CONGO VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,514	4	2,494	+ 4,019
Stroke	2	2,802	5	2,267	+ 535
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,055	7	1,598	+ 457
Kidney Disease	4	1,510	15	613	+ 897
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,023	3	2,576	- 1,553
Falls	6	891	33	149	+ 742
Liver Disease	7	823	13	931	- 108
Other Injuries	8	668	20	333	+ 335
Diabetes Mellitus	9	649	10	1,050	- 401
Lung Disease	10	474	17	541	- 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	407	25	230	+ 177
Congenital Anomalies	12	385	14	729	- 344
Suicide	13	341	19	349	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	272	38	89	+ 183
Endocrine Disorders	15	241	27	208	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	16	224	26	220	+ 4
Asthma	17	195	23	291	- 96
Low Birth Weight	18	165	9	1,283	- 1,118
Leukemia	19	154	46	57	+ 97
Breast Cancer	20	151	32	159	- 7
Liver Cancer	21	141	30	169	- 29
Hypertension	22	139	12	933	- 793
Fires	23	138	37	90	+ 47
Drownings	24	137	36	104	+ 33
Parkinson's Disease	25	130	42	69	+ 61
Lung Cancers	26	129	47	54	+ 76
Tuberculosis	27	125	2	2,781	- 2,656
Lymphomas	28	119	45	61	+ 58
Epilepsy	29	116	40	76	+ 40
Violence	30	108	18	539	- 431
Pancreas Cancer	31	88	52	42	+ 46
Skin Disease	32	86	50	46	+ 40
Drug Use	33	82	44	65	+ 16
Oral Cancer	34	78	54	33	+ 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	76	8	1,304	- 1,228
Stomach Cancer	36	65	39	88	- 23
Birth Trauma	37	57	11	997	- 940
Uterin Cancer	38	54	60	15	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	47	43	67	- 20
Poisonings	40	47	41	71	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	46	35	105	- 59
Ovary Cancer	42	41	48	49	- 8
Encephalitis	43	39	56	20	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	44	38	57	19	+ 19
Meningitis	45	38	22	299	- 261
Bladder Cancer	46	36	61	15	+ 21
HIV/AIDS	47	32	1	4,509	- 4,477
Maternal Conditions	48	29	16	578	- 549
Cervical Cancer	49	26	29	196	- 170
Prostate Cancer	50	25	28	198	- 173
Alcohol	51	21	49	46	- 25
Malnutrition	52	13	24	272	- 258
Hepatitis B	53	9	62	14	- 5
Pertussis	54	9	21	329	- 320
Skin Cancers	55	9	53	36	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	56	8	66	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	57	7	63	8	- 1
Appendicitis	58	6	58	18	- 13
Syphilis	59	5	34	107	- 101
Schistosomiasis	60	4	51	45	- 41
Tetanus	61	3	55	23	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	59	15	- 13
Dengue	63	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	2	- 1
War	65	1	72	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	69	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	31	159	- 159
Diphtheria	69	0	68	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	70	0	64	7	- 7
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	65	7	- 7
Malaria	75	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

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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.