BELARUS VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,149	1	53,186	- 43,037
Stroke	2	4,366	2	16,393	- 12,027
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,202	19	722	+ 2,480
Kidney Disease	4	2,353	26	480	+ 1,873
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,594	15	1,086	+ 508
Falls	6	1,388	16	952	+ 437
Liver Disease	7	1,282	8	2,078	- 796
Other Injuries	8	1,041	14	1,099	- 58
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,011	30	373	+ 639
Lung Disease	10	739	7	2,208	- 1,469
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	635	3	3,530	- 2,895
Congenital Anomalies	12	600	41	202	+ 398
Suicide	13	532	9	2,004	- 1,472
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	424	5	2,886	- 2,462
Endocrine Disorders	15	376	43	141	+ 235
Inflammatory/Heart	16	349	11	1,361	- 1,012
Asthma	17	304	44	122	+ 182
Low Birth Weight	18	257	47	64	+ 193
Leukemia	19	240	23	554	- 314
Breast Cancer	20	236	12	1,230	- 994
Liver Cancer	21	220	32	363	- 143
Hypertension	22	217	31	367	- 150
Fires	23	215	22	620	- 406
Drownings	24	214	24	543	- 330
Parkinson's Disease	25	202	21	621	- 420
Lung Cancers	26	202	4	2,950	- 2,748
Tuberculosis	27	195	37	269	- 73
Lymphomas	28	186	20	672	- 485
Epilepsy	29	181	45	116	+ 65
Violence	30	168	38	255	- 87
Pancreas Cancer	31	137	13	1,171	- 1,034
Skin Disease	32	134	51	31	+ 103
Drug Use	33	128	29	389	- 261
Oral Cancer	34	121	18	901	- 780
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	119	57	13	+ 106
Stomach Cancer	36	101	10	1,690	- 1,589
Birth Trauma	37	89	52	25	+ 64
Uterin Cancer	38	84	28	391	- 307
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	73	39	239	- 166
Poisonings	40	73	33	311	- 239
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	72	40	235	- 164
Ovary Cancer	42	64	27	429	- 364
Encephalitis	43	61	46	93	- 32
Oesophagus Cancer	44	60	25	493	- 433
Meningitis	45	59	50	36	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	46	56	35	295	- 240
HIV/AIDS	47	50	42	167	- 117
Maternal Conditions	48	45	60	2	+ 43
Cervical Cancer	49	41	34	303	- 263
Prostate Cancer	50	39	17	936	- 897
Alcohol	51	33	6	2,761	- 2,728
Malnutrition	52	21	53	22	- 1
Hepatitis B	53	15	56	14	+ 1
Pertussis	54	15	65	0	+ 15
Skin Cancers	55	14	36	272	- 257
Multiple Sclerosis	56	13	49	42	- 29
Other Neoplasms	57	10	48	52	- 42
Appendicitis	58	9	54	20	- 11
Syphilis	59	8	63	1	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	60	6	74	0	+ 6
Tetanus	61	4	64	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	55	15	- 13
Dengue	63	2	71	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	62	1	+ 1
War	65	1	59	3	- 3
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	58	5	- 5
Chlamydia	71	0	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	69	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	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Saudi Arabia

Belarus

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.