SAUDI ARABIA VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	35,292	1	39,037	- 3,745
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	29,610	11	2,442	+ 27,168
Lung Disease	3	18,060	10	2,842	+ 15,218
Stroke	4	16,419	2	16,793	- 374
Lung Cancers	5	15,387	26	775	+ 14,612
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	11,916	5	6,132	+ 5,785
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	11,850	14	1,630	+ 10,220
Prostate Cancer	8	7,775	50	148	+ 7,627
Falls	9	5,157	6	5,340	- 184
Pancreas Cancer	10	5,108	31	526	+ 4,582
Breast Cancer	11	4,630	20	908	+ 3,722
Lymphomas	12	4,283	28	716	+ 3,567
Suicide	13	4,201	13	2,046	+ 2,155
Kidney Disease	14	4,051	4	9,051	- 5,000
Other Injuries	15	3,867	8	4,004	- 138
Diabetes Mellitus	16	3,711	9	3,890	- 179
Parkinson's Disease	17	3,676	25	776	+ 2,899
Skin Cancers	18	2,702	55	55	+ 2,648
Endocrine Disorders	19	2,380	15	1,447	+ 933
Bladder Cancer	20	2,362	46	214	+ 2,148
Leukemia	21	2,346	19	925	+ 1,422
Stomach Cancer	22	2,277	36	389	+ 1,889
Other Neoplasms	23	2,151	57	40	+ 2,111
Ovary Cancer	24	2,049	42	247	+ 1,802
Drug Use	25	1,748	33	491	+ 1,257
Liver Cancer	26	1,719	21	845	+ 874
Oesophagus Cancer	27	1,644	44	229	+ 1,415
Hypertension	28	1,525	22	834	+ 690
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,466	16	1,342	+ 124
Liver Disease	30	1,417	7	4,931	- 3,514
Alcohol	31	1,357	51	128	+ 1,229
Oral Cancer	32	1,112	34	465	+ 648
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	1,059	41	275	+ 784
Congenital Anomalies	34	904	12	2,307	- 1,403
Malnutrition	35	896	52	79	+ 817
Uterin Cancer	36	889	38	323	+ 567
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	848	35	457	+ 391
Skin Disease	38	847	32	516	+ 330
Cervical Cancer	39	829	49	157	+ 672
Epilepsy	40	791	29	694	+ 97
Multiple Sclerosis	41	790	56	49	+ 741
Road Traffic Accidents	42	757	3	12,317	- 11,560
Asthma	43	561	17	1,168	- 607
Anemia	44	495	85	0	+ 495
Drownings	45	429	24	821	- 393
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	407	39	280	+ 127
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	401	62	9	+ 392
Fires	48	296	23	825	- 530
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	215	81	0	+ 215
Violence	50	212	30	646	- 434
Osteoarthritis	51	181	80	0	+ 181
Low Birth Weight	52	155	18	989	- 834
Schizophrenia	53	151	84	0	+ 151
Birth Trauma	54	116	37	343	- 227
Hepatitis C	55	112	64	7	+ 104
Tuberculosis	56	99	27	752	- 653
Poisonings	57	95	40	279	- 184
Meningitis	58	90	45	227	- 136
Appendicitis	59	80	58	35	+ 45
Upper Respiratory	60	77	70	1	+ 77
HIV/AIDS	61	69	47	192	- 123
Oral conditions	62	57	82	0	+ 57
Hepatitis B	63	22	53	57	- 35
Pertussis	64	8	54	56	- 48
Otitis Media	65	8	72	0	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	66	8	48	172	- 165
Syphilis	67	6	59	33	- 27
War	68	4	65	3	+ 0
Tetanus	69	2	61	16	- 13
Encephalitis	70	1	43	234	- 233
Diphtheria	71	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	68	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	63	9	- 9
Ascariasis	76	0	66	1	- 1
Chlamydia	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	60	25	- 25
Malaria	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Norway

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.