SAUDI ARABIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	40,957	2	16,793	+ 24,164
Coronary Heart Disease	2	32,346	1	39,037	- 6,691
Diabetes Mellitus	3	30,369	9	3,890	+ 26,479
Kidney Disease	4	17,332	4	9,051	+ 8,281
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	14,283	5	6,132	+ 8,151
Prostate Cancer	6	12,238	50	148	+ 12,089
Road Traffic Accidents	7	11,863	3	12,317	- 454
Lung Disease	8	11,489	10	2,842	+ 8,647
Hypertension	9	11,410	22	834	+ 10,575
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	10,348	11	2,442	+ 7,906
Violence	11	8,047	30	646	+ 7,401
Liver Disease	12	7,577	7	4,931	+ 2,646
Inflammatory/Heart	13	6,850	16	1,342	+ 5,508
Breast Cancer	14	5,535	20	908	+ 4,628
Stomach Cancer	15	4,764	36	389	+ 4,376
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	4,589	14	1,630	+ 2,959
Endocrine Disorders	17	4,387	15	1,447	+ 2,940
Lung Cancers	18	4,065	26	775	+ 3,290
Low Birth Weight	19	3,738	18	989	+ 2,749
Skin Disease	20	3,514	32	516	+ 2,998
Other Injuries	21	3,208	8	4,004	- 797
Suicide	22	3,131	13	2,046	+ 1,085
Parkinson's Disease	23	3,016	25	776	+ 2,240
Lymphomas	24	2,846	28	716	+ 2,130
Cervical Cancer	25	2,579	49	157	+ 2,422
Falls	26	2,289	6	5,340	- 3,051
Asthma	27	2,085	17	1,168	+ 918
Drownings	28	2,028	24	821	+ 1,206
Alcohol	29	2,010	51	128	+ 1,882
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,760	12	2,307	- 547
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,752	31	526	+ 1,226
Epilepsy	32	1,548	29	694	+ 853
Malnutrition	33	1,431	52	79	+ 1,352
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,167	41	275	+ 892
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	996	35	457	+ 539
Leukemia	36	962	19	925	+ 37
Liver Cancer	37	879	21	845	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	856	39	280	+ 576
Fires	39	721	23	825	- 105
Oesophagus Cancer	40	682	44	229	+ 453
Ovary Cancer	41	680	42	247	+ 433
Birth Trauma	42	673	37	343	+ 330
Oral Cancer	43	669	34	465	+ 204
Tuberculosis	44	634	27	752	- 117
Uterin Cancer	45	442	38	323	+ 119
Drug Use	46	417	33	491	- 74
Maternal Conditions	47	401	48	172	+ 229
Other Neoplasms	48	395	57	40	+ 355
Meningitis	49	318	45	227	+ 91
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	284	62	9	+ 275
Appendicitis	51	244	58	35	+ 210
Encephalitis	52	239	43	234	+ 5
Dengue	53	128	63	9	+ 119
Multiple Sclerosis	54	97	56	49	+ 48
Poisonings	55	57	40	279	- 223
Tetanus	56	46	61	16	+ 31
Syphilis	57	41	59	33	+ 8
War	58	36	65	3	+ 33
Upper Respiratory	59	27	70	1	+ 27
Hepatitis B	60	13	53	57	- 44
Schistosomiasis	61	11	60	25	- 14
Chlamydia	62	10	71	0	+ 9
Pertussis	63	7	54	56	- 50
Ascariasis	64	2	66	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	7	- 6
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	69	1	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	55	55	- 54
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	46	214	- 214
Schizophrenia	73	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	68	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	83	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	47	192	- 192
Trichuriasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Saint Lucia

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.