ESTONIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,275	1	3,009	- 1,734
Stroke	2	549	3	1,116	- 567
Road Traffic Accidents	3	402	35	59	+ 343
Kidney Disease	4	296	17	176	+ 119
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	200	6	349	- 148
Falls	6	174	24	119	+ 56
Liver Disease	7	161	7	328	- 167
Other Injuries	8	131	20	141	- 10
Diabetes Mellitus	9	127	19	146	- 19
Lung Disease	10	93	13	229	- 136
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	80	12	229	- 150
Congenital Anomalies	12	75	43	25	+ 50
Suicide	13	67	16	197	- 131
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	53	5	527	- 474
Endocrine Disorders	15	47	33	66	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	16	44	14	217	- 173
Asthma	17	38	44	24	+ 14
Low Birth Weight	18	32	55	7	+ 26
Leukemia	19	30	22	126	- 95
Breast Cancer	20	30	11	260	- 230
Liver Cancer	21	28	26	107	- 80
Hypertension	22	27	2	2,700	- 2,673
Fires	23	27	38	41	- 14
Drownings	24	27	40	30	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	25	25	29	82	- 57
Lung Cancers	26	25	4	657	- 632
Tuberculosis	27	25	47	16	+ 8
Lymphomas	28	23	15	213	- 190
Epilepsy	29	23	37	45	- 22
Violence	30	21	42	28	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	31	17	10	268	- 251
Skin Disease	32	17	41	29	- 12
Drug Use	33	16	31	75	- 59
Oral Cancer	34	15	25	110	- 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	15	53	8	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	36	13	9	290	- 277
Birth Trauma	37	11	57	5	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	38	11	34	60	- 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	9	45	22	- 12
Poisonings	40	9	52	8	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	9	36	55	- 46
Ovary Cancer	42	8	28	87	- 79
Encephalitis	43	8	63	0	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	44	7	27	99	- 91
Meningitis	45	7	54	7	- 0
Bladder Cancer	46	7	21	126	- 119
HIV/AIDS	47	6	39	40	- 34
Maternal Conditions	48	6	61	1	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	49	5	32	68	- 62
Prostate Cancer	50	5	8	298	- 294
Alcohol	51	4	18	148	- 144
Malnutrition	52	3	79	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	53	2	65	0	+ 2
Pertussis	54	2	83	0	+ 2
Skin Cancers	55	2	30	79	- 77
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	48	16	- 15
Other Neoplasms	57	1	23	123	- 122
Appendicitis	58	1	59	2	- 1
Syphilis	59	1	62	1	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	60	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	61	1	81	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	46	17	- 17
Dengue	63	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	58	4	- 4
War	65	0	64	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	6	- 6
Anemia	85	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.