KENYA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	62,219	9	11,972	+ 50,246
Stroke	2	26,765	4	15,895	+ 10,870
Road Traffic Accidents	3	19,632	6	14,883	+ 4,749
Kidney Disease	4	14,426	16	4,464	+ 9,962
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	9,773	1	22,571	- 12,798
Falls	6	8,511	33	1,465	+ 7,046
Liver Disease	7	7,860	7	13,405	- 5,545
Other Injuries	8	6,382	19	4,336	+ 2,046
Diabetes Mellitus	9	6,200	14	5,651	+ 549
Lung Disease	10	4,530	20	4,280	+ 250
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,892	31	1,827	+ 2,065
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,677	12	6,115	- 2,438
Suicide	13	3,261	23	3,214	+ 46
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,598	32	1,477	+ 1,121
Endocrine Disorders	15	2,307	44	831	+ 1,476
Inflammatory/Heart	16	2,138	40	1,121	+ 1,017
Asthma	17	1,861	26	2,300	- 439
Low Birth Weight	18	1,576	11	9,562	- 7,986
Leukemia	19	1,474	35	1,327	+ 147
Breast Cancer	20	1,447	25	2,658	- 1,211
Liver Cancer	21	1,347	34	1,351	- 4
Hypertension	22	1,329	17	4,418	- 3,088
Fires	23	1,316	36	1,316	- 1
Drownings	24	1,309	39	1,200	+ 109
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,238	50	470	+ 768
Lung Cancers	26	1,235	47	669	+ 567
Tuberculosis	27	1,198	3	19,655	- 18,457
Lymphomas	28	1,141	29	1,931	- 790
Epilepsy	29	1,107	43	832	+ 274
Violence	30	1,029	24	2,942	- 1,913
Pancreas Cancer	31	838	46	716	+ 122
Skin Disease	32	823	51	455	+ 368
Drug Use	33	783	62	113	+ 669
Oral Cancer	34	741	30	1,842	- 1,102
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	728	5	15,420	- 14,692
Stomach Cancer	36	620	28	2,010	- 1,390
Birth Trauma	37	547	10	9,957	- 9,410
Uterin Cancer	38	515	56	323	+ 192
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	446	53	408	+ 39
Poisonings	40	445	38	1,269	- 823
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	439	41	1,089	- 650
Ovary Cancer	42	394	45	795	- 400
Encephalitis	43	373	60	189	+ 184
Oesophagus Cancer	44	365	18	4,373	- 4,007
Meningitis	45	361	15	5,364	- 5,003
Bladder Cancer	46	341	57	318	+ 24
HIV/AIDS	47	306	2	20,885	- 20,579
Maternal Conditions	48	275	13	5,651	- 5,377
Cervical Cancer	49	250	22	3,389	- 3,139
Prostate Cancer	50	236	37	1,292	- 1,056
Alcohol	51	205	55	355	- 151
Malnutrition	52	127	21	4,212	- 4,086
Hepatitis B	53	91	49	522	- 431
Pertussis	54	89	42	1,014	- 924
Skin Cancers	55	87	48	638	- 551
Multiple Sclerosis	56	78	68	39	+ 39
Other Neoplasms	57	64	67	60	+ 4
Appendicitis	58	55	58	240	- 185
Syphilis	59	52	52	449	- 398
Schistosomiasis	60	40	54	370	- 330
Tetanus	61	25	27	2,129	- 2,104
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	14	66	84	- 70
Dengue	63	14	73	0	+ 14
Hepatitis C	64	12	61	152	- 140
War	65	5	65	89	- 84
Ascariasis	66	2	71	9	- 7
Leishmaniasis	67	2	59	194	- 193
Measles	68	1	63	103	- 102
Diphtheria	69	1	69	13	- 12
Upper Respiratory	70	1	64	95	- 94
Chlamydia	71	1	70	10	- 10
Otitis Media	72	0	72	7	- 7
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	8	12,652	- 12,652
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

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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.