MAURITIUS VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,247	2	1,805	+ 442
Stroke	2	926	3	985	- 59
Hypertension	3	307	6	592	- 285
Kidney Disease	4	280	4	724	- 444
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	273	34	42	+ 231
Road Traffic Accidents	6	210	11	155	+ 54
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	208	7	346	- 138
Lung Cancers	8	201	9	182	+ 19
Diabetes Mellitus	9	193	1	1,873	- 1,680
Lung Disease	10	191	5	646	- 456
Liver Disease	11	143	12	145	- 3
Congenital Anomalies	12	107	25	57	+ 50
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	106	10	182	- 77
Low Birth Weight	14	100	35	37	+ 64
Breast Cancer	15	85	8	232	- 147
Asthma	16	72	17	107	- 35
Bladder Cancer	17	71	44	21	+ 50
Lymphomas	18	67	24	57	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	19	63	18	104	- 41
Parkinson's Disease	20	51	47	12	+ 39
Falls	21	48	26	57	- 8
Birth Trauma	22	47	36	37	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	23	45	15	115	- 70
Violence	24	45	41	30	+ 15
Leukemia	25	42	31	48	- 6
Suicide	26	42	14	120	- 79
Other Injuries	27	40	21	66	- 25
Pancreas Cancer	28	39	28	55	- 15
Liver Cancer	29	39	27	56	- 17
Inflammatory/Heart	30	32	16	108	- 76
Endocrine Disorders	31	31	19	101	- 70
HIV/AIDS	32	28	13	141	- 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	26	43	22	+ 3
Drug Use	34	26	46	16	+ 10
Oral Cancer	35	25	23	63	- 38
Skin Cancers	36	23	53	5	+ 19
Fires	37	22	50	10	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	38	22	30	49	- 27
Ovary Cancer	39	21	32	46	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	20	42	23	- 3
Tuberculosis	41	15	45	17	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	13	56	3	+ 10
Drownings	43	13	33	43	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	44	12	37	35	- 24
Epilepsy	45	11	38	35	- 24
Meningitis	46	9	57	2	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	47	9	48	11	- 2
Poisonings	48	9	49	11	- 2
Hepatitis B	49	8	65	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	50	5	40	32	- 27
Skin Disease	51	4	22	64	- 60
Pertussis	52	4	66	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	53	4	61	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	54	4	84	0	+ 4
Alcohol	55	3	29	53	- 50
Tetanus	56	3	76	0	+ 3
War	57	3	62	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	3	59	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	59	3	20	77	- 74
Malnutrition	60	3	54	4	- 1
Syphilis	61	2	67	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	60	1	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	51	9	- 9
Upper Respiratory	66	0	63	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	52	5	- 5
Anemia	85	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Tunisia

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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.