AFGHANISTAN VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	42,858	1	40,195	+ 2,663
Stroke	2	18,437	3	19,060	- 624
Road Traffic Accidents	3	13,523	11	6,033	+ 7,490
Kidney Disease	4	9,937	10	6,590	+ 3,347
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,732	4	14,649	- 7,917
Falls	6	5,863	37	905	+ 4,958
Liver Disease	7	5,414	16	4,600	+ 814
Other Injuries	8	4,396	18	3,241	+ 1,155
Diabetes Mellitus	9	4,271	12	5,750	- 1,479
Lung Disease	10	3,120	15	4,650	- 1,530
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,681	23	1,765	+ 916
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,533	14	5,001	- 2,468
Suicide	13	2,246	24	1,573	+ 673
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,790	39	741	+ 1,048
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,589	28	1,364	+ 225
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,473	45	527	+ 946
Asthma	17	1,282	17	3,403	- 2,121
Low Birth Weight	18	1,086	5	12,631	- 11,545
Leukemia	19	1,015	42	610	+ 405
Breast Cancer	20	997	22	1,822	- 825
Liver Cancer	21	928	40	657	+ 271
Hypertension	22	916	8	7,995	- 7,079
Fires	23	906	50	348	+ 558
Drownings	24	902	34	996	- 94
Parkinson's Disease	25	852	41	628	+ 225
Lung Cancers	26	851	32	1,076	- 225
Tuberculosis	27	825	7	9,839	- 9,014
Lymphomas	28	786	36	946	- 160
Epilepsy	29	762	35	993	- 230
Violence	30	709	19	3,217	- 2,508
Pancreas Cancer	31	577	56	229	+ 348
Skin Disease	32	567	61	94	+ 473
Drug Use	33	539	51	328	+ 211
Oral Cancer	34	510	27	1,467	- 957
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	501	13	5,555	- 5,054
Stomach Cancer	36	427	26	1,501	- 1,074
Birth Trauma	37	377	6	10,723	- 10,346
Uterin Cancer	38	355	53	289	+ 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	307	33	1,041	- 733
Poisonings	40	307	47	384	- 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	302	25	1,505	- 1,203
Ovary Cancer	42	272	48	369	- 98
Encephalitis	43	257	31	1,190	- 933
Oesophagus Cancer	44	252	29	1,314	- 1,063
Meningitis	45	249	20	2,626	- 2,377
Bladder Cancer	46	235	54	272	- 37
HIV/AIDS	47	211	46	464	- 253
Maternal Conditions	48	189	9	7,807	- 7,618
Cervical Cancer	49	172	44	541	- 369
Prostate Cancer	50	163	55	258	- 95
Alcohol	51	141	58	150	- 9
Malnutrition	52	87	43	589	- 502
Hepatitis B	53	63	38	863	- 801
Pertussis	54	62	21	2,107	- 2,046
Skin Cancers	55	60	59	145	- 85
Multiple Sclerosis	56	53	62	84	- 30
Other Neoplasms	57	44	63	29	+ 15
Appendicitis	58	38	52	298	- 261
Syphilis	59	36	60	94	- 58
Schistosomiasis	60	27	79	0	+ 27
Tetanus	61	17	30	1,254	- 1,237
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	65	25	- 16
Dengue	63	10	72	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	64	8	64	28	- 20
War	65	3	2	25,620	- 25,616
Ascariasis	66	2	66	17	- 15
Leishmaniasis	67	1	70	1	- 0
Measles	68	1	49	350	- 349
Diphtheria	69	1	67	16	- 16
Upper Respiratory	70	1	68	9	- 9
Chlamydia	71	0	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	57	185	- 185
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

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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.