FINLAND VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,010	2	9,831	- 3,821
Stroke	2	2,585	3	4,115	- 1,530
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,896	33	215	+ 1,681
Kidney Disease	4	1,394	26	342	+ 1,052
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	944	21	436	+ 508
Falls	6	822	7	1,325	- 503
Liver Disease	7	759	10	1,068	- 309
Other Injuries	8	616	20	437	+ 180
Diabetes Mellitus	9	599	22	418	+ 181
Lung Disease	10	438	8	1,289	- 852
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	376	1	11,120	- 10,744
Congenital Anomalies	12	355	35	192	+ 163
Suicide	13	315	15	846	- 531
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	251	6	1,433	- 1,182
Endocrine Disorders	15	223	31	257	- 34
Inflammatory/Heart	16	207	17	518	- 311
Asthma	17	180	40	85	+ 95
Low Birth Weight	18	152	48	26	+ 126
Leukemia	19	142	24	371	- 229
Breast Cancer	20	140	12	948	- 808
Liver Cancer	21	130	16	545	- 415
Hypertension	22	128	5	2,030	- 1,902
Fires	23	127	45	62	+ 65
Drownings	24	126	37	106	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	25	120	13	853	- 733
Lung Cancers	26	119	4	2,312	- 2,193
Tuberculosis	27	116	46	32	+ 84
Lymphomas	28	110	14	851	- 741
Epilepsy	29	107	38	104	+ 3
Violence	30	99	43	64	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	31	81	9	1,247	- 1,166
Skin Disease	32	79	47	27	+ 52
Drug Use	33	76	30	269	- 194
Oral Cancer	34	72	34	207	- 136
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	70	52	15	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	36	60	19	447	- 387
Birth Trauma	37	53	56	8	+ 45
Uterin Cancer	38	50	32	225	- 175
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	43	50	19	+ 24
Poisonings	40	43	49	25	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	42	36	151	- 109
Ovary Cancer	42	38	25	344	- 306
Encephalitis	43	36	66	0	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	44	35	27	320	- 285
Meningitis	45	35	55	9	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	46	33	28	308	- 275
HIV/AIDS	47	30	59	6	+ 24
Maternal Conditions	48	27	64	2	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	49	24	44	62	- 38
Prostate Cancer	50	23	11	970	- 947
Alcohol	51	20	18	464	- 445
Malnutrition	52	12	57	7	+ 6
Hepatitis B	53	9	63	2	+ 7
Pertussis	54	9	69	0	+ 9
Skin Cancers	55	8	29	297	- 289
Multiple Sclerosis	56	8	42	80	- 73
Other Neoplasms	57	6	23	377	- 371
Appendicitis	58	5	54	10	- 4
Syphilis	59	5	67	0	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	60	4	77	0	+ 4
Tetanus	61	2	70	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	41	83	- 82
Dengue	63	1	82	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	60	5	- 3
War	65	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	62	2	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	39	93	- 93
Anemia	85	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

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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.