TRINIDAD/TOB. VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,416	1	1,476	+ 940
Stroke	2	995	3	822	+ 173
Hypertension	3	330	11	201	+ 129
Kidney Disease	4	301	5	439	- 138
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	293	9	215	+ 78
Road Traffic Accidents	6	226	15	130	+ 95
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	224	10	205	+ 18
Lung Cancers	8	216	8	217	- 1
Diabetes Mellitus	9	207	2	1,275	- 1,068
Lung Disease	10	205	16	129	+ 76
Liver Disease	11	154	14	136	+ 18
Congenital Anomalies	12	115	22	93	+ 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	114	13	196	- 82
Low Birth Weight	14	108	23	83	+ 25
Breast Cancer	15	91	7	258	- 167
Asthma	16	78	35	40	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	17	76	34	41	+ 36
Lymphomas	18	72	20	111	- 39
Stomach Cancer	19	68	26	69	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	20	55	32	51	+ 4
Falls	21	52	33	43	+ 9
Birth Trauma	22	51	40	25	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	23	49	6	330	- 281
Violence	24	48	4	549	- 501
Leukemia	25	45	29	62	- 17
Suicide	26	45	17	121	- 76
Other Injuries	27	43	30	61	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	28	42	19	114	- 72
Liver Cancer	29	42	28	66	- 24
Inflammatory/Heart	30	35	25	72	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	31	33	18	119	- 86
HIV/AIDS	32	31	12	196	- 165
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	28	31	52	- 24
Drug Use	34	28	44	19	+ 9
Oral Cancer	35	27	38	31	- 4
Skin Cancers	36	25	57	4	+ 21
Fires	37	24	48	16	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	38	24	21	97	- 73
Ovary Cancer	39	22	24	80	- 58
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	22	45	18	+ 4
Tuberculosis	41	16	43	22	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	14	49	11	+ 3
Drownings	43	14	39	31	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	44	13	41	24	- 12
Epilepsy	45	12	37	32	- 20
Meningitis	46	10	52	9	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	47	10	50	10	- 1
Poisonings	48	9	59	1	+ 8
Hepatitis B	49	8	60	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	50	5	27	68	- 62
Skin Disease	51	5	36	39	- 34
Pertussis	52	5	67	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	53	4	54	6	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	54	4	58	2	+ 2
Alcohol	55	4	42	23	- 20
Tetanus	56	3	65	0	+ 3
War	57	3	46	17	- 14
Appendicitis	58	3	56	4	- 2
Other Neoplasms	59	3	51	10	- 7
Malnutrition	60	3	47	17	- 14
Syphilis	61	2	61	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	53	8	- 7
Schistosomiasis	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	62	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Tunisia

Trinidad/Tob.

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.