis	41	61	41	70	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	55	47	47	+ 8
Drownings	43	54	43	62	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	44	49	44	52	- 4
Epilepsy	45	45	46	49	- 4
Meningitis	46	38	49	35	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	47	37	50	30	+ 7
Poisonings	48	36	48	39	- 3
Hepatitis B	49	31	36	123	- 92
Uterin Cancer	50	21	38	99	- 79
Skin Disease	51	18	53	19	- 1
Pertussis	52	18	57	16	+ 2
Encephalitis	53	17	56	16	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	15	55	16	- 1
Alcohol	55	14	54	18	- 4
Tetanus	56	11	52	23	- 12
War	57	11	51	25	- 14
Appendicitis	58	11	61	11	- 0
Other Neoplasms	59	11	58	14	- 4
Malnutrition	60	11	60	11	- 1
Syphilis	61	8	63	5	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	62	5	- 1
Schistosomiasis	63	4	65	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	2	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	59	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Tunisia

Lebanon

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.