FRANCE VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		FRANCE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	73,038	1	63,181	+ 9,857
Stroke	2	31,419	3	36,354	- 4,935
Road Traffic Accidents	3	23,045	31	3,339	+ 19,706
Kidney Disease	4	16,934	11	11,477	+ 5,458
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	11,473	6	19,771	- 8,298
Falls	6	9,991	18	8,284	+ 1,707
Liver Disease	7	9,226	22	7,382	+ 1,844
Other Injuries	8	7,492	9	15,119	- 7,628
Diabetes Mellitus	9	7,278	12	10,912	- 3,634
Lung Disease	10	5,318	7	18,232	- 12,914
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	4,569	2	53,157	- 48,588
Congenital Anomalies	12	4,317	35	2,012	+ 2,305
Suicide	13	3,828	16	8,961	- 5,133
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	3,050	5	21,854	- 18,804
Endocrine Disorders	15	2,708	19	8,086	- 5,378
Inflammatory/Heart	16	2,510	25	6,065	- 3,555
Asthma	17	2,185	42	1,039	+ 1,146
Low Birth Weight	18	1,850	47	651	+ 1,199
Leukemia	19	1,730	21	7,457	- 5,727
Breast Cancer	20	1,698	8	15,536	- 13,837
Liver Cancer	21	1,581	15	9,573	- 7,992
Hypertension	22	1,561	23	7,109	- 5,549
Fires	23	1,544	53	403	+ 1,141
Drownings	24	1,537	45	868	+ 669
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,453	20	7,570	- 6,117
Lung Cancers	26	1,450	4	35,657	- 34,207
Tuberculosis	27	1,407	50	435	+ 972
Lymphomas	28	1,339	14	10,067	- 8,728
Epilepsy	29	1,299	37	1,865	- 566
Violence	30	1,208	49	538	+ 671
Pancreas Cancer	31	984	10	12,360	- 11,376
Skin Disease	32	966	39	1,598	- 632
Drug Use	33	919	36	1,881	- 962
Oral Cancer	34	869	27	4,676	- 3,807
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	854	38	1,807	- 953
Stomach Cancer	36	727	26	5,530	- 4,803
Birth Trauma	37	642	55	309	+ 333
Uterin Cancer	38	604	34	2,721	- 2,116
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	524	41	1,384	- 860
Poisonings	40	523	57	228	+ 295
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	515	43	986	- 471
Ovary Cancer	42	463	30	3,964	- 3,501
Encephalitis	43	438	66	8	+ 430
Oesophagus Cancer	44	429	28	4,673	- 4,244
Meningitis	45	424	58	163	+ 260
Bladder Cancer	46	400	24	6,566	- 6,165
HIV/AIDS	47	359	54	362	- 3
Maternal Conditions	48	323	64	52	+ 271
Cervical Cancer	49	293	40	1,574	- 1,280
Prostate Cancer	50	277	13	10,873	- 10,595
Alcohol	51	240	33	3,189	- 2,949
Malnutrition	52	149	29	4,212	- 4,063
Hepatitis B	53	107	59	135	- 29
Pertussis	54	105	69	3	+ 102
Skin Cancers	55	102	32	3,256	- 3,153
Multiple Sclerosis	56	91	46	752	- 661
Other Neoplasms	57	75	17	8,771	- 8,696
Appendicitis	58	65	61	90	- 25
Syphilis	59	61	68	4	+ 57
Schistosomiasis	60	47	71	1	+ 46
Tetanus	61	29	70	2	+ 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	17	51	426	- 410
Dengue	63	17	76	0	+ 16
Hepatitis C	64	14	52	416	- 402
War	65	6	67	7	- 1
Ascariasis	66	3	79	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	67	2	73	1	+ 1
Measles	68	2	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	75	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	1	63	54	- 53
Chlamydia	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	65	16	- 16
Leprosy	73	0	72	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	56	245	- 245
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	62	75	- 75
Oral conditions	82	0	60	118	- 118
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	48	647	- 647
Anemia	85	0	44	973	- 973
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FRANCE

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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.