TUNISIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,201	1	20,658	- 5,457
Stroke	2	14,566	2	8,509	+ 6,056
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	8,488	5	2,507	+ 5,981
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,088	7	1,912	+ 6,176
Lung Cancers	5	5,201	8	1,849	+ 3,352
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	5,181	13	971	+ 4,210
Lung Disease	7	5,059	10	1,754	+ 3,306
Diabetes Mellitus	8	4,251	9	1,773	+ 2,478
Kidney Disease	9	3,309	4	2,574	+ 735
Stomach Cancer	10	2,989	19	583	+ 2,406
Prostate Cancer	11	2,507	23	417	+ 2,090
Breast Cancer	12	2,357	15	781	+ 1,576
Other Injuries	13	2,287	27	372	+ 1,915
Hypertension	14	2,219	3	2,824	- 605
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,970	28	361	+ 1,609
Lymphomas	16	1,898	18	616	+ 1,281
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,826	31	285	+ 1,540
Liver Cancer	18	1,500	29	360	+ 1,140
Suicide	19	1,383	26	383	+ 1,000
Bladder Cancer	20	1,382	17	654	+ 728
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,345	20	469	+ 876
Liver Disease	22	1,329	11	1,313	+ 16
Falls	23	1,219	21	445	+ 774
Leukemia	24	1,199	25	385	+ 813
Oral Cancer	25	1,077	35	232	+ 845
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,073	30	298	+ 775
Road Traffic Accidents	27	989	6	1,928	- 939
Other Neoplasms	28	770	59	24	+ 746
Oesophagus Cancer	29	735	44	109	+ 626
Skin Cancers	30	618	36	214	+ 404
Epilepsy	31	490	45	101	+ 389
Uterin Cancer	32	479	50	46	+ 433
Ovary Cancer	33	469	39	192	+ 277
Cervical Cancer	34	388	38	201	+ 187
HIV/AIDS	35	377	32	261	+ 116
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	272	40	184	+ 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	270	33	237	+ 33
Tuberculosis	38	251	41	136	+ 115
Skin Disease	39	239	51	41	+ 198
Congenital Anomalies	40	232	12	980	- 749
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	199	42	123	+ 76
Anemia	42	178	85	0	+ 178
Asthma	43	173	16	665	- 492
Drug Use	44	152	34	235	- 84
Alcohol	45	131	55	31	+ 100
Fires	46	128	37	202	- 74
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	117	62	9	+ 108
Violence	48	114	24	410	- 296
Hepatitis C	49	102	65	1	+ 101
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	97	80	0	+ 97
Drownings	51	94	43	122	- 28
Low Birth Weight	52	93	14	924	- 831
Malnutrition	53	93	60	24	+ 69
Multiple Sclerosis	54	66	54	33	+ 33
Schizophrenia	55	58	84	0	+ 58
Meningitis	56	50	46	86	- 35
Poisonings	57	35	48	81	- 46
Osteoarthritis	58	34	81	0	+ 34
Hepatitis B	59	31	49	70	- 39
Birth Trauma	60	28	22	436	- 408
Appendicitis	61	25	58	25	- 0
Upper Respiratory	62	17	66	1	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	63	8	47	83	- 75
Syphilis	64	4	61	18	- 14
Oral conditions	65	3	82	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	3	70	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	67	2	53	38	- 36
Leishmaniasis	68	1	64	3	- 2
War	69	1	57	25	- 24
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	52	40	- 40
Tetanus	73	0	56	26	- 26
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	63	8	- 8
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Portugal

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.