SAUDI ARABIA VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	62,656	1	39,037	+ 23,620
Stroke	2	25,809	2	16,793	+ 9,016
Hypertension	3	8,565	22	834	+ 7,731
Kidney Disease	4	7,807	4	9,051	- 1,244
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	7,605	11	2,442	+ 5,163
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,849	3	12,317	- 6,468
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,800	5	6,132	- 332
Lung Cancers	8	5,608	26	775	+ 4,833
Diabetes Mellitus	9	5,377	9	3,890	+ 1,487
Lung Disease	10	5,318	10	2,842	+ 2,476
Liver Disease	11	3,983	7	4,931	- 949
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,974	12	2,307	+ 666
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	2,946	14	1,630	+ 1,316
Low Birth Weight	14	2,802	18	989	+ 1,813
Breast Cancer	15	2,369	20	908	+ 1,461
Asthma	16	2,018	17	1,168	+ 850
Bladder Cancer	17	1,983	46	214	+ 1,769
Lymphomas	18	1,870	28	716	+ 1,154
Stomach Cancer	19	1,767	36	389	+ 1,378
Parkinson's Disease	20	1,422	25	776	+ 646
Falls	21	1,349	6	5,340	- 3,992
Birth Trauma	22	1,322	37	343	+ 979
Prostate Cancer	23	1,265	50	148	+ 1,116
Violence	24	1,242	30	646	+ 596
Leukemia	25	1,168	19	925	+ 244
Suicide	26	1,161	13	2,046	- 885
Other Injuries	27	1,128	8	4,004	- 2,876
Pancreas Cancer	28	1,095	31	526	+ 569
Liver Cancer	29	1,091	21	845	+ 246
Inflammatory/Heart	30	904	16	1,342	- 438
Endocrine Disorders	31	866	15	1,447	- 582
HIV/AIDS	32	792	47	192	+ 600
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	718	41	275	+ 443
Drug Use	34	714	33	491	+ 223
Oral Cancer	35	704	34	465	+ 239
Skin Cancers	36	648	55	55	+ 594
Fires	37	613	23	825	- 212
Cervical Cancer	38	611	49	157	+ 454
Ovary Cancer	39	583	42	247	+ 336
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	558	35	457	+ 102
Tuberculosis	41	414	27	752	- 338
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	374	39	280	+ 94
Drownings	43	369	24	821	- 452
Oesophagus Cancer	44	330	44	229	+ 101
Epilepsy	45	307	29	694	- 388
Meningitis	46	260	45	227	+ 34
Maternal Conditions	47	253	48	172	+ 80
Poisonings	48	245	40	279	- 34
Hepatitis B	49	211	53	57	+ 154
Uterin Cancer	50	140	38	323	- 183
Skin Disease	51	124	32	516	- 392
Pertussis	52	122	54	56	+ 65
Encephalitis	53	114	43	234	- 120
Multiple Sclerosis	54	101	56	49	+ 53
Alcohol	55	94	51	128	- 35
Tetanus	56	77	61	16	+ 62
War	57	76	65	3	+ 72
Appendicitis	58	75	58	35	+ 40
Other Neoplasms	59	72	57	40	+ 32
Malnutrition	60	72	52	79	- 8
Syphilis	61	54	59	33	+ 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	28	62	9	+ 19
Schistosomiasis	63	24	60	25	- 1
Leishmaniasis	64	11	67	1	+ 9
Hepatitis C	65	4	64	7	- 4
Upper Respiratory	66	2	70	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	2	66	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	69	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	63	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	68	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Tunisia

Saudi Arabia

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.