SAUDI ARABIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,738	1	39,037	- 7,299
Violence	2	14,200	30	646	+ 13,554
Stroke	3	12,213	2	16,793	- 4,580
Lung Disease	4	11,738	10	2,842	+ 8,896
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,940	5	6,132	+ 1,808
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,722	3	12,317	- 6,595
Kidney Disease	7	5,036	4	9,051	- 4,015
Hypertension	8	4,716	22	834	+ 3,882
Stomach Cancer	9	4,504	36	389	+ 4,115
Lung Cancers	10	3,869	26	775	+ 3,094
Diabetes Mellitus	11	3,706	9	3,890	- 184
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	3,221	14	1,630	+ 1,591
Breast Cancer	13	2,704	20	908	+ 1,796
Prostate Cancer	14	2,642	50	148	+ 2,493
Other Neoplasms	15	2,362	57	40	+ 2,322
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,183	12	2,307	- 124
HIV/AIDS	17	1,977	47	192	+ 1,785
Lymphomas	18	1,918	28	716	+ 1,202
Liver Disease	19	1,788	7	4,931	- 3,143
Cervical Cancer	20	1,670	49	157	+ 1,513
Leukemia	21	1,627	19	925	+ 703
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,590	11	2,442	- 852
Low Birth Weight	23	1,544	18	989	+ 555
Liver Cancer	24	1,522	21	845	+ 677
Pancreas Cancer	25	1,490	31	526	+ 964
Suicide	26	1,448	13	2,046	- 598
Malnutrition	27	1,384	52	79	+ 1,305
Other Injuries	28	1,173	8	4,004	- 2,831
Falls	29	1,118	6	5,340	- 4,222
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,008	15	1,447	- 440
Inflammatory/Heart	31	980	16	1,342	- 362
Tuberculosis	32	937	27	752	+ 185
Ovary Cancer	33	827	42	247	+ 580
Skin Disease	34	812	32	516	+ 296
Skin Cancers	35	758	55	55	+ 703
Oesophagus Cancer	36	616	44	229	+ 386
Oral Cancer	37	595	34	465	+ 130
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	551	35	457	+ 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	515	41	275	+ 239
Drownings	40	508	24	821	- 314
Birth Trauma	41	478	37	343	+ 135
Bladder Cancer	42	449	46	214	+ 235
Epilepsy	43	440	29	694	- 254
Drug Use	44	362	33	491	- 129
Uterin Cancer	45	312	38	323	- 11
Maternal Conditions	46	290	48	172	+ 118
Parkinson's Disease	47	282	25	776	- 494
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	245	81	0	+ 245
War	49	192	65	3	+ 188
Meningitis	50	180	45	227	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	178	62	9	+ 169
Appendicitis	52	157	58	35	+ 122
Chagas disease	53	150	76	0	+ 150
Asthma	54	141	17	1,168	- 1,027
Dengue	55	98	63	9	+ 89
Fires	56	93	23	825	- 732
Anemia	57	74	85	0	+ 74
Osteoarthritis	58	49	80	0	+ 49
Hepatitis C	59	48	64	7	+ 40
Multiple Sclerosis	60	46	56	49	- 3
Poisonings	61	45	40	279	- 235
Hepatitis B	62	37	53	57	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	28	39	280	- 252
Encephalitis	64	28	43	234	- 206
Syphilis	65	22	59	33	- 10
Upper Respiratory	66	20	70	1	+ 19
Malaria	67	19	75	0	+ 19
Alcohol	68	17	51	128	- 112
Pertussis	69	13	54	56	- 43
Schizophrenia	70	13	84	0	+ 13
Tetanus	71	10	61	16	- 5
Leprosy	72	6	73	0	+ 6
Otitis Media	73	5	72	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	74	5	67	1	+ 4
Oral conditions	75	5	82	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	76	3	66	1	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	60	25	- 24
Measles	78	0	68	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	1	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	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 SAUDI ARABIA

Colombia

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.