PANAMA VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,664	1	2,624	+ 5,040
Stroke	2	3,157	2	2,006	+ 1,151
Hypertension	3	1,048	10	510	+ 538
Kidney Disease	4	955	3	1,106	- 151
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	930	17	296	+ 634
Road Traffic Accidents	6	715	9	591	+ 124
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	709	7	697	+ 13
Lung Cancers	8	686	16	303	+ 383
Diabetes Mellitus	9	658	4	1,070	- 412
Lung Disease	10	651	5	815	- 165
Liver Disease	11	487	15	325	+ 162
Congenital Anomalies	12	364	13	378	- 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	360	14	352	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	14	343	22	238	+ 105
Breast Cancer	15	290	19	279	+ 11
Asthma	16	247	43	56	+ 191
Bladder Cancer	17	243	46	33	+ 210
Lymphomas	18	229	24	205	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	19	216	11	397	- 181
Parkinson's Disease	20	174	33	115	+ 59
Falls	21	165	37	92	+ 73
Birth Trauma	22	162	36	94	+ 68
Prostate Cancer	23	155	12	390	- 235
Violence	24	152	6	730	- 578
Leukemia	25	143	25	189	- 46
Suicide	26	142	32	121	+ 21
Other Injuries	27	138	35	100	+ 38
Pancreas Cancer	28	134	29	135	- 1
Liver Cancer	29	133	27	182	- 48
Inflammatory/Heart	30	111	20	270	- 159
Endocrine Disorders	31	106	18	279	- 173
HIV/AIDS	32	97	8	653	- 556
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	88	50	30	+ 58
Drug Use	34	87	47	33	+ 55
Oral Cancer	35	86	38	78	+ 8
Skin Cancers	36	79	44	56	+ 24
Fires	37	75	57	11	+ 64
Cervical Cancer	38	75	26	185	- 110
Ovary Cancer	39	71	41	64	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	68	28	163	- 95
Tuberculosis	41	51	23	223	- 172
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	46	53	25	+ 21
Drownings	43	45	34	103	- 58
Oesophagus Cancer	44	40	45	52	- 11
Epilepsy	45	38	39	66	- 29
Meningitis	46	32	52	27	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	47	31	48	32	- 2
Poisonings	48	30	61	4	+ 26
Hepatitis B	49	26	59	7	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	50	17	40	66	- 49
Skin Disease	51	15	30	127	- 112
Pertussis	52	15	74	0	+ 15
Encephalitis	53	14	63	3	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	54	12	62	3	+ 10
Alcohol	55	11	49	30	- 19
Tetanus	56	9	69	0	+ 9
War	57	9	67	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	58	9	56	11	- 2
Other Neoplasms	59	9	21	256	- 247
Malnutrition	60	9	31	122	- 114
Syphilis	61	7	65	1	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	55	14	- 10
Schistosomiasis	63	3	80	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	66	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	54	14	- 13
Ascariasis	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	58	10	- 10
Anemia	85	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Tunisia

Panama

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.