BULGARIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,245	1	36,513	- 29,268
Stroke	2	3,117	2	21,347	- 18,230
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,286	17	647	+ 1,639
Kidney Disease	4	1,680	7	1,855	- 175
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,138	9	1,396	- 258
Falls	6	991	26	381	+ 610
Liver Disease	7	915	8	1,804	- 889
Other Injuries	8	743	21	437	+ 306
Diabetes Mellitus	9	722	11	1,344	- 622
Lung Disease	10	528	4	3,993	- 3,466
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	453	33	147	+ 306
Congenital Anomalies	12	428	32	160	+ 269
Suicide	13	380	15	681	- 301
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	303	6	2,591	- 2,289
Endocrine Disorders	15	269	34	146	+ 123
Inflammatory/Heart	16	249	24	409	- 160
Asthma	17	217	50	28	+ 189
Low Birth Weight	18	184	37	116	+ 67
Leukemia	19	172	20	460	- 288
Breast Cancer	20	168	10	1,358	- 1,189
Liver Cancer	21	157	16	664	- 507
Hypertension	22	155	3	5,916	- 5,761
Fires	23	153	36	124	+ 29
Drownings	24	152	35	129	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	25	144	29	284	- 140
Lung Cancers	26	144	5	3,288	- 3,144
Tuberculosis	27	140	38	104	+ 36
Lymphomas	28	133	19	499	- 367
Epilepsy	29	129	39	93	+ 36
Violence	30	120	41	84	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	31	98	13	1,063	- 965
Skin Disease	32	96	44	53	+ 43
Drug Use	33	91	42	76	+ 15
Oral Cancer	34	86	25	408	- 321
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	85	51	27	+ 58
Stomach Cancer	36	72	12	1,175	- 1,102
Birth Trauma	37	64	47	40	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	38	60	27	369	- 309
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	52	43	56	- 4
Poisonings	40	52	48	38	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	51	30	276	- 225
Ovary Cancer	42	46	23	420	- 374
Encephalitis	43	43	63	3	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	44	43	31	195	- 153
Meningitis	45	42	49	31	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	46	40	18	637	- 597
HIV/AIDS	47	36	54	20	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	48	32	59	6	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	49	29	22	422	- 393
Prostate Cancer	50	28	14	1,016	- 988
Alcohol	51	24	46	44	- 20
Malnutrition	52	15	67	1	+ 13
Hepatitis B	53	11	53	22	- 11
Pertussis	54	10	72	0	+ 10
Skin Cancers	55	10	28	328	- 318
Multiple Sclerosis	56	9	45	52	- 43
Other Neoplasms	57	7	40	93	- 86
Appendicitis	58	6	57	7	- 0
Syphilis	59	6	66	2	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	60	5	83	0	+ 5
Tetanus	61	3	69	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	60	5	- 3
Dengue	63	2	77	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	56	10	- 8
War	65	1	64	3	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	61	4	- 4
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	68	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	65	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	58	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	62	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	55	15	- 15
Anemia	85	0	52	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Saudi Arabia

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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.