MALTA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	502	1	876	- 374
Stroke	2	216	2	291	- 76
Road Traffic Accidents	3	158	31	18	+ 140
Kidney Disease	4	116	11	79	+ 37
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	79	3	213	- 134
Falls	6	69	14	52	+ 17
Liver Disease	7	63	24	23	+ 40
Other Injuries	8	51	33	16	+ 35
Diabetes Mellitus	9	50	6	163	- 113
Lung Disease	10	37	8	127	- 90
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	31	4	207	- 176
Congenital Anomalies	12	30	32	17	+ 12
Suicide	13	26	22	27	- 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	21	7	147	- 126
Endocrine Disorders	15	19	30	19	- 0
Inflammatory/Heart	16	17	27	22	- 5
Asthma	17	15	36	8	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	18	13	35	11	+ 1
Leukemia	19	12	21	28	- 16
Breast Cancer	20	12	10	85	- 73
Liver Cancer	21	11	18	34	- 23
Hypertension	22	11	20	33	- 22
Fires	23	11	62	0	+ 10
Drownings	24	11	48	2	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	25	10	16	50	- 40
Lung Cancers	26	10	5	197	- 187
Tuberculosis	27	10	52	2	+ 8
Lymphomas	28	9	12	53	- 44
Epilepsy	29	9	43	3	+ 6
Violence	30	8	40	4	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	31	7	9	90	- 84
Skin Disease	32	7	25	23	- 16
Drug Use	33	6	38	7	- 1
Oral Cancer	34	6	23	25	- 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	6	55	1	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	36	5	15	50	- 45
Birth Trauma	37	4	44	3	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	38	4	28	21	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	4	49	2	+ 1
Poisonings	40	4	58	1	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	4	37	7	- 4
Ovary Cancer	42	3	17	34	- 31
Encephalitis	43	3	65	0	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	44	3	29	20	- 17
Meningitis	45	3	56	1	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	46	3	19	33	- 30
HIV/AIDS	47	2	41	4	- 1
Maternal Conditions	48	2	64	0	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	49	2	39	4	- 2
Prostate Cancer	50	2	13	53	- 51
Alcohol	51	2	47	3	- 1
Malnutrition	52	1	60	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	53	1	61	0	+ 0
Pertussis	54	1	72	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	55	1	34	14	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1	45	3	- 2
Other Neoplasms	57	1	26	22	- 22
Appendicitis	58	0	63	0	+ 0
Syphilis	59	0	81	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	60	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	61	0	74	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	51	2	- 2
Dengue	63	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	53	1	- 1
War	65	0	54	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	59	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	1	- 1
Anemia	85	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.