SAUDI ARABIA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,418	1	39,037	- 9,619
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	21,281	11	2,442	+ 18,839
Stroke	3	14,104	2	16,793	- 2,689
Lung Cancers	4	11,971	26	775	+ 11,196
Lung Disease	5	11,587	10	2,842	+ 8,745
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	8,476	14	1,630	+ 6,846
Diabetes Mellitus	7	6,104	9	3,890	+ 2,214
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	6,070	5	6,132	- 62
Prostate Cancer	9	5,142	50	148	+ 4,993
Breast Cancer	10	4,649	20	908	+ 3,741
Suicide	11	4,300	13	2,046	+ 2,254
Kidney Disease	12	4,286	4	9,051	- 4,765
Pancreas Cancer	13	4,256	31	526	+ 3,730
Falls	14	4,254	6	5,340	- 1,086
Lymphomas	15	4,148	28	716	+ 3,433
Endocrine Disorders	16	3,179	15	1,447	+ 1,731
Skin Cancers	17	3,165	55	55	+ 3,111
Leukemia	18	2,903	19	925	+ 1,978
Parkinson's Disease	19	2,780	25	776	+ 2,003
Liver Cancer	20	2,780	21	845	+ 1,935
Drug Use	21	2,434	33	491	+ 1,943
Other Injuries	22	2,242	8	4,004	- 1,762
Hypertension	23	2,227	22	834	+ 1,393
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,145	16	1,342	+ 803
Oesophagus Cancer	25	2,039	44	229	+ 1,810
Liver Disease	26	1,941	7	4,931	- 2,991
Stomach Cancer	27	1,758	36	389	+ 1,369
Other Neoplasms	28	1,710	57	40	+ 1,669
Road Traffic Accidents	29	1,699	3	12,317	- 10,618
Bladder Cancer	30	1,621	46	214	+ 1,407
Ovary Cancer	31	1,369	42	247	+ 1,121
Oral Cancer	32	1,327	34	465	+ 863
Congenital Anomalies	33	970	12	2,307	- 1,337
Skin Disease	34	811	32	516	+ 295
Uterin Cancer	35	716	38	323	+ 393
Asthma	36	622	17	1,168	- 546
Alcohol	37	519	51	128	+ 390
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	517	39	280	+ 237
Cervical Cancer	39	466	49	157	+ 310
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	404	35	457	- 53
Epilepsy	41	389	29	694	- 306
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	377	41	275	+ 101
Low Birth Weight	43	339	18	989	- 650
Violence	44	332	30	646	- 313
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	312	62	9	+ 303
Multiple Sclerosis	46	256	56	49	+ 208
Drownings	47	242	24	821	- 580
Hepatitis C	48	236	64	7	+ 229
Anemia	49	215	85	0	+ 215
Birth Trauma	50	191	37	343	- 152
Malnutrition	51	160	52	79	+ 80
Osteoarthritis	52	156	80	0	+ 156
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	97	81	0	+ 97
Schizophrenia	54	87	84	0	+ 87
Fires	55	75	23	825	- 751
Tuberculosis	56	72	27	752	- 680
HIV/AIDS	57	68	47	192	- 124
Hepatitis B	58	56	53	57	- 1
Oral conditions	59	55	82	0	+ 55
Meningitis	60	51	45	227	- 176
Poisonings	61	47	40	279	- 232
Appendicitis	62	36	58	35	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	63	28	48	172	- 145
Upper Respiratory	64	23	70	1	+ 23
War	65	11	65	3	+ 8
Otitis Media	66	8	72	0	+ 8
Syphilis	67	4	59	33	- 29
Encephalitis	68	4	43	234	- 231
Pertussis	69	2	54	56	- 54
Tetanus	70	2	61	16	- 14
Diphtheria	71	0	69	1	- 0
Dengue	72	0	63	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	68	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	79	0	60	25	- 25
Chagas disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	67	1	- 1
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Australia

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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.