GREECE VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,175	1	21,124	- 9,950
Stroke	2	4,807	2	14,077	- 9,270
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,526	22	870	+ 2,656
Kidney Disease	4	2,591	6	4,759	- 2,168
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,755	3	8,282	- 6,527
Falls	6	1,529	21	1,245	+ 284
Liver Disease	7	1,412	23	809	+ 602
Other Injuries	8	1,146	17	1,453	- 307
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,114	20	1,266	- 152
Lung Disease	10	814	5	5,526	- 4,713
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	699	7	3,940	- 3,241
Congenital Anomalies	12	660	38	174	+ 486
Suicide	13	586	28	533	+ 53
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	467	8	3,264	- 2,797
Endocrine Disorders	15	414	29	526	- 112
Inflammatory/Heart	16	384	24	725	- 341
Asthma	17	334	55	27	+ 307
Low Birth Weight	18	283	41	127	+ 156
Leukemia	19	265	18	1,354	- 1,089
Breast Cancer	20	260	11	2,520	- 2,260
Liver Cancer	21	242	14	1,566	- 1,324
Hypertension	22	239	9	2,922	- 2,684
Fires	23	236	39	146	+ 90
Drownings	24	235	32	435	- 200
Parkinson's Disease	25	222	10	2,646	- 2,424
Lung Cancers	26	222	4	7,355	- 7,134
Tuberculosis	27	215	46	66	+ 149
Lymphomas	28	205	19	1,268	- 1,064
Epilepsy	29	199	34	249	- 50
Violence	30	185	42	104	+ 81
Pancreas Cancer	31	151	13	1,904	- 1,754
Skin Disease	32	148	47	56	+ 92
Drug Use	33	141	37	193	- 53
Oral Cancer	34	133	30	440	- 307
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	131	44	95	+ 36
Stomach Cancer	36	111	16	1,535	- 1,424
Birth Trauma	37	98	57	17	+ 81
Uterin Cancer	38	92	33	373	- 280
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	80	43	100	- 20
Poisonings	40	80	56	19	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	79	26	611	- 532
Ovary Cancer	42	71	27	557	- 486
Encephalitis	43	67	67	1	+ 66
Oesophagus Cancer	44	66	35	246	- 180
Meningitis	45	65	53	33	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	46	61	15	1,551	- 1,489
HIV/AIDS	47	55	50	47	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	48	49	61	2	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	49	45	36	243	- 198
Prostate Cancer	50	42	12	2,023	- 1,981
Alcohol	51	37	49	50	- 14
Malnutrition	52	23	66	1	+ 22
Hepatitis B	53	16	48	56	- 40
Pertussis	54	16	69	0	+ 16
Skin Cancers	55	16	31	438	- 423
Multiple Sclerosis	56	14	40	135	- 121
Other Neoplasms	57	11	25	679	- 667
Appendicitis	58	10	58	9	+ 0
Syphilis	59	9	65	1	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	60	7	75	0	+ 7
Tetanus	61	4	62	2	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	45	67	- 64
Dengue	63	3	71	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	2	52	38	- 36
War	65	1	64	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	60	4	- 3
Measles	68	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	59	8	- 8
Chlamydia	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	63	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	27	- 27
Anemia	85	0	51	47	- 47
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Saudi Arabia

Greece

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.