CENTRAL AFRICA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,036	7	2,900	+ 3,136
Stroke	2	2,597	5	3,284	- 687
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,905	10	1,790	+ 115
Kidney Disease	4	1,400	21	710	+ 689
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	948	1	5,231	- 4,283
Falls	6	826	36	181	+ 644
Liver Disease	7	763	14	1,153	- 391
Other Injuries	8	619	23	621	- 1
Diabetes Mellitus	9	602	15	1,141	- 540
Lung Disease	10	440	18	956	- 517
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	378	33	204	+ 174
Congenital Anomalies	12	357	19	776	- 419
Suicide	13	316	24	585	- 269
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	252	45	116	+ 136
Endocrine Disorders	15	224	25	423	- 199
Inflammatory/Heart	16	207	30	270	- 62
Asthma	17	181	20	761	- 580
Low Birth Weight	18	153	8	2,228	- 2,075
Leukemia	19	143	47	88	+ 55
Breast Cancer	20	140	26	344	- 204
Liver Cancer	21	131	44	117	+ 14
Hypertension	22	129	12	1,252	- 1,123
Fires	23	128	39	142	- 14
Drownings	24	127	34	202	- 75
Parkinson's Disease	25	120	48	67	+ 53
Lung Cancers	26	120	55	47	+ 73
Tuberculosis	27	116	2	4,704	- 4,587
Lymphomas	28	111	42	119	- 8
Epilepsy	29	107	43	119	- 11
Violence	30	100	17	1,009	- 909
Pancreas Cancer	31	81	60	37	+ 45
Skin Disease	32	80	54	48	+ 32
Drug Use	33	76	57	44	+ 32
Oral Cancer	34	72	46	91	- 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	71	3	4,684	- 4,613
Stomach Cancer	36	60	49	65	- 5
Birth Trauma	37	53	9	2,192	- 2,139
Uterin Cancer	38	50	65	20	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	43	35	194	- 151
Poisonings	40	43	40	134	- 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	43	27	317	- 275
Ovary Cancer	42	38	50	64	- 26
Encephalitis	43	36	62	28	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	44	35	53	48	- 13
Meningitis	45	35	16	1,015	- 980
Bladder Cancer	46	33	64	23	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	47	30	4	3,753	- 3,723
Maternal Conditions	48	27	13	1,174	- 1,148
Cervical Cancer	49	24	32	230	- 206
Prostate Cancer	50	23	38	156	- 133
Alcohol	51	20	52	62	- 42
Malnutrition	52	12	22	691	- 678
Hepatitis B	53	9	61	33	- 24
Pertussis	54	9	31	265	- 257
Skin Cancers	55	8	58	43	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	56	8	72	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	57	6	70	5	+ 1
Appendicitis	58	5	51	62	- 56
Syphilis	59	5	41	120	- 115
Schistosomiasis	60	4	37	169	- 165
Tetanus	61	2	29	280	- 278
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	66	15	- 14
Dengue	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	69	6	- 4
War	65	0	28	314	- 313
Ascariasis	66	0	71	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	67	0	56	46	- 45
Measles	68	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Diphtheria	69	0	67	11	- 11
Upper Respiratory	70	0	63	24	- 24
Chlamydia	71	0	73	2	- 2
Otitis Media	72	0	68	6	- 6
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	59	40	- 40
Malaria	75	0	6	3,279	- 3,279
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	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	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

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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.