SOMALIA VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,318	7	7,233	+ 15,086
Stroke	2	9,193	6	8,595	+ 598
Hypertension	3	3,051	18	2,643	+ 407
Kidney Disease	4	2,781	21	2,051	+ 730
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,709	32	647	+ 2,062
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,083	11	4,231	- 2,148
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,066	1	21,712	- 19,646
Lung Cancers	8	1,998	54	233	+ 1,765
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,915	16	2,888	- 973
Lung Disease	10	1,894	19	2,442	- 548
Liver Disease	11	1,419	13	3,917	- 2,498
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,059	15	3,410	- 2,351
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	1,050	38	546	+ 503
Low Birth Weight	14	998	8	6,250	- 5,252
Breast Cancer	15	844	26	1,232	- 388
Asthma	16	719	23	1,878	- 1,159
Bladder Cancer	17	706	61	149	+ 557
Lymphomas	18	666	34	605	+ 61
Stomach Cancer	19	630	49	310	+ 320
Parkinson's Disease	20	507	56	184	+ 323
Falls	21	480	37	548	- 67
Birth Trauma	22	471	5	9,573	- 9,102
Prostate Cancer	23	450	52	285	+ 165
Violence	24	442	29	828	- 386
Leukemia	25	416	35	562	- 145
Suicide	26	414	27	1,219	- 805
Other Injuries	27	402	14	3,602	- 3,200
Pancreas Cancer	28	390	62	108	+ 282
Liver Cancer	29	389	53	256	+ 133
Inflammatory/Heart	30	322	39	521	- 199
Endocrine Disorders	31	308	44	406	- 98
HIV/AIDS	32	282	33	610	- 328
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	256	36	559	- 303
Drug Use	34	254	65	54	+ 200
Oral Cancer	35	251	46	328	- 77
Skin Cancers	36	231	57	164	+ 67
Fires	37	218	30	810	- 592
Cervical Cancer	38	218	28	883	- 665
Ovary Cancer	39	208	50	295	- 87
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	199	2	15,363	- 15,164
Tuberculosis	41	147	4	10,261	- 10,114
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	133	41	446	- 313
Drownings	43	132	25	1,272	- 1,140
Oesophagus Cancer	44	118	40	516	- 399
Epilepsy	45	109	43	419	- 309
Meningitis	46	93	9	5,381	- 5,288
Maternal Conditions	47	90	12	4,127	- 4,037
Poisonings	48	87	31	758	- 671
Hepatitis B	49	75	48	315	- 239
Uterin Cancer	50	50	64	78	- 28
Skin Disease	51	44	58	151	- 107
Pertussis	52	43	20	2,054	- 2,011
Encephalitis	53	41	63	91	- 50
Multiple Sclerosis	54	36	71	8	+ 28
Alcohol	55	33	59	151	- 118
Tetanus	56	28	17	2,648	- 2,621
War	57	27	24	1,318	- 1,291
Appendicitis	58	27	55	188	- 161
Other Neoplasms	59	26	70	12	+ 13
Malnutrition	60	25	10	4,825	- 4,799
Syphilis	61	19	45	378	- 358
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	66	35	- 25
Schistosomiasis	63	9	42	435	- 427
Leishmaniasis	64	4	51	290	- 286
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	34	- 33
Upper Respiratory	66	1	47	326	- 325
Ascariasis	67	1	69	30	- 29
Chlamydia	68	0	72	5	- 5
Diphtheria	69	0	60	150	- 149
Otitis Media	70	0	68	32	- 32
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Tunisia

Somalia

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.