GERMANY VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		GERMANY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	89,856	1	147,055	- 57,199
Stroke	2	38,654	3	49,794	- 11,139
Road Traffic Accidents	3	28,352	34	3,160	+ 25,192
Kidney Disease	4	20,834	8	22,770	- 1,937
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	14,114	9	20,712	- 6,598
Falls	6	12,292	14	15,325	- 3,033
Liver Disease	7	11,351	15	15,194	- 3,843
Other Injuries	8	9,217	23	8,248	+ 968
Diabetes Mellitus	9	8,954	13	15,560	- 6,606
Lung Disease	10	6,542	5	42,797	- 36,255
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	5,621	2	51,168	- 45,547
Congenital Anomalies	12	5,311	36	2,291	+ 3,019
Suicide	13	4,709	19	10,284	- 5,575
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	3,752	7	26,026	- 22,273
Endocrine Disorders	15	3,331	18	10,677	- 7,346
Inflammatory/Heart	16	3,088	21	8,891	- 5,803
Asthma	17	2,688	44	924	+ 1,763
Low Birth Weight	18	2,276	45	770	+ 1,506
Leukemia	19	2,129	22	8,737	- 6,608
Breast Cancer	20	2,089	10	18,842	- 16,753
Liver Cancer	21	1,945	25	8,057	- 6,112
Hypertension	22	1,920	6	26,796	- 24,876
Fires	23	1,900	53	359	+ 1,541
Drownings	24	1,891	49	459	+ 1,432
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,787	16	12,594	- 10,806
Lung Cancers	26	1,784	4	46,560	- 44,776
Tuberculosis	27	1,731	56	281	+ 1,450
Lymphomas	28	1,648	17	12,249	- 10,601
Epilepsy	29	1,598	35	3,091	- 1,493
Violence	30	1,486	46	769	+ 718
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,211	11	17,971	- 16,761
Skin Disease	32	1,188	42	1,543	- 355
Drug Use	33	1,130	40	1,930	- 800
Oral Cancer	34	1,069	29	6,023	- 4,954
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,051	32	3,830	- 2,779
Stomach Cancer	36	895	20	9,658	- 8,763
Birth Trauma	37	790	57	239	+ 551
Uterin Cancer	38	743	37	2,231	- 1,487
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	645	33	3,615	- 2,971
Poisonings	40	643	58	216	+ 427
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	634	38	2,166	- 1,532
Ovary Cancer	42	570	30	5,192	- 4,623
Encephalitis	43	539	67	8	+ 532
Oesophagus Cancer	44	528	27	6,212	- 5,685
Meningitis	45	521	60	168	+ 354
Bladder Cancer	46	493	28	6,193	- 5,700
HIV/AIDS	47	442	54	345	+ 97
Maternal Conditions	48	397	64	38	+ 359
Cervical Cancer	49	361	39	2,131	- 1,771
Prostate Cancer	50	341	12	16,487	- 16,146
Alcohol	51	295	26	6,257	- 5,962
Malnutrition	52	183	50	450	- 267
Hepatitis B	53	131	59	182	- 51
Pertussis	54	129	69	2	+ 127
Skin Cancers	55	126	31	4,055	- 3,930
Multiple Sclerosis	56	112	41	1,571	- 1,459
Other Neoplasms	57	92	24	8,161	- 8,069
Appendicitis	58	79	62	129	- 49
Syphilis	59	75	68	6	+ 69
Schistosomiasis	60	57	73	1	+ 57
Tetanus	61	36	75	1	+ 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	21	47	543	- 522
Dengue	63	20	83	0	+ 20
Hepatitis C	64	17	48	507	- 490
War	65	7	66	10	- 3
Ascariasis	66	3	81	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	67	2	72	1	+ 2
Measles	68	2	70	2	- 0
Diphtheria	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	61	138	- 137
Chlamydia	71	1	85	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	65	16	- 16
Leprosy	73	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	52	364	- 364
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	55	292	- 292
Oral conditions	82	0	63	62	- 62
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	51	391	- 391
Anemia	85	0	43	994	- 994
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GERMANY

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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.