TUNISIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,790	1	20,658	- 2,868
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	10,119	5	2,507	+ 7,612
Lung Disease	3	6,884	10	1,754	+ 5,131
Stroke	4	5,585	2	8,509	- 2,924
Lung Cancers	5	5,480	8	1,849	+ 3,631
Kidney Disease	6	3,025	4	2,574	+ 451
Drug Use	7	2,623	34	235	+ 2,387
Hypertension	8	2,324	3	2,824	- 500
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,178	13	971	+ 1,207
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,164	9	1,773	+ 391
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	2,125	7	1,912	+ 213
Suicide	12	1,871	26	383	+ 1,488
Breast Cancer	13	1,715	15	781	+ 934
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,655	31	285	+ 1,370
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,561	28	361	+ 1,200
Liver Disease	16	1,529	11	1,313	+ 216
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,469	6	1,928	- 459
Falls	18	1,424	21	445	+ 979
Lymphomas	19	1,419	18	616	+ 803
Prostate Cancer	20	1,255	23	417	+ 838
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,215	20	469	+ 746
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,146	30	298	+ 848
Liver Cancer	23	954	29	360	+ 594
Leukemia	24	950	25	385	+ 565
Other Injuries	25	916	27	372	+ 544
Bladder Cancer	26	691	17	654	+ 38
Violence	27	669	24	410	+ 259
Oesophagus Cancer	28	628	44	109	+ 519
Other Neoplasms	29	625	59	24	+ 601
Alcohol	30	517	55	31	+ 486
Ovary Cancer	31	514	39	192	+ 322
Skin Cancers	32	504	36	214	+ 290
Stomach Cancer	33	461	19	583	- 122
Congenital Anomalies	34	414	12	980	- 566
Oral Cancer	35	407	35	232	+ 175
Uterin Cancer	36	355	50	46	+ 309
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	351	40	184	+ 167
Cervical Cancer	38	246	38	201	+ 45
Low Birth Weight	39	244	14	924	- 680
Malnutrition	40	238	60	24	+ 215
Hepatitis C	41	200	65	1	+ 199
HIV/AIDS	42	199	32	261	- 62
Skin Disease	43	191	51	41	+ 150
Multiple Sclerosis	44	178	54	33	+ 145
Drownings	45	143	43	122	+ 22
Asthma	46	135	16	665	- 531
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	128	42	123	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	122	33	237	- 115
Fires	49	112	37	202	- 90
Epilepsy	50	111	45	101	+ 10
Anemia	51	110	85	0	+ 110
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	87	62	9	+ 78
Poisonings	53	59	48	81	- 22
Birth Trauma	54	43	22	436	- 392
War	55	42	57	25	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	56	27	47	83	- 56
Schizophrenia	57	25	84	0	+ 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	24	80	0	+ 24
Hepatitis B	59	21	49	70	- 48
Meningitis	60	21	46	86	- 64
Osteoarthritis	61	20	81	0	+ 20
Tuberculosis	62	19	41	136	- 117
Appendicitis	63	15	58	25	- 10
Oral conditions	64	10	82	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	65	8	66	1	+ 7
Syphilis	66	2	61	18	- 16
Otitis Media	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	53	38	- 37
Pertussis	69	1	52	40	- 40
Chagas disease	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	56	26	- 25
Schistosomiasis	72	0	63	8	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	64	3	- 3
Measles	80	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

United States

Tunisia

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.