NETHERLANDS VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		NETHERLANDS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,984	2	17,601	+ 1,384
Stroke	2	8,167	4	9,707	- 1,540
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,990	31	681	+ 5,309
Kidney Disease	4	4,402	12	2,530	+ 1,871
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,982	7	4,946	- 1,964
Falls	6	2,597	8	4,131	- 1,534
Liver Disease	7	2,398	28	936	+ 1,462
Other Injuries	8	1,947	19	1,648	+ 299
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,892	14	2,386	- 494
Lung Disease	10	1,382	5	9,567	- 8,185
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,188	1	18,148	- 16,961
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,122	35	544	+ 578
Suicide	13	995	17	2,025	- 1,030
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	793	6	5,829	- 5,037
Endocrine Disorders	15	704	26	1,055	- 351
Inflammatory/Heart	16	652	23	1,201	- 548
Asthma	17	568	46	165	+ 403
Low Birth Weight	18	481	45	167	+ 313
Leukemia	19	450	20	1,578	- 1,129
Breast Cancer	20	441	9	3,535	- 3,093
Liver Cancer	21	411	24	1,163	- 752
Hypertension	22	406	29	818	- 413
Fires	23	401	53	49	+ 352
Drownings	24	399	49	98	+ 302
Parkinson's Disease	25	378	16	2,120	- 1,742
Lung Cancers	26	377	3	10,980	- 10,603
Tuberculosis	27	366	56	29	+ 337
Lymphomas	28	348	13	2,511	- 2,163
Epilepsy	29	338	38	289	+ 49
Violence	30	314	48	107	+ 207
Pancreas Cancer	31	256	11	2,995	- 2,739
Skin Disease	32	251	36	295	- 44
Drug Use	33	239	42	231	+ 8
Oral Cancer	34	226	30	768	- 542
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	222	33	584	- 362
Stomach Cancer	36	189	22	1,361	- 1,172
Birth Trauma	37	167	52	74	+ 93
Uterin Cancer	38	157	34	566	- 409
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	136	41	238	- 101
Poisonings	40	136	61	17	+ 119
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	134	47	130	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	42	120	25	1,067	- 946
Encephalitis	43	114	68	1	+ 113
Oesophagus Cancer	44	111	15	2,145	- 2,034
Meningitis	45	110	51	78	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	46	104	21	1,471	- 1,367
HIV/AIDS	47	93	55	33	+ 61
Maternal Conditions	48	84	65	8	+ 76
Cervical Cancer	49	76	39	266	- 190
Prostate Cancer	50	72	10	3,265	- 3,193
Alcohol	51	62	32	612	- 550
Malnutrition	52	39	63	12	+ 27
Hepatitis B	53	28	62	14	+ 14
Pertussis	54	27	67	1	+ 26
Skin Cancers	55	27	27	1,024	- 998
Multiple Sclerosis	56	24	37	295	- 271
Other Neoplasms	57	19	18	1,831	- 1,812
Appendicitis	58	17	58	26	- 9
Syphilis	59	16	69	1	+ 15
Schistosomiasis	60	12	74	0	+ 12
Tetanus	61	8	72	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	44	214	- 210
Dengue	63	4	81	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	4	60	20	- 17
War	65	2	66	2	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	67	1	70	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	57	28	- 28
Chlamydia	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	10	- 10
Leprosy	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	43	220	- 220
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	54	42	- 42
Oral conditions	82	0	59	21	- 21
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	50	96	- 96
Anemia	85	0	40	249	- 249
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NETHERLANDS

Saudi Arabia

Netherlands

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.