NAMIBIA VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,807	5	1,221	+ 3,586
Stroke	2	1,980	4	1,333	+ 647
Hypertension	3	657	12	428	+ 229
Kidney Disease	4	599	15	322	+ 277
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	583	21	176	+ 408
Road Traffic Accidents	6	449	6	868	- 420
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	445	2	1,464	- 1,019
Lung Cancers	8	430	35	59	+ 371
Diabetes Mellitus	9	412	7	724	- 312
Lung Disease	10	408	10	461	- 53
Liver Disease	11	306	14	336	- 30
Congenital Anomalies	12	228	16	283	- 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	226	36	54	+ 172
Low Birth Weight	14	215	9	516	- 301
Breast Cancer	15	182	24	121	+ 61
Asthma	16	155	20	200	- 46
Bladder Cancer	17	152	54	16	+ 136
Lymphomas	18	143	40	46	+ 98
Stomach Cancer	19	136	45	33	+ 103
Parkinson's Disease	20	109	42	43	+ 66
Falls	21	103	34	62	+ 41
Birth Trauma	22	101	13	345	- 243
Prostate Cancer	23	97	31	94	+ 3
Violence	24	95	11	450	- 354
Leukemia	25	90	49	24	+ 66
Suicide	26	89	17	243	- 154
Other Injuries	27	87	19	207	- 120
Pancreas Cancer	28	84	53	18	+ 66
Liver Cancer	29	84	41	45	+ 39
Inflammatory/Heart	30	69	22	162	- 92
Endocrine Disorders	31	66	33	73	- 6
HIV/AIDS	32	61	1	2,928	- 2,868
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	55	32	76	- 21
Drug Use	34	55	46	32	+ 23
Oral Cancer	35	54	30	100	- 46
Skin Cancers	36	50	29	108	- 58
Fires	37	47	28	109	- 62
Cervical Cancer	38	47	23	133	- 86
Ovary Cancer	39	45	50	23	+ 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	43	8	645	- 602
Tuberculosis	41	32	3	1,416	- 1,385
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	29	44	33	- 4
Drownings	43	28	26	110	- 81
Oesophagus Cancer	44	25	52	21	+ 4
Epilepsy	45	24	38	49	- 26
Meningitis	46	20	27	109	- 89
Maternal Conditions	47	19	25	110	- 91
Poisonings	48	19	39	46	- 27
Hepatitis B	49	16	63	4	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	50	11	56	11	- 1
Skin Disease	51	9	47	31	- 21
Pertussis	52	9	37	54	- 45
Encephalitis	53	9	59	8	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	8	64	2	+ 6
Alcohol	55	7	48	28	- 21
Tetanus	56	6	62	6	- 0
War	57	6	67	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	58	6	58	9	- 3
Other Neoplasms	59	6	60	8	- 2
Malnutrition	60	5	18	224	- 218
Syphilis	61	4	43	35	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	57	9	- 7
Schistosomiasis	63	2	55	14	- 12
Leishmaniasis	64	1	79	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	66	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	61	6	- 6
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	51	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	65	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Tunisia

Namibia

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.