IRELAND VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,590	1	4,762	+ 829
Stroke	2	2,405	5	1,770	+ 635
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,764	33	153	+ 1,611
Kidney Disease	4	1,296	10	566	+ 730
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	878	6	1,298	- 420
Falls	6	765	25	247	+ 518
Liver Disease	7	706	19	279	+ 427
Other Injuries	8	573	30	171	+ 403
Diabetes Mellitus	9	557	16	414	+ 144
Lung Disease	10	407	4	1,915	- 1,508
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	350	2	3,209	- 2,859
Congenital Anomalies	12	330	32	153	+ 177
Suicide	13	293	14	470	- 177
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	233	7	1,095	- 862
Endocrine Disorders	15	207	24	249	- 42
Inflammatory/Heart	16	192	26	240	- 48
Asthma	17	167	41	58	+ 109
Low Birth Weight	18	142	44	56	+ 86
Leukemia	19	132	20	274	- 141
Breast Cancer	20	130	8	760	- 630
Liver Cancer	21	121	18	318	- 197
Hypertension	22	119	29	175	- 55
Fires	23	118	48	30	+ 88
Drownings	24	118	43	57	+ 60
Parkinson's Disease	25	111	12	530	- 418
Lung Cancers	26	111	3	1,916	- 1,805
Tuberculosis	27	108	50	23	+ 85
Lymphomas	28	103	13	513	- 410
Epilepsy	29	99	36	85	+ 14
Violence	30	92	47	38	+ 54
Pancreas Cancer	31	75	11	530	- 455
Skin Disease	32	74	42	58	+ 16
Drug Use	33	70	31	167	- 96
Oral Cancer	34	67	28	183	- 116
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	65	45	53	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	36	56	17	357	- 301
Birth Trauma	37	49	56	10	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	38	46	34	126	- 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	40	46	50	- 10
Poisonings	40	40	53	14	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	39	38	67	- 27
Ovary Cancer	42	35	21	273	- 237
Encephalitis	43	34	66	0	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	44	33	15	419	- 386
Meningitis	45	32	58	7	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	46	31	22	256	- 225
HIV/AIDS	47	27	57	9	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	48	25	61	3	+ 22
Cervical Cancer	49	22	35	103	- 81
Prostate Cancer	50	21	9	585	- 564
Alcohol	51	18	39	64	- 46
Malnutrition	52	11	63	2	+ 10
Hepatitis B	53	8	59	6	+ 2
Pertussis	54	8	67	0	+ 8
Skin Cancers	55	8	23	252	- 244
Multiple Sclerosis	56	7	37	83	- 76
Other Neoplasms	57	6	27	218	- 212
Appendicitis	58	5	60	3	+ 2
Syphilis	59	5	68	0	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	60	4	72	0	+ 4
Tetanus	61	2	81	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	40	59	- 58
Dengue	63	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	52	19	- 18
War	65	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	55	12	- 12
Anemia	85	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Saudi Arabia

Ireland

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.