PORTUGAL VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,500	1	12,878	+ 4,623
Stroke	2	7,209	2	12,339	- 5,131
Hypertension	3	2,392	14	1,880	+ 512
Kidney Disease	4	2,181	9	2,803	- 623
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,124	3	7,191	- 5,067
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,634	27	838	+ 796
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,620	4	6,851	- 5,232
Lung Cancers	8	1,567	5	4,406	- 2,840
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,502	8	3,601	- 2,100
Lung Disease	10	1,485	7	4,286	- 2,801
Liver Disease	11	1,112	22	1,126	- 13
Congenital Anomalies	12	831	40	196	+ 634
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	823	6	4,389	- 3,567
Low Birth Weight	14	783	52	79	+ 704
Breast Cancer	15	662	12	1,997	- 1,335
Asthma	16	564	43	146	+ 417
Bladder Cancer	17	554	20	1,171	- 617
Lymphomas	18	522	16	1,608	- 1,085
Stomach Cancer	19	494	10	2,532	- 2,038
Parkinson's Disease	20	397	21	1,139	- 742
Falls	21	377	23	1,033	- 656
Birth Trauma	22	369	60	24	+ 345
Prostate Cancer	23	353	11	2,124	- 1,771
Violence	24	347	48	96	+ 251
Leukemia	25	326	24	1,015	- 689
Suicide	26	324	19	1,172	- 848
Other Injuries	27	315	13	1,937	- 1,622
Pancreas Cancer	28	306	15	1,669	- 1,363
Liver Cancer	29	305	18	1,270	- 966
Inflammatory/Heart	30	252	26	909	- 656
Endocrine Disorders	31	242	17	1,547	- 1,305
HIV/AIDS	32	221	35	320	- 99
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	201	37	229	- 28
Drug Use	34	199	44	128	+ 71
Oral Cancer	35	197	25	912	- 715
Skin Cancers	36	181	30	523	- 342
Fires	37	171	46	108	+ 63
Cervical Cancer	38	171	34	329	- 158
Ovary Cancer	39	163	33	397	- 234
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	156	36	231	- 75
Tuberculosis	41	116	38	213	- 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	104	41	169	- 64
Drownings	43	103	51	79	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	44	92	29	623	- 530
Epilepsy	45	86	31	415	- 329
Meningitis	46	73	56	43	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	47	71	63	7	+ 63
Poisonings	48	69	57	29	+ 39
Hepatitis B	49	59	59	26	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	50	39	32	406	- 367
Skin Disease	51	35	39	202	- 168
Pertussis	52	34	72	0	+ 34
Encephalitis	53	32	67	1	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	54	28	54	56	- 28
Alcohol	55	26	45	111	- 85
Tetanus	56	22	73	0	+ 22
War	57	21	69	1	+ 20
Appendicitis	58	21	61	21	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	59	20	28	652	- 632
Malnutrition	60	20	53	79	- 59
Syphilis	61	15	64	3	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	47	99	- 91
Schistosomiasis	63	7	77	0	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	64	3	68	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	49	87	- 86
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	15	- 14
Ascariasis	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	82	0	65	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	55	49	- 49
Anemia	85	0	42	151	- 151
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Tunisia

Portugal

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.