NEPAL VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	33,245	2	19,677	+ 13,568
Stroke	2	14,301	4	12,909	+ 1,393
Road Traffic Accidents	3	10,490	9	4,654	+ 5,835
Kidney Disease	4	7,708	10	4,284	+ 3,424
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,222	6	6,237	- 1,015
Falls	6	4,548	13	3,321	+ 1,227
Liver Disease	7	4,200	5	6,383	- 2,184
Other Injuries	8	3,410	22	1,655	+ 1,755
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,313	14	2,929	+ 384
Lung Disease	10	2,421	1	27,027	- 24,606
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,080	19	2,022	+ 58
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,965	21	1,949	+ 16
Suicide	13	1,742	16	2,571	- 829
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,388	26	1,167	+ 221
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,232	45	257	+ 975
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,143	48	217	+ 925
Asthma	17	994	8	5,930	- 4,936
Low Birth Weight	18	842	11	3,822	- 2,980
Leukemia	19	788	36	668	+ 120
Breast Cancer	20	773	27	1,038	- 265
Liver Cancer	21	720	46	256	+ 464
Hypertension	22	710	18	2,092	- 1,381
Fires	23	703	50	184	+ 519
Drownings	24	699	23	1,505	- 806
Parkinson's Disease	25	661	33	760	- 98
Lung Cancers	26	660	12	3,586	- 2,926
Tuberculosis	27	640	3	16,535	- 15,894
Lymphomas	28	610	32	768	- 158
Epilepsy	29	591	30	874	- 283
Violence	30	550	35	704	- 154
Pancreas Cancer	31	448	41	445	+ 3
Skin Disease	32	440	67	17	+ 423
Drug Use	33	418	57	93	+ 325
Oral Cancer	34	396	24	1,389	- 993
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	389	7	6,071	- 5,682
Stomach Cancer	36	331	25	1,379	- 1,048
Birth Trauma	37	292	15	2,676	- 2,383
Uterin Cancer	38	275	60	56	+ 219
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	238	17	2,320	- 2,082
Poisonings	40	238	39	474	- 236
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	234	49	191	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	42	211	37	585	- 374
Encephalitis	43	200	29	882	- 682
Oesophagus Cancer	44	195	38	491	- 296
Meningitis	45	193	43	377	- 184
Bladder Cancer	46	182	44	325	- 142
HIV/AIDS	47	164	34	737	- 573
Maternal Conditions	48	147	28	977	- 830
Cervical Cancer	49	133	20	1,969	- 1,836
Prostate Cancer	50	126	58	85	+ 41
Alcohol	51	109	52	168	- 58
Malnutrition	52	68	31	845	- 777
Hepatitis B	53	48	56	117	- 68
Pertussis	54	48	40	453	- 405
Skin Cancers	55	47	42	400	- 353
Multiple Sclerosis	56	41	63	38	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	57	34	61	50	- 15
Appendicitis	58	29	47	220	- 191
Syphilis	59	28	54	134	- 106
Schistosomiasis	60	21	73	0	+ 21
Tetanus	61	13	53	134	- 121
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	51	173	- 165
Dengue	63	8	55	120	- 112
Hepatitis C	64	6	64	29	- 22
War	65	3	65	24	- 22
Ascariasis	66	1	69	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	67	1	62	39	- 38
Measles	68	1	59	60	- 59
Diphtheria	69	0	71	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	24	- 23
Chlamydia	71	0	68	5	- 5
Otitis Media	72	0	70	4	- 4
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

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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.