CAMEROON VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	33,078	6	10,695	+ 22,383
Stroke	2	14,230	5	11,199	+ 3,030
Road Traffic Accidents	3	10,437	9	7,810	+ 2,627
Kidney Disease	4	7,669	13	5,140	+ 2,529
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,196	1	19,694	- 14,498
Falls	6	4,525	27	1,235	+ 3,290
Liver Disease	7	4,178	14	4,531	- 353
Other Injuries	8	3,393	16	3,289	+ 104
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,296	11	5,468	- 2,172
Lung Disease	10	2,408	20	2,310	+ 98
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,069	31	1,157	+ 913
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,955	12	5,258	- 3,303
Suicide	13	1,734	19	2,333	- 599
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,381	43	569	+ 812
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,226	18	2,474	- 1,248
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,137	33	986	+ 151
Asthma	17	989	25	1,619	- 630
Low Birth Weight	18	838	8	7,950	- 7,112
Leukemia	19	784	54	275	+ 509
Breast Cancer	20	769	23	1,874	- 1,105
Liver Cancer	21	716	37	875	- 159
Hypertension	22	707	22	2,035	- 1,329
Fires	23	699	36	908	- 209
Drownings	24	696	29	1,178	- 482
Parkinson's Disease	25	658	46	449	+ 209
Lung Cancers	26	657	51	301	+ 356
Tuberculosis	27	637	10	7,414	- 6,777
Lymphomas	28	607	44	489	+ 117
Epilepsy	29	588	38	867	- 278
Violence	30	547	24	1,666	- 1,119
Pancreas Cancer	31	446	52	290	+ 156
Skin Disease	32	437	48	324	+ 114
Drug Use	33	416	35	928	- 512
Oral Cancer	34	394	39	845	- 452
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	387	3	11,849	- 11,462
Stomach Cancer	36	329	45	458	- 128
Birth Trauma	37	291	7	8,243	- 7,952
Uterin Cancer	38	274	60	75	+ 199
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	237	49	323	- 86
Poisonings	40	237	41	666	- 429
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	233	40	754	- 521
Ovary Cancer	42	210	50	303	- 93
Encephalitis	43	199	58	187	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	44	194	59	135	+ 59
Meningitis	45	192	15	3,441	- 3,249
Bladder Cancer	46	181	62	65	+ 117
HIV/AIDS	47	163	2	13,888	- 13,725
Maternal Conditions	48	146	17	2,615	- 2,469
Cervical Cancer	49	133	26	1,582	- 1,449
Prostate Cancer	50	126	34	940	- 814
Alcohol	51	109	57	198	- 89
Malnutrition	52	67	28	1,218	- 1,151
Hepatitis B	53	48	47	336	- 288
Pertussis	54	48	21	2,288	- 2,240
Skin Cancers	55	46	56	204	- 158
Multiple Sclerosis	56	41	64	41	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	57	34	63	49	- 15
Appendicitis	58	29	61	72	- 43
Syphilis	59	28	30	1,170	- 1,143
Schistosomiasis	60	21	53	288	- 266
Tetanus	61	13	55	223	- 210
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	68	26	- 18
Dengue	63	8	73	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	64	6	66	27	- 21
War	65	3	42	643	- 641
Ascariasis	66	1	65	30	- 29
Leishmaniasis	67	1	69	20	- 19
Measles	68	1	32	1,028	- 1,027
Diphtheria	69	0	67	26	- 26
Upper Respiratory	70	0	70	19	- 19
Chlamydia	71	0	72	4	- 4
Otitis Media	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	71	10	- 10
Malaria	75	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

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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.