SAUDI ARABIA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,920	1	39,037	- 18,116
Stroke	2	19,053	2	16,793	+ 2,260
Kidney Disease	3	7,959	4	9,051	- 1,092
Lung Disease	4	7,954	10	2,842	+ 5,112
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	7,832	11	2,442	+ 5,389
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,675	5	6,132	+ 1,543
Hypertension	7	7,473	22	834	+ 6,639
Stomach Cancer	8	7,108	36	389	+ 6,720
Lung Cancers	9	6,760	26	775	+ 5,985
Diabetes Mellitus	10	6,220	9	3,890	+ 2,330
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	5,917	14	1,630	+ 4,287
Road Traffic Accidents	12	5,534	3	12,317	- 6,783
Liver Disease	13	5,183	7	4,931	+ 252
Prostate Cancer	14	4,768	50	148	+ 4,620
Suicide	15	3,329	13	2,046	+ 1,283
Breast Cancer	16	3,306	20	908	+ 2,398
Pancreas Cancer	17	3,068	31	526	+ 2,542
Lymphomas	18	2,729	28	716	+ 2,013
Liver Cancer	19	2,681	21	845	+ 1,836
Other Neoplasms	20	2,659	57	40	+ 2,618
Other Injuries	21	2,565	8	4,004	- 1,439
Endocrine Disorders	22	2,519	15	1,447	+ 1,072
Falls	23	1,771	6	5,340	- 3,570
Leukemia	24	1,722	19	925	+ 797
Congenital Anomalies	25	1,680	12	2,307	- 628
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,547	25	776	+ 770
Cervical Cancer	27	1,526	49	157	+ 1,370
Skin Disease	28	1,495	32	516	+ 978
Violence	29	1,456	30	646	+ 810
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,414	44	229	+ 1,184
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,388	16	1,342	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	32	1,255	46	214	+ 1,041
HIV/AIDS	33	1,056	47	192	+ 864
Skin Cancers	34	1,029	55	55	+ 975
Ovary Cancer	35	1,007	42	247	+ 760
Low Birth Weight	36	856	18	989	- 133
Malnutrition	37	823	52	79	+ 743
Tuberculosis	38	803	27	752	+ 51
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	655	35	457	+ 198
Oral Cancer	40	601	34	465	+ 136
Fires	41	578	23	825	- 247
Asthma	42	577	17	1,168	- 591
Epilepsy	43	576	29	694	- 118
Drownings	44	554	24	821	- 267
Uterin Cancer	45	538	38	323	+ 215
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	437	41	275	+ 162
Alcohol	47	405	51	128	+ 277
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	365	62	9	+ 356
Anemia	49	352	85	0	+ 352
Drug Use	50	291	33	491	- 200
Osteoarthritis	51	257	80	0	+ 257
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	204	39	280	- 76
Meningitis	53	186	45	227	- 41
Birth Trauma	54	171	37	343	- 172
Chagas disease	55	154	76	0	+ 154
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	144	81	0	+ 144
Poisonings	57	134	40	279	- 146
Schizophrenia	58	74	84	0	+ 74
Appendicitis	59	72	58	35	+ 38
Hepatitis B	60	59	53	57	+ 2
Hepatitis C	61	52	64	7	+ 45
Multiple Sclerosis	62	52	56	49	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	63	46	48	172	- 126
War	64	27	65	3	+ 24
Oral conditions	65	10	82	0	+ 10
Syphilis	66	10	59	33	- 23
Upper Respiratory	67	9	70	1	+ 8
Pertussis	68	5	54	56	- 51
Tetanus	69	3	61	16	- 12
Encephalitis	70	3	43	234	- 231
Otitis Media	71	3	72	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	63	9	- 9
Diphtheria	74	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	75	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	67	1	- 1
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	60	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Chile

Saudi Arabia

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.