SAUDI ARABIA VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	29,262	5	6,132	+ 23,130
Malaria	2	23,614	75	0	+ 23,614
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	22,238	35	457	+ 21,782
Low Birth Weight	4	13,262	18	989	+ 12,273
Stroke	5	12,093	2	16,793	- 4,700
Coronary Heart Disease	6	11,416	1	39,037	- 27,620
Birth Trauma	7	11,140	37	343	+ 10,797
Road Traffic Accidents	8	8,249	3	12,317	- 4,068
Meningitis	9	7,265	45	227	+ 7,039
Congenital Anomalies	10	6,029	12	2,307	+ 3,721
Liver Disease	11	5,711	7	4,931	+ 779
Other Injuries	12	5,307	8	4,004	+ 1,303
Tuberculosis	13	5,137	27	752	+ 4,385
Maternal Conditions	14	4,602	48	172	+ 4,430
Pertussis	15	3,964	54	56	+ 3,908
Kidney Disease	16	3,791	4	9,051	- 5,260
Diabetes Mellitus	17	3,649	9	3,890	- 241
Measles	18	3,348	68	1	+ 3,347
Violence	19	3,113	30	646	+ 2,467
Lung Disease	20	3,013	10	2,842	+ 171
Malnutrition	21	3,010	52	79	+ 2,931
Asthma	22	2,639	17	1,168	+ 1,471
Endocrine Disorders	23	2,506	15	1,447	+ 1,058
Drownings	24	2,193	24	821	+ 1,372
Hypertension	25	1,881	22	834	+ 1,046
Falls	26	1,800	6	5,340	- 3,540
Suicide	27	1,702	13	2,046	- 344
Fires	28	1,554	23	825	+ 729
Breast Cancer	29	1,492	20	908	+ 584
HIV/AIDS	30	1,454	47	192	+ 1,262
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	1,449	41	275	+ 1,174
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	1,190	11	2,442	- 1,252
Poisonings	33	1,070	40	279	+ 791
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,066	16	1,342	- 275
Liver Cancer	35	1,034	21	845	+ 189
Epilepsy	36	938	29	694	+ 244
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	724	14	1,630	- 906
Cervical Cancer	38	675	49	157	+ 519
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	648	39	280	+ 368
Ovary Cancer	40	589	42	247	+ 342
War	41	568	65	3	+ 565
Tetanus	42	517	61	16	+ 501
Lymphomas	43	486	28	716	- 230
Stomach Cancer	44	417	36	389	+ 28
Skin Cancers	45	398	55	55	+ 343
Hepatitis B	46	387	53	57	+ 330
Parkinson's Disease	47	382	25	776	- 394
Leukemia	48	357	19	925	- 567
Oral Cancer	49	336	34	465	- 129
Schistosomiasis	50	329	60	25	+ 304
Leishmaniasis	51	329	67	1	+ 328
Skin Disease	52	295	32	516	- 221
Bladder Cancer	53	224	46	214	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	54	191	31	526	- 335
Oesophagus Cancer	55	182	44	229	- 47
Appendicitis	56	178	58	35	+ 143
Prostate Cancer	57	177	50	148	+ 29
Drug Use	58	175	33	491	- 316
Ascariasis	59	173	66	1	+ 172
Alcohol	60	167	51	128	+ 39
Encephalitis	61	156	43	234	- 79
Syphilis	62	152	59	33	+ 120
Upper Respiratory	63	130	70	1	+ 129
Uterin Cancer	64	120	38	323	- 203
Diphtheria	65	84	69	1	+ 83
Hepatitis C	66	63	64	7	+ 56
Lung Cancers	67	58	26	775	- 717
Other Neoplasms	68	33	57	40	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	69	31	56	49	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	25	62	9	+ 16
Chlamydia	71	4	71	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	63	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Niger

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.