ETHIOPIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		ETHIOPIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	126,636	4	36,530	+ 90,106
Stroke	2	54,476	3	39,362	+ 15,115
Road Traffic Accidents	3	39,957	5	31,564	+ 8,393
Kidney Disease	4	29,362	13	12,103	+ 17,258
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	19,892	1	59,931	- 40,039
Falls	6	17,323	28	4,510	+ 12,813
Liver Disease	7	15,997	8	27,270	- 11,274
Other Injuries	8	12,989	16	11,735	+ 1,255
Diabetes Mellitus	9	12,619	10	16,258	- 3,639
Lung Disease	10	9,220	15	11,870	- 2,650
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	7,922	21	8,258	- 335
Congenital Anomalies	12	7,485	11	15,638	- 8,153
Suicide	13	6,637	25	6,030	+ 606
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	5,288	31	3,755	+ 1,534
Endocrine Disorders	15	4,695	45	1,623	+ 3,072
Inflammatory/Heart	16	4,352	39	2,168	+ 2,184
Asthma	17	3,788	29	4,484	- 696
Low Birth Weight	18	3,208	7	28,020	- 24,813
Leukemia	19	3,000	30	4,222	- 1,223
Breast Cancer	20	2,945	20	8,485	- 5,541
Liver Cancer	21	2,741	42	1,730	+ 1,011
Hypertension	22	2,706	12	13,470	- 10,764
Fires	23	2,678	34	3,255	- 577
Drownings	24	2,664	35	3,133	- 468
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,519	46	1,578	+ 941
Lung Cancers	26	2,514	38	2,202	+ 312
Tuberculosis	27	2,439	9	21,455	- 19,016
Lymphomas	28	2,322	33	3,590	- 1,268
Epilepsy	29	2,253	44	1,625	+ 628
Violence	30	2,095	22	8,076	- 5,981
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,706	61	488	+ 1,219
Skin Disease	32	1,675	53	904	+ 771
Drug Use	33	1,593	60	513	+ 1,080
Oral Cancer	34	1,507	48	1,477	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,481	2	44,361	- 42,879
Stomach Cancer	36	1,261	47	1,519	- 257
Birth Trauma	37	1,113	6	31,107	- 29,994
Uterin Cancer	38	1,048	62	421	+ 626
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	908	49	1,339	- 431
Poisonings	40	907	32	3,668	- 2,762
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	893	41	1,758	- 865
Ovary Cancer	42	803	36	2,424	- 1,621
Encephalitis	43	760	63	386	+ 375
Oesophagus Cancer	44	744	40	1,839	- 1,095
Meningitis	45	735	14	12,019	- 11,284
Bladder Cancer	46	694	51	1,080	- 385
HIV/AIDS	47	623	17	11,471	- 10,849
Maternal Conditions	48	559	18	8,887	- 8,327
Cervical Cancer	49	508	27	5,019	- 4,510
Prostate Cancer	50	481	50	1,244	- 763
Alcohol	51	416	55	750	- 333
Malnutrition	52	258	19	8,643	- 8,385
Hepatitis B	53	185	56	742	- 557
Pertussis	54	182	23	6,896	- 6,714
Skin Cancers	55	177	52	1,006	- 829
Multiple Sclerosis	56	158	70	61	+ 97
Other Neoplasms	57	130	66	148	- 18
Appendicitis	58	112	58	677	- 565
Syphilis	59	105	43	1,699	- 1,594
Schistosomiasis	60	81	54	839	- 759
Tetanus	61	50	37	2,203	- 2,152
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	29	65	221	- 191
Dengue	63	29	73	20	+ 8
Hepatitis C	64	24	69	115	- 90
War	65	10	64	281	- 270
Ascariasis	66	4	68	130	- 125
Leishmaniasis	67	3	59	579	- 575
Measles	68	3	24	6,324	- 6,321
Diphtheria	69	2	67	146	- 144
Upper Respiratory	70	2	57	709	- 707
Chlamydia	71	1	72	21	- 20
Otitis Media	72	0	71	39	- 39
Leprosy	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	26	5,626	- 5,626
Chagas disease	76	0	78	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	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	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 ETHIOPIA

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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.