SAUDI ARABIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	14,162	5	6,132	+ 8,031
Stroke	2	13,574	2	16,793	- 3,219
Road Traffic Accidents	3	9,975	3	12,317	- 2,343
Coronary Heart Disease	4	9,672	1	39,037	- 29,365
Malaria	5	8,847	75	0	+ 8,847
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	8,373	35	457	+ 7,916
HIV/AIDS	7	7,579	47	192	+ 7,387
Liver Disease	8	6,835	7	4,931	+ 1,904
Low Birth Weight	9	5,882	18	989	+ 4,893
Birth Trauma	10	5,065	37	343	+ 4,722
Diabetes Mellitus	11	4,985	9	3,890	+ 1,095
Congenital Anomalies	12	4,767	12	2,307	+ 2,460
Lung Disease	13	4,170	10	2,842	+ 1,328
Hypertension	14	3,641	22	834	+ 2,807
Kidney Disease	15	3,235	4	9,051	- 5,816
Malnutrition	16	3,133	52	79	+ 3,053
Other Injuries	17	2,533	8	4,004	- 1,471
Cervical Cancer	18	2,523	49	157	+ 2,366
Meningitis	19	2,273	45	227	+ 2,046
Stomach Cancer	20	2,093	36	389	+ 1,704
Maternal Conditions	21	1,938	48	172	+ 1,766
Asthma	22	1,924	17	1,168	+ 756
Liver Cancer	23	1,895	21	845	+ 1,050
Suicide	24	1,887	13	2,046	- 158
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,763	11	2,442	- 679
Tuberculosis	26	1,676	27	752	+ 924
Breast Cancer	27	1,609	20	908	+ 701
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,586	14	1,630	- 45
Violence	29	1,470	30	646	+ 824
Lymphomas	30	1,206	28	716	+ 490
Falls	31	1,106	6	5,340	- 4,234
Prostate Cancer	32	1,062	50	148	+ 914
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	972	41	275	+ 697
Inflammatory/Heart	34	930	16	1,342	- 411
Leukemia	35	850	19	925	- 75
Drownings	36	764	24	821	- 58
Oral Cancer	37	730	34	465	+ 265
Fires	38	723	23	825	- 102
Lung Cancers	39	628	26	775	- 147
Poisonings	40	590	40	279	+ 311
Endocrine Disorders	41	589	15	1,447	- 858
Pertussis	42	584	54	56	+ 528
Pancreas Cancer	43	573	31	526	+ 47
Oesophagus Cancer	44	572	44	229	+ 342
Epilepsy	45	513	29	694	- 181
Syphilis	46	463	59	33	+ 430
Parkinson's Disease	47	392	25	776	- 385
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	365	39	280	+ 85
Alcohol	49	337	51	128	+ 208
Skin Cancers	50	302	55	55	+ 248
Schistosomiasis	51	298	60	25	+ 273
Skin Disease	52	276	32	516	- 240
Ovary Cancer	53	247	42	247	- 0
Appendicitis	54	188	58	35	+ 154
Hepatitis B	55	183	53	57	+ 126
Uterin Cancer	56	156	38	323	- 167
Upper Respiratory	57	156	70	1	+ 156
Tetanus	58	141	61	16	+ 126
Measles	59	138	68	1	+ 137
Drug Use	60	119	33	491	- 371
Encephalitis	61	104	43	234	- 130
Bladder Cancer	62	94	46	214	- 120
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	62	62	9	+ 53
Other Neoplasms	64	43	57	40	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	33	64	7	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	66	19	56	49	- 29
Ascariasis	67	12	66	1	+ 11
Otitis Media	68	10	72	0	+ 10
War	69	7	65	3	+ 4
Chlamydia	70	6	71	0	+ 6
Diphtheria	71	3	69	1	+ 2
Dengue	72	1	63	9	- 8
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	67	1	- 1
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
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Rwanda

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.