ITALY VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	65,123	1	97,116	- 31,993
Stroke	2	28,015	2	62,633	- 34,619
Road Traffic Accidents	3	20,548	30	3,221	+ 17,327
Kidney Disease	4	15,099	11	12,726	+ 2,374
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	10,229	9	16,339	- 6,109
Falls	6	8,909	25	4,222	+ 4,686
Liver Disease	7	8,226	23	5,559	+ 2,667
Other Injuries	8	6,680	12	12,112	- 5,432
Diabetes Mellitus	9	6,489	8	19,836	- 13,347
Lung Disease	10	4,742	5	32,382	- 27,641
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	4,074	3	41,445	- 37,371
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,849	37	1,443	+ 2,406
Suicide	13	3,413	26	4,042	- 629
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,720	7	21,254	- 18,534
Endocrine Disorders	15	2,414	18	8,431	- 6,017
Inflammatory/Heart	16	2,238	24	5,531	- 3,293
Asthma	17	1,948	47	494	+ 1,454
Low Birth Weight	18	1,650	51	357	+ 1,292
Leukemia	19	1,543	21	6,728	- 5,186
Breast Cancer	20	1,514	10	13,868	- 12,354
Liver Cancer	21	1,410	17	9,620	- 8,210
Hypertension	22	1,391	6	29,931	- 28,540
Fires	23	1,377	56	271	+ 1,106
Drownings	24	1,370	52	344	+ 1,026
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,295	19	8,428	- 7,132
Lung Cancers	26	1,293	4	34,152	- 32,859
Tuberculosis	27	1,254	53	336	+ 918
Lymphomas	28	1,194	16	9,670	- 8,476
Epilepsy	29	1,158	39	1,337	- 178
Violence	30	1,077	50	409	+ 669
Pancreas Cancer	31	877	13	12,095	- 11,217
Skin Disease	32	861	38	1,440	- 579
Drug Use	33	819	45	654	+ 165
Oral Cancer	34	775	27	3,343	- 2,568
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	762	36	1,622	- 860
Stomach Cancer	36	649	14	10,252	- 9,604
Birth Trauma	37	572	59	140	+ 432
Uterin Cancer	38	539	33	2,198	- 1,659
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	467	32	2,216	- 1,749
Poisonings	40	466	58	154	+ 312
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	459	43	690	- 231
Ovary Cancer	42	413	28	3,282	- 2,869
Encephalitis	43	391	68	5	+ 386
Oesophagus Cancer	44	382	34	2,045	- 1,663
Meningitis	45	378	60	128	+ 250
Bladder Cancer	46	357	22	6,711	- 6,354
HIV/AIDS	47	320	46	520	- 200
Maternal Conditions	48	288	67	6	+ 282
Cervical Cancer	49	261	40	1,154	- 892
Prostate Cancer	50	247	20	8,409	- 8,162
Alcohol	51	214	55	277	- 63
Malnutrition	52	132	41	775	- 643
Hepatitis B	53	95	54	334	- 239
Pertussis	54	94	73	1	+ 93
Skin Cancers	55	91	29	3,239	- 3,148
Multiple Sclerosis	56	81	44	677	- 595
Other Neoplasms	57	67	15	9,984	- 9,917
Appendicitis	58	58	61	49	+ 9
Syphilis	59	54	69	4	+ 50
Schistosomiasis	60	42	78	0	+ 42
Tetanus	61	26	63	22	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	15	42	701	- 686
Dengue	63	15	81	0	+ 15
Hepatitis C	64	13	31	2,451	- 2,438
War	65	5	66	6	- 1
Ascariasis	66	2	80	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	67	2	70	3	- 1
Measles	68	2	71	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	64	20	- 19
Chlamydia	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	65	16	- 16
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	72	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	48	481	- 481
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	241	- 241
Oral conditions	82	0	62	47	- 47
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	49	424	- 424
Anemia	85	0	35	1,672	- 1,672
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

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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.