ZAMBIA VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	35,661	10	4,432	+ 31,229
Stroke	2	14,689	3	7,948	+ 6,741
Hypertension	3	4,875	13	2,616	+ 2,258
Kidney Disease	4	4,443	18	1,760	+ 2,683
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,328	29	590	+ 3,739
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,329	11	3,654	- 325
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,301	2	9,517	- 6,216
Lung Cancers	8	3,192	41	226	+ 2,966
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,060	14	2,395	+ 665
Lung Disease	10	3,027	21	1,273	+ 1,754
Liver Disease	11	2,267	9	4,501	- 2,234
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,692	12	3,146	- 1,453
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	1,677	43	203	+ 1,474
Low Birth Weight	14	1,595	8	4,857	- 3,262
Breast Cancer	15	1,348	35	366	+ 982
Asthma	16	1,148	26	741	+ 408
Bladder Cancer	17	1,129	50	132	+ 997
Lymphomas	18	1,064	31	548	+ 516
Stomach Cancer	19	1,006	42	206	+ 799
Parkinson's Disease	20	810	47	164	+ 646
Falls	21	768	28	596	+ 171
Birth Trauma	22	752	7	5,062	- 4,309
Prostate Cancer	23	720	30	561	+ 158
Violence	24	707	23	1,153	- 446
Leukemia	25	665	39	261	+ 404
Suicide	26	661	20	1,303	- 642
Other Injuries	27	642	19	1,729	- 1,087
Pancreas Cancer	28	623	62	42	+ 581
Liver Cancer	29	621	46	177	+ 444
Inflammatory/Heart	30	514	33	501	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	31	493	37	354	+ 139
HIV/AIDS	32	451	1	17,234	- 16,784
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	409	40	246	+ 163
Drug Use	34	406	53	122	+ 284
Oral Cancer	35	401	48	155	+ 245
Skin Cancers	36	369	54	108	+ 261
Fires	37	349	32	546	- 197
Cervical Cancer	38	348	17	1,799	- 1,451
Ovary Cancer	39	332	57	82	+ 249
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	318	5	6,275	- 5,958
Tuberculosis	41	235	6	5,941	- 5,706
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	213	45	190	+ 23
Drownings	43	210	27	689	- 479
Oesophagus Cancer	44	188	36	359	- 171
Epilepsy	45	175	38	332	- 157
Meningitis	46	148	16	1,976	- 1,828
Maternal Conditions	47	144	22	1,188	- 1,044
Poisonings	48	140	34	456	- 316
Hepatitis B	49	120	55	104	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	50	79	64	30	+ 50
Skin Disease	51	70	52	126	- 55
Pertussis	52	69	25	743	- 674
Encephalitis	53	65	59	70	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	54	58	67	13	+ 44
Alcohol	55	53	49	140	- 87
Tetanus	56	44	44	190	- 146
War	57	43	69	6	+ 37
Appendicitis	58	43	56	84	- 41
Other Neoplasms	59	41	65	20	+ 21
Malnutrition	60	41	15	2,303	- 2,262
Syphilis	61	31	24	885	- 854
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	16	63	30	- 14
Schistosomiasis	63	14	51	128	- 115
Leishmaniasis	64	6	58	72	- 66
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	18	- 16
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	68	- 67
Ascariasis	67	1	68	9	- 8
Chlamydia	68	0	71	3	- 3
Diphtheria	69	0	73	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	72	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	61	48	- 48
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	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 ZAMBIA

Tunisia

Zambia

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.