INDIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		INDIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,505,233	1	1,520,034	- 14,801
Stroke	2	647,521	3	697,038	- 49,517
Road Traffic Accidents	3	474,943	12	212,596	+ 262,347
Kidney Disease	4	349,001	11	222,903	+ 126,098
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	236,438	6	392,425	- 155,986
Falls	6	205,912	10	225,755	- 19,843
Liver Disease	7	190,143	8	268,580	- 78,437
Other Injuries	8	154,395	15	149,570	+ 4,825
Diabetes Mellitus	9	149,991	7	271,495	- 121,504
Lung Disease	10	109,594	2	879,732	- 770,138
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	94,166	17	126,593	- 32,427
Congenital Anomalies	12	88,965	23	82,769	+ 6,197
Suicide	13	78,885	14	173,347	- 94,462
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	62,859	25	77,368	- 14,509
Endocrine Disorders	15	55,803	47	15,264	+ 40,538
Inflammatory/Heart	16	51,731	49	12,651	+ 39,080
Asthma	17	45,021	13	196,051	- 151,029
Low Birth Weight	18	38,129	9	238,739	- 200,610
Leukemia	19	35,657	35	33,383	+ 2,274
Breast Cancer	20	35,002	22	82,821	- 47,819
Liver Cancer	21	32,583	39	30,369	+ 2,215
Hypertension	22	32,163	19	108,050	- 75,887
Fires	23	31,829	42	23,265	+ 8,564
Drownings	24	31,670	28	48,774	- 17,104
Parkinson's Disease	25	29,940	32	43,398	- 13,458
Lung Cancers	26	29,888	21	88,276	- 58,388
Tuberculosis	27	28,990	5	435,882	- 406,892
Lymphomas	28	27,602	33	40,159	- 12,557
Epilepsy	29	26,776	40	30,307	- 3,531
Violence	30	24,898	27	51,767	- 26,869
Pancreas Cancer	31	20,282	37	32,812	- 12,530
Skin Disease	32	19,906	45	17,857	+ 2,048
Drug Use	33	18,931	52	11,747	+ 7,184
Oral Cancer	34	17,916	16	134,187	- 116,271
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	17,606	4	670,315	- 652,708
Stomach Cancer	36	14,992	24	81,058	- 66,066
Birth Trauma	37	13,230	20	102,819	- 89,588
Uterin Cancer	38	12,452	59	6,841	+ 5,611
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	10,797	18	126,079	- 115,282
Poisonings	40	10,775	61	3,540	+ 7,235
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	10,615	26	68,108	- 57,492
Ovary Cancer	42	9,542	44	21,947	- 12,405
Encephalitis	43	9,035	29	48,080	- 39,045
Oesophagus Cancer	44	8,840	34	38,898	- 30,058
Meningitis	45	8,734	36	33,337	- 24,602
Bladder Cancer	46	8,253	48	14,081	- 5,827
HIV/AIDS	47	7,403	31	44,406	- 37,002
Maternal Conditions	48	6,648	41	25,917	- 19,270
Cervical Cancer	49	6,043	30	45,319	- 39,276
Prostate Cancer	50	5,717	38	30,945	- 25,228
Alcohol	51	4,949	43	23,097	- 18,148
Malnutrition	52	3,061	55	8,626	- 5,566
Hepatitis B	53	2,195	56	8,184	- 5,989
Pertussis	54	2,163	54	10,094	- 7,930
Skin Cancers	55	2,107	60	5,054	- 2,947
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1,879	63	2,328	- 450
Other Neoplasms	57	1,546	62	2,968	- 1,423
Appendicitis	58	1,331	53	11,245	- 9,914
Syphilis	59	1,253	64	2,007	- 754
Schistosomiasis	60	959	76	0	+ 959
Tetanus	61	599	58	7,093	- 6,493
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	348	50	11,931	- 11,583
Dengue	63	341	46	17,546	- 17,204
Hepatitis C	64	289	65	1,364	- 1,075
War	65	121	67	890	- 769
Ascariasis	66	53	70	126	- 73
Leishmaniasis	67	41	66	973	- 932
Measles	68	35	51	11,923	- 11,887
Diphtheria	69	21	72	65	- 44
Upper Respiratory	70	19	68	584	- 564
Chlamydia	71	14	69	379	- 364
Otitis Media	72	0	71	68	- 68
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	57	7,705	- 7,705
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to INDIA

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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.