BELGIUM VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,795	1	15,281	- 2,486
Stroke	2	5,504	3	7,408	- 1,904
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,037	29	666	+ 3,371
Kidney Disease	4	2,967	8	2,952	+ 15
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,010	6	5,677	- 3,668
Falls	6	1,750	15	1,756	- 5
Liver Disease	7	1,616	17	1,433	+ 183
Other Injuries	8	1,312	11	2,006	- 694
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,275	20	1,269	+ 6
Lung Disease	10	932	5	6,438	- 5,506
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	800	2	9,416	- 8,616
Congenital Anomalies	12	756	40	282	+ 474
Suicide	13	671	10	2,111	- 1,441
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	534	7	3,329	- 2,794
Endocrine Disorders	15	474	18	1,432	- 957
Inflammatory/Heart	16	440	23	1,060	- 621
Asthma	17	383	46	128	+ 255
Low Birth Weight	18	324	50	70	+ 254
Leukemia	19	303	21	1,199	- 896
Breast Cancer	20	298	9	2,587	- 2,289
Liver Cancer	21	277	24	976	- 699
Hypertension	22	273	27	740	- 466
Fires	23	271	48	75	+ 196
Drownings	24	269	47	79	+ 191
Parkinson's Disease	25	254	19	1,378	- 1,123
Lung Cancers	26	254	4	6,777	- 6,523
Tuberculosis	27	246	54	46	+ 201
Lymphomas	28	235	16	1,552	- 1,318
Epilepsy	29	228	36	348	- 120
Violence	30	212	44	149	+ 62
Pancreas Cancer	31	172	14	1,809	- 1,637
Skin Disease	32	169	35	380	- 210
Drug Use	33	161	39	287	- 127
Oral Cancer	34	152	28	675	- 522
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	150	33	418	- 268
Stomach Cancer	36	127	26	863	- 736
Birth Trauma	37	112	53	47	+ 66
Uterin Cancer	38	106	34	384	- 278
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	92	37	293	- 201
Poisonings	40	92	55	41	+ 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	90	42	213	- 122
Ovary Cancer	42	81	30	653	- 571
Encephalitis	43	77	66	1	+ 76
Oesophagus Cancer	44	75	25	898	- 823
Meningitis	45	74	58	28	+ 46
Bladder Cancer	46	70	22	1,078	- 1,008
HIV/AIDS	47	63	57	36	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	48	57	64	6	+ 51
Cervical Cancer	49	51	41	243	- 191
Prostate Cancer	50	49	13	1,824	- 1,776
Alcohol	51	42	32	500	- 458
Malnutrition	52	26	38	291	- 265
Hepatitis B	53	19	63	17	+ 2
Pertussis	54	18	68	1	+ 18
Skin Cancers	55	18	31	522	- 504
Multiple Sclerosis	56	16	45	147	- 131
Other Neoplasms	57	13	12	1,828	- 1,814
Appendicitis	58	11	62	17	- 5
Syphilis	59	11	70	0	+ 11
Schistosomiasis	60	8	76	0	+ 8
Tetanus	61	5	78	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	49	73	- 70
Dengue	63	3	83	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	2	52	53	- 51
War	65	1	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	59	22	- 22
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	59	- 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	60	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	61	19	- 19
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	40	- 40
Anemia	85	0	43	199	- 199
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Saudi Arabia

Belgium

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.