CHINA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		CHINA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,512,620	2	1,771,525	- 258,905
Stroke	2	650,699	1	2,043,210	- 1,392,512
Road Traffic Accidents	3	477,274	8	250,272	+ 227,002
Kidney Disease	4	350,713	11	192,302	+ 158,411
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	237,599	12	183,342	+ 54,257
Falls	6	206,923	16	138,878	+ 68,045
Liver Disease	7	191,076	15	145,603	+ 45,473
Other Injuries	8	155,153	25	54,087	+ 101,065
Diabetes Mellitus	9	150,727	14	161,672	- 10,945
Lung Disease	10	110,132	3	968,607	- 858,475
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	94,628	6	304,455	- 209,827
Congenital Anomalies	12	89,402	31	36,613	+ 52,789
Suicide	13	79,272	17	116,324	- 37,051
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	63,168	9	248,388	- 185,221
Endocrine Disorders	15	56,077	37	25,613	+ 30,464
Inflammatory/Heart	16	51,985	33	29,954	+ 22,031
Asthma	17	45,242	39	23,147	+ 22,095
Low Birth Weight	18	38,316	40	21,631	+ 16,685
Leukemia	19	35,832	22	58,145	- 22,313
Breast Cancer	20	35,174	19	92,757	- 57,583
Liver Cancer	21	32,743	13	180,952	- 148,209
Hypertension	22	32,320	7	301,183	- 268,862
Fires	23	31,985	48	10,498	+ 21,487
Drownings	24	31,826	26	52,807	- 20,981
Parkinson's Disease	25	30,087	20	70,699	- 40,612
Lung Cancers	26	30,034	4	714,311	- 684,276
Tuberculosis	27	29,132	32	34,802	- 5,670
Lymphomas	28	27,737	23	57,838	- 30,101
Epilepsy	29	26,908	46	11,365	+ 15,543
Violence	30	25,020	47	11,115	+ 13,905
Pancreas Cancer	31	20,382	18	111,537	- 91,155
Skin Disease	32	20,003	52	5,222	+ 14,781
Drug Use	33	19,024	38	24,214	- 5,190
Oral Cancer	34	18,004	24	54,695	- 36,692
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	17,693	50	8,719	+ 8,974
Stomach Cancer	36	15,065	5	398,439	- 383,373
Birth Trauma	37	13,295	43	17,644	- 4,349
Uterin Cancer	38	12,513	45	11,751	+ 762
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	10,850	21	65,350	- 54,501
Poisonings	40	10,828	36	25,762	- 14,934
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	10,668	30	37,723	- 27,056
Ovary Cancer	42	9,589	35	28,078	- 18,489
Encephalitis	43	9,080	55	2,796	+ 6,283
Oesophagus Cancer	44	8,883	10	242,891	- 234,008
Meningitis	45	8,777	51	5,704	+ 3,073
Bladder Cancer	46	8,294	29	37,873	- 29,579
HIV/AIDS	47	7,440	34	28,746	- 21,306
Maternal Conditions	48	6,680	54	3,596	+ 3,084
Cervical Cancer	49	6,073	27	51,650	- 45,577
Prostate Cancer	50	5,745	28	51,056	- 45,311
Alcohol	51	4,973	42	19,071	- 14,098
Malnutrition	52	3,076	44	12,995	- 9,919
Hepatitis B	53	2,206	56	2,757	- 551
Pertussis	54	2,174	64	484	+ 1,690
Skin Cancers	55	2,117	41	19,669	- 17,552
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1,888	59	1,734	+ 154
Other Neoplasms	57	1,553	53	4,374	- 2,821
Appendicitis	58	1,338	60	1,468	- 130
Syphilis	59	1,259	58	1,824	- 564
Schistosomiasis	60	964	65	400	+ 564
Tetanus	61	602	63	491	+ 111
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	350	49	10,108	- 9,759
Dengue	63	343	70	12	+ 331
Hepatitis C	64	290	66	86	+ 205
War	65	122	61	900	- 778
Ascariasis	66	53	68	34	+ 19
Leishmaniasis	67	41	78	0	+ 41
Measles	68	35	62	558	- 522
Diphtheria	69	21	71	11	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	70	19	57	2,663	- 2,643
Chlamydia	71	14	67	55	- 41
Otitis Media	72	0	69	15	- 15
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHINA

Saudi Arabia

China

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.