LESOTHO VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,819	5	2,101	+ 1,718
Stroke	2	1,573	3	2,817	- 1,244
Hypertension	3	522	11	990	- 468
Kidney Disease	4	476	10	1,015	- 539
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	464	29	194	+ 269
Road Traffic Accidents	6	357	16	678	- 322
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	354	2	3,214	- 2,861
Lung Cancers	8	342	43	51	+ 291
Diabetes Mellitus	9	328	6	2,000	- 1,672
Lung Disease	10	324	9	1,102	- 778
Liver Disease	11	243	14	792	- 549
Congenital Anomalies	12	181	19	389	- 208
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	180	48	40	+ 140
Low Birth Weight	14	171	12	957	- 786
Breast Cancer	15	144	34	97	+ 47
Asthma	16	123	17	678	- 555
Bladder Cancer	17	121	61	10	+ 111
Lymphomas	18	114	36	78	+ 36
Stomach Cancer	19	108	60	11	+ 97
Parkinson's Disease	20	87	41	55	+ 32
Falls	21	82	31	128	- 46
Birth Trauma	22	81	15	717	- 637
Prostate Cancer	23	77	35	81	- 4
Violence	24	76	13	924	- 848
Leukemia	25	71	49	39	+ 32
Suicide	26	71	7	1,539	- 1,469
Other Injuries	27	69	18	533	- 464
Pancreas Cancer	28	67	58	12	+ 55
Liver Cancer	29	67	39	71	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	30	55	23	305	- 250
Endocrine Disorders	31	53	27	235	- 182
HIV/AIDS	32	48	1	4,767	- 4,719
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	44	25	279	- 235
Drug Use	34	44	50	32	+ 12
Oral Cancer	35	43	42	52	- 9
Skin Cancers	36	40	46	46	- 7
Fires	37	37	26	269	- 231
Cervical Cancer	38	37	20	372	- 335
Ovary Cancer	39	36	53	24	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	34	4	2,354	- 2,320
Tuberculosis	41	25	8	1,208	- 1,183
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	23	32	126	- 103
Drownings	43	23	28	200	- 177
Oesophagus Cancer	44	20	37	73	- 53
Epilepsy	45	19	30	143	- 125
Meningitis	46	16	22	318	- 302
Maternal Conditions	47	15	24	292	- 277
Poisonings	48	15	33	111	- 96
Hepatitis B	49	13	51	27	- 14
Uterin Cancer	50	9	54	23	- 15
Skin Disease	51	8	40	70	- 62
Pertussis	52	7	44	51	- 44
Encephalitis	53	7	57	14	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	54	6	63	6	+ 0
Alcohol	55	6	38	71	- 65
Tetanus	56	5	47	45	- 40
War	57	5	68	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	58	5	52	25	- 20
Other Neoplasms	59	4	62	9	- 5
Malnutrition	60	4	21	357	- 353
Syphilis	61	3	45	50	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	56	18	- 16
Schistosomiasis	63	1	76	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	0	55	18	- 18
Ascariasis	67	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	65	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	59	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Tunisia

Lesotho

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.