CANADA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	41,441	1	40,063	+ 1,377
Stroke	2	17,827	5	14,159	+ 3,668
Road Traffic Accidents	3	13,076	28	1,998	+ 11,078
Kidney Disease	4	9,608	14	4,578	+ 5,031
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,509	7	7,431	- 922
Falls	6	5,669	12	4,829	+ 840
Liver Disease	7	5,235	17	3,624	+ 1,611
Other Injuries	8	4,251	24	2,392	+ 1,858
Diabetes Mellitus	9	4,129	9	5,718	- 1,588
Lung Disease	10	3,017	4	14,212	- 11,195
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,592	2	30,970	- 28,377
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,449	35	1,081	+ 1,368
Suicide	13	2,172	15	4,417	- 2,245
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,731	6	9,651	- 7,920
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,536	19	3,233	- 1,696
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,424	27	2,060	- 636
Asthma	17	1,239	49	262	+ 977
Low Birth Weight	18	1,050	42	553	+ 496
Leukemia	19	982	21	3,098	- 2,116
Breast Cancer	20	964	8	5,910	- 4,946
Liver Cancer	21	897	20	3,113	- 2,216
Hypertension	22	885	22	2,563	- 1,677
Fires	23	876	52	192	+ 684
Drownings	24	872	48	283	+ 589
Parkinson's Disease	25	824	18	3,359	- 2,535
Lung Cancers	26	823	3	20,937	- 20,114
Tuberculosis	27	798	58	97	+ 701
Lymphomas	28	760	10	5,146	- 4,386
Epilepsy	29	737	44	384	+ 353
Violence	30	685	40	605	+ 80
Pancreas Cancer	31	558	11	5,057	- 4,499
Skin Disease	32	548	38	679	- 131
Drug Use	33	521	16	3,686	- 3,165
Oral Cancer	34	493	32	1,592	- 1,099
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	485	36	840	- 356
Stomach Cancer	36	413	26	2,177	- 1,765
Birth Trauma	37	364	50	193	+ 171
Uterin Cancer	38	343	34	1,183	- 840
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	297	39	636	- 339
Poisonings	40	297	56	121	+ 175
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	292	43	442	- 150
Ovary Cancer	42	263	29	1,902	- 1,639
Encephalitis	43	249	68	3	+ 246
Oesophagus Cancer	44	243	25	2,230	- 1,986
Meningitis	45	240	59	68	+ 172
Bladder Cancer	46	227	23	2,521	- 2,293
HIV/AIDS	47	204	53	163	+ 41
Maternal Conditions	48	183	64	45	+ 138
Cervical Cancer	49	166	41	578	- 412
Prostate Cancer	50	157	13	4,711	- 4,553
Alcohol	51	136	33	1,491	- 1,355
Malnutrition	52	84	51	192	- 108
Hepatitis B	53	60	60	66	- 5
Pertussis	54	60	69	1	+ 59
Skin Cancers	55	58	30	1,756	- 1,698
Multiple Sclerosis	56	52	37	692	- 640
Other Neoplasms	57	43	31	1,679	- 1,636
Appendicitis	58	37	62	49	- 13
Syphilis	59	35	67	5	+ 29
Schistosomiasis	60	26	78	0	+ 26
Tetanus	61	17	71	0	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	47	322	- 313
Dengue	63	9	72	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	64	8	45	363	- 355
War	65	3	65	21	- 18
Ascariasis	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	67	1	77	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	63	47	- 46
Chlamydia	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	8	- 8
Leprosy	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	70	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	55	139	- 139
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	54	143	- 143
Oral conditions	82	0	61	51	- 51
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	118	- 118
Anemia	85	0	46	343	- 343
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

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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.