SWEDEN VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,157	1	15,136	+ 3,021
Stroke	2	7,479	3	6,035	+ 1,444
Hypertension	3	2,482	10	1,838	+ 644
Kidney Disease	4	2,262	12	1,629	+ 633
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,204	2	10,917	- 8,713
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,695	34	315	+ 1,380
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,681	7	2,659	- 978
Lung Cancers	8	1,625	5	3,722	- 2,097
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,558	11	1,834	- 276
Lung Disease	10	1,541	4	4,344	- 2,803
Liver Disease	11	1,154	23	723	+ 431
Congenital Anomalies	12	862	35	308	+ 554
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	854	6	3,049	- 2,196
Low Birth Weight	14	812	51	50	+ 762
Breast Cancer	15	686	13	1,582	- 896
Asthma	16	585	42	158	+ 426
Bladder Cancer	17	575	21	760	- 185
Lymphomas	18	542	16	1,357	- 815
Stomach Cancer	19	512	26	612	- 100
Parkinson's Disease	20	412	19	943	- 531
Falls	21	391	17	1,109	- 718
Birth Trauma	22	383	55	34	+ 349
Prostate Cancer	23	366	8	2,622	- 2,256
Violence	24	360	47	113	+ 247
Leukemia	25	339	20	825	- 487
Suicide	26	337	14	1,479	- 1,143
Other Injuries	27	327	15	1,374	- 1,047
Pancreas Cancer	28	317	9	1,849	- 1,531
Liver Cancer	29	316	22	752	- 436
Inflammatory/Heart	30	262	28	547	- 285
Endocrine Disorders	31	251	24	702	- 451
HIV/AIDS	32	229	61	13	+ 217
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	208	37	277	- 69
Drug Use	34	207	30	423	- 216
Oral Cancer	35	204	31	379	- 175
Skin Cancers	36	188	25	650	- 462
Fires	37	178	49	65	+ 113
Cervical Cancer	38	177	38	228	- 50
Ovary Cancer	39	169	27	553	- 384
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	162	36	289	- 128
Tuberculosis	41	120	56	24	+ 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	108	48	110	- 2
Drownings	43	107	46	114	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	44	96	29	538	- 442
Epilepsy	45	89	44	121	- 32
Meningitis	46	75	54	35	+ 40
Maternal Conditions	47	73	64	5	+ 68
Poisonings	48	71	60	18	+ 53
Hepatitis B	49	61	62	9	+ 52
Uterin Cancer	50	40	33	345	- 304
Skin Disease	51	36	39	220	- 184
Pertussis	52	35	67	0	+ 35
Encephalitis	53	33	71	0	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	54	29	41	170	- 141
Alcohol	55	27	32	359	- 331
Tetanus	56	22	68	0	+ 22
War	57	22	65	2	+ 20
Appendicitis	58	22	59	18	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	59	21	18	1,036	- 1,015
Malnutrition	60	21	45	117	- 96
Syphilis	61	16	72	0	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	43	129	- 121
Schistosomiasis	63	7	69	0	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	64	3	75	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	53	44	- 43
Upper Respiratory	66	1	58	20	- 19
Ascariasis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	63	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	50	63	- 63
Anemia	85	0	40	175	- 175
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Tunisia

Sweden

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.