COLOMBIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	52,970	1	43,066	+ 9,904
Stroke	2	22,787	3	16,573	+ 6,214
Road Traffic Accidents	3	16,714	6	7,765	+ 8,949
Kidney Disease	4	12,282	7	6,834	+ 5,448
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,320	5	10,773	- 2,453
Falls	6	7,246	29	1,518	+ 5,729
Liver Disease	7	6,691	19	2,426	+ 4,265
Other Injuries	8	5,433	28	1,592	+ 3,841
Diabetes Mellitus	9	5,278	11	5,028	+ 250
Lung Disease	10	3,857	4	15,928	- 12,071
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,314	22	2,157	+ 1,157
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,131	16	2,963	+ 168
Suicide	13	2,776	26	1,965	+ 811
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,212	12	4,371	- 2,159
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,964	30	1,367	+ 597
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,820	31	1,329	+ 491
Asthma	17	1,584	54	191	+ 1,393
Low Birth Weight	18	1,342	23	2,095	- 753
Leukemia	19	1,255	21	2,208	- 953
Breast Cancer	20	1,232	13	3,669	- 2,438
Liver Cancer	21	1,147	24	2,065	- 918
Hypertension	22	1,132	8	6,400	- 5,268
Fires	23	1,120	56	127	+ 994
Drownings	24	1,115	40	689	+ 425
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,054	47	383	+ 671
Lung Cancers	26	1,052	10	5,250	- 4,198
Tuberculosis	27	1,020	32	1,272	- 252
Lymphomas	28	971	18	2,603	- 1,632
Epilepsy	29	942	43	597	+ 345
Violence	30	876	2	19,268	- 18,392
Pancreas Cancer	31	714	25	2,022	- 1,309
Skin Disease	32	700	34	1,102	- 401
Drug Use	33	666	44	492	+ 175
Oral Cancer	34	630	37	807	- 177
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	620	38	747	- 128
Stomach Cancer	36	528	9	6,112	- 5,584
Birth Trauma	37	466	41	648	- 183
Uterin Cancer	38	438	45	423	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	380	63	38	+ 342
Poisonings	40	379	61	61	+ 318
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	374	39	698	- 325
Ovary Cancer	42	336	33	1,122	- 786
Encephalitis	43	318	64	38	+ 280
Oesophagus Cancer	44	311	36	835	- 524
Meningitis	45	307	50	244	+ 63
Bladder Cancer	46	290	42	609	- 318
HIV/AIDS	47	261	17	2,683	- 2,423
Maternal Conditions	48	234	46	394	- 160
Cervical Cancer	49	213	20	2,266	- 2,054
Prostate Cancer	50	201	14	3,584	- 3,383
Alcohol	51	174	68	23	+ 151
Malnutrition	52	108	27	1,878	- 1,770
Hepatitis B	53	77	62	50	+ 27
Pertussis	54	76	69	18	+ 58
Skin Cancers	55	74	35	1,028	- 954
Multiple Sclerosis	56	66	60	62	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	57	54	15	3,205	- 3,150
Appendicitis	58	47	52	213	- 166
Syphilis	59	44	65	30	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	60	34	77	1	+ 33
Tetanus	61	21	71	14	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	12	51	242	- 230
Dengue	63	12	55	133	- 121
Hepatitis C	64	10	59	65	- 55
War	65	4	49	260	- 256
Ascariasis	66	2	76	5	- 3
Leishmaniasis	67	1	74	7	- 6
Measles	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	80	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	1	66	27	- 26
Chlamydia	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	73	7	- 7
Leprosy	73	0	72	8	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	67	26	- 26
Chagas disease	76	0	53	203	- 203
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	67	- 67
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	48	333	- 333
Oral conditions	82	0	75	7	- 7
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	70	18	- 18
Anemia	85	0	57	101	- 101
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

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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.