SINGAPORE VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,336	1	5,292	+ 5,044
Stroke	2	4,258	3	1,559	+ 2,699
Hypertension	3	1,413	8	732	+ 681
Kidney Disease	4	1,288	6	1,028	+ 260
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,255	36	32	+ 1,222
Road Traffic Accidents	6	965	26	121	+ 844
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	957	2	5,189	- 4,232
Lung Cancers	8	925	4	1,540	- 615
Diabetes Mellitus	9	887	28	108	+ 779
Lung Disease	10	877	14	383	+ 494
Liver Disease	11	657	20	209	+ 448
Congenital Anomalies	12	491	31	80	+ 411
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	486	5	1,203	- 716
Low Birth Weight	14	462	41	25	+ 437
Breast Cancer	15	391	10	605	- 215
Asthma	16	333	35	37	+ 296
Bladder Cancer	17	327	27	120	+ 207
Lymphomas	18	308	13	397	- 88
Stomach Cancer	19	292	12	405	- 113
Parkinson's Disease	20	235	29	90	+ 145
Falls	21	222	18	218	+ 5
Birth Trauma	22	218	55	3	+ 215
Prostate Cancer	23	209	16	303	- 94
Violence	24	205	46	15	+ 190
Leukemia	25	193	17	249	- 57
Suicide	26	192	9	650	- 459
Other Injuries	27	186	32	79	+ 107
Pancreas Cancer	28	181	11	537	- 356
Liver Cancer	29	180	7	746	- 566
Inflammatory/Heart	30	149	19	215	- 66
Endocrine Disorders	31	143	37	30	+ 112
HIV/AIDS	32	131	45	18	+ 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	118	33	69	+ 49
Drug Use	34	118	44	19	+ 99
Oral Cancer	35	116	15	317	- 201
Skin Cancers	36	107	34	56	+ 51
Fires	37	101	49	7	+ 94
Cervical Cancer	38	101	30	85	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	39	96	21	204	- 108
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	92	39	28	+ 64
Tuberculosis	41	68	40	26	+ 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	62	43	22	+ 40
Drownings	43	61	38	29	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	44	55	24	137	- 82
Epilepsy	45	51	42	25	+ 26
Meningitis	46	43	48	8	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	47	42	53	3	+ 38
Poisonings	48	40	60	1	+ 39
Hepatitis B	49	35	52	4	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	50	23	23	147	- 124
Skin Disease	51	20	25	136	- 116
Pertussis	52	20	62	0	+ 20
Encephalitis	53	19	61	0	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	54	17	57	3	+ 14
Alcohol	55	15	47	10	+ 5
Tetanus	56	13	73	0	+ 13
War	57	12	59	2	+ 10
Appendicitis	58	12	50	6	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	59	12	22	195	- 183
Malnutrition	60	12	63	0	+ 12
Syphilis	61	9	65	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	58	2	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	63	4	78	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	64	2	76	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	56	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	0	54	3	- 3
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	81	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 SINGAPORE

Tunisia

Singapore

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.