JAPAN VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		JAPAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	131,605	1	163,905	- 32,300
Stroke	2	56,614	2	121,823	- 65,209
Road Traffic Accidents	3	41,525	31	4,566	+ 36,959
Kidney Disease	4	30,514	9	44,779	- 14,265
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	20,672	3	107,899	- 87,226
Falls	6	18,003	23	9,736	+ 8,267
Liver Disease	7	16,624	17	14,195	+ 2,429
Other Injuries	8	13,499	12	22,068	- 8,569
Diabetes Mellitus	9	13,114	29	5,433	+ 7,681
Lung Disease	10	9,582	5	78,169	- 68,588
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	8,233	7	56,937	- 48,704
Congenital Anomalies	12	7,778	40	2,473	+ 5,306
Suicide	13	6,897	13	19,466	- 12,569
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	5,496	6	57,340	- 51,844
Endocrine Disorders	15	4,879	21	11,486	- 6,607
Inflammatory/Heart	16	4,523	27	8,232	- 3,710
Asthma	17	3,936	42	1,922	+ 2,014
Low Birth Weight	18	3,334	55	202	+ 3,132
Leukemia	19	3,118	24	9,607	- 6,489
Breast Cancer	20	3,060	15	15,805	- 12,744
Liver Cancer	21	2,849	11	29,384	- 26,536
Hypertension	22	2,812	28	6,673	- 3,861
Fires	23	2,783	48	1,007	+ 1,776
Drownings	24	2,769	25	8,409	- 5,640
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,618	18	14,007	- 11,390
Lung Cancers	26	2,613	4	79,688	- 77,075
Tuberculosis	27	2,535	34	3,459	- 924
Lymphomas	28	2,413	14	19,273	- 16,860
Epilepsy	29	2,341	45	1,558	+ 783
Violence	30	2,177	53	266	+ 1,911
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,773	10	37,027	- 35,254
Skin Disease	32	1,740	36	2,806	- 1,066
Drug Use	33	1,655	50	732	+ 923
Oral Cancer	34	1,566	26	8,333	- 6,767
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,539	37	2,731	- 1,192
Stomach Cancer	36	1,311	8	50,433	- 49,122
Birth Trauma	37	1,157	61	104	+ 1,052
Uterin Cancer	38	1,089	33	3,461	- 2,372
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	944	39	2,555	- 1,611
Poisonings	40	942	54	255	+ 688
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	928	35	2,922	- 1,994
Ovary Cancer	42	834	30	5,061	- 4,227
Encephalitis	43	790	69	5	+ 785
Oesophagus Cancer	44	773	20	12,316	- 11,543
Meningitis	45	764	52	308	+ 456
Bladder Cancer	46	722	22	9,936	- 9,215
HIV/AIDS	47	647	63	48	+ 600
Maternal Conditions	48	581	64	39	+ 543
Cervical Cancer	49	528	32	3,799	- 3,271
Prostate Cancer	50	500	19	13,515	- 13,015
Alcohol	51	433	51	576	- 143
Malnutrition	52	268	43	1,910	- 1,642
Hepatitis B	53	192	46	1,423	- 1,231
Pertussis	54	189	71	1	+ 188
Skin Cancers	55	184	44	1,843	- 1,658
Multiple Sclerosis	56	164	59	108	+ 56
Other Neoplasms	57	135	16	15,120	- 14,984
Appendicitis	58	116	58	126	- 9
Syphilis	59	110	65	16	+ 94
Schistosomiasis	60	84	72	0	+ 83
Tetanus	61	52	67	9	+ 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	30	38	2,618	- 2,587
Dengue	63	30	83	0	+ 30
Hepatitis C	64	25	41	2,220	- 2,194
War	65	11	66	15	- 4
Ascariasis	66	5	82	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	67	4	77	0	+ 4
Measles	68	3	75	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	2	74	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	70	2	57	159	- 157
Chlamydia	71	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	68	8	- 8
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	70	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	62	86	- 86
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	172	- 172
Oral conditions	82	0	60	106	- 106
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	47	1,052	- 1,052
Anemia	85	0	49	875	- 875
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAPAN

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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.