URUGUAY VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,873	1	4,265	+ 1,608
Stroke	2	2,419	2	2,850	- 431
Hypertension	3	803	15	648	+ 155
Kidney Disease	4	732	8	1,040	- 308
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	713	3	1,899	- 1,186
Road Traffic Accidents	6	548	16	512	+ 37
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	544	6	1,370	- 827
Lung Cancers	8	526	5	1,463	- 937
Diabetes Mellitus	9	504	11	747	- 243
Lung Disease	10	498	4	1,706	- 1,208
Liver Disease	11	373	27	206	+ 167
Congenital Anomalies	12	279	30	170	+ 109
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	276	7	1,245	- 969
Low Birth Weight	14	263	42	73	+ 189
Breast Cancer	15	222	9	848	- 626
Asthma	16	189	37	127	+ 62
Bladder Cancer	17	186	26	276	- 90
Lymphomas	18	175	20	457	- 282
Stomach Cancer	19	166	18	480	- 315
Parkinson's Disease	20	133	21	320	- 187
Falls	21	126	47	55	+ 71
Birth Trauma	22	124	53	22	+ 102
Prostate Cancer	23	119	13	707	- 589
Violence	24	116	23	295	- 179
Leukemia	25	110	25	280	- 171
Suicide	26	109	12	735	- 627
Other Injuries	27	106	10	774	- 668
Pancreas Cancer	28	103	14	656	- 553
Liver Cancer	29	102	34	147	- 45
Inflammatory/Heart	30	85	22	314	- 229
Endocrine Disorders	31	81	17	487	- 406
HIV/AIDS	32	74	28	195	- 121
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	67	46	57	+ 11
Drug Use	34	67	49	41	+ 26
Oral Cancer	35	66	31	167	- 101
Skin Cancers	36	61	33	149	- 88
Fires	37	57	48	54	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	38	57	29	172	- 115
Ovary Cancer	39	55	32	160	- 106
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	52	35	134	- 82
Tuberculosis	41	39	41	81	- 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	35	50	39	- 4
Drownings	43	35	45	65	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	44	31	24	286	- 255
Epilepsy	45	29	40	86	- 57
Meningitis	46	24	58	10	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	47	24	60	9	+ 15
Poisonings	48	23	55	17	+ 6
Hepatitis B	49	20	63	4	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	50	13	38	115	- 102
Skin Disease	51	12	36	130	- 118
Pertussis	52	11	72	0	+ 11
Encephalitis	53	11	64	4	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	54	10	56	13	- 4
Alcohol	55	9	39	104	- 96
Tetanus	56	7	71	0	+ 7
War	57	7	70	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	58	7	59	9	- 2
Other Neoplasms	59	7	19	464	- 457
Malnutrition	60	7	43	73	- 66
Syphilis	61	5	66	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	51	35	- 32
Schistosomiasis	63	2	77	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	64	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	3	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	5	- 5
Ascariasis	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	61	5	- 5
Malaria	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	85	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Tunisia

Uruguay

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.