TUNISIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,464	1	20,658	- 10,194
Violence	2	4,682	24	410	+ 4,272
Stroke	3	4,027	2	8,509	- 4,483
Lung Disease	4	3,870	10	1,754	+ 2,117
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,618	7	1,912	+ 706
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,887	6	1,928	- 42
Kidney Disease	7	1,660	4	2,574	- 914
Hypertension	8	1,555	3	2,824	- 1,269
Stomach Cancer	9	1,485	19	583	+ 902
Lung Cancers	10	1,276	8	1,849	- 573
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,222	9	1,773	- 551
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,062	13	971	+ 91
Breast Cancer	13	892	15	781	+ 111
Prostate Cancer	14	871	23	417	+ 454
Other Neoplasms	15	779	59	24	+ 755
Congenital Anomalies	16	720	12	980	- 261
HIV/AIDS	17	652	32	261	+ 391
Lymphomas	18	632	18	616	+ 16
Liver Disease	19	590	11	1,313	- 724
Cervical Cancer	20	551	38	201	+ 349
Leukemia	21	537	25	385	+ 151
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	524	5	2,507	- 1,983
Low Birth Weight	23	509	14	924	- 415
Liver Cancer	24	502	29	360	+ 142
Pancreas Cancer	25	491	28	361	+ 130
Suicide	26	477	26	383	+ 95
Malnutrition	27	456	60	24	+ 433
Other Injuries	28	387	27	372	+ 15
Falls	29	369	21	445	- 76
Endocrine Disorders	30	332	31	285	+ 47
Inflammatory/Heart	31	323	30	298	+ 25
Tuberculosis	32	309	41	136	+ 173
Ovary Cancer	33	273	39	192	+ 80
Skin Disease	34	268	51	41	+ 227
Skin Cancers	35	250	36	214	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	36	203	44	109	+ 94
Oral Cancer	37	196	35	232	- 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	182	40	184	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	170	33	237	- 67
Drownings	40	167	43	122	+ 46
Birth Trauma	41	158	22	436	- 278
Bladder Cancer	42	148	17	654	- 506
Epilepsy	43	145	45	101	+ 44
Drug Use	44	119	34	235	- 116
Uterin Cancer	45	103	50	46	+ 57
Maternal Conditions	46	96	47	83	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	47	93	20	469	- 376
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	81	80	0	+ 81
War	49	63	57	25	+ 38
Meningitis	50	59	46	86	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	59	62	9	+ 50
Appendicitis	52	52	58	25	+ 27
Chagas disease	53	49	72	0	+ 49
Asthma	54	46	16	665	- 619
Dengue	55	32	76	0	+ 32
Fires	56	31	37	202	- 171
Anemia	57	24	85	0	+ 24
Osteoarthritis	58	16	81	0	+ 16
Hepatitis C	59	16	65	1	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	60	15	54	33	- 18
Poisonings	61	15	48	81	- 66
Hepatitis B	62	12	49	70	- 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	9	42	123	- 114
Encephalitis	64	9	53	38	- 28
Syphilis	65	7	61	18	- 10
Upper Respiratory	66	6	66	1	+ 6
Malaria	67	6	73	0	+ 6
Alcohol	68	6	55	31	- 25
Pertussis	69	4	52	40	- 36
Schizophrenia	70	4	84	0	+ 4
Tetanus	71	3	56	26	- 22
Leprosy	72	2	71	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	2	70	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	74	2	64	3	- 2
Oral conditions	75	2	82	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	67	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	63	8	- 8
Measles	78	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Colombia

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.