DENMARK VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,381	1	5,341	+ 1,039
Stroke	2	2,745	5	3,662	- 918
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,013	33	213	+ 1,800
Kidney Disease	4	1,479	12	911	+ 569
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,002	6	2,244	- 1,241
Falls	6	873	22	541	+ 332
Liver Disease	7	806	14	692	+ 114
Other Injuries	8	654	30	347	+ 307
Diabetes Mellitus	9	636	10	1,284	- 648
Lung Disease	10	465	3	4,387	- 3,922
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	399	2	5,218	- 4,818
Congenital Anomalies	12	377	36	153	+ 224
Suicide	13	334	16	617	- 283
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	266	7	2,147	- 1,880
Endocrine Disorders	15	237	19	575	- 338
Inflammatory/Heart	16	219	31	284	- 65
Asthma	17	191	44	82	+ 109
Low Birth Weight	18	162	41	116	+ 45
Leukemia	19	151	20	558	- 407
Breast Cancer	20	148	9	1,299	- 1,151
Liver Cancer	21	138	25	464	- 326
Hypertension	22	136	15	642	- 506
Fires	23	135	49	53	+ 82
Drownings	24	134	50	37	+ 97
Parkinson's Disease	25	127	17	600	- 473
Lung Cancers	26	127	4	3,721	- 3,595
Tuberculosis	27	123	57	16	+ 107
Lymphomas	28	117	13	730	- 613
Epilepsy	29	114	40	125	- 12
Violence	30	106	47	63	+ 43
Pancreas Cancer	31	86	11	1,096	- 1,010
Skin Disease	32	84	45	79	+ 5
Drug Use	33	80	34	197	- 117
Oral Cancer	34	76	28	371	- 295
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	75	38	145	- 70
Stomach Cancer	36	64	23	484	- 421
Birth Trauma	37	56	56	21	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	38	53	35	156	- 103
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	46	42	96	- 51
Poisonings	40	46	62	6	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	45	32	216	- 171
Ovary Cancer	42	40	29	367	- 327
Encephalitis	43	38	67	1	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	44	37	24	477	- 439
Meningitis	45	37	52	25	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	46	35	21	545	- 510
HIV/AIDS	47	31	55	23	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	48	28	64	2	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	49	26	37	153	- 127
Prostate Cancer	50	24	8	1,480	- 1,456
Alcohol	51	21	18	598	- 577
Malnutrition	52	13	59	14	- 1
Hepatitis B	53	9	61	6	+ 3
Pertussis	54	9	72	0	+ 9
Skin Cancers	55	9	26	388	- 380
Multiple Sclerosis	56	8	39	132	- 124
Other Neoplasms	57	7	27	378	- 371
Appendicitis	58	6	54	23	- 17
Syphilis	59	5	70	0	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	60	4	75	0	+ 4
Tetanus	61	3	68	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	43	84	- 83
Dengue	63	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	60	9	- 7
War	65	1	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	58	15	- 15
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	48	57	- 57
Anemia	85	0	46	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.