NEW ZEALAND VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,513	1	5,095	+ 418
Stroke	2	2,372	3	2,378	- 7
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,740	16	458	+ 1,282
Kidney Disease	4	1,278	17	432	+ 846
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	866	7	920	- 54
Falls	6	754	11	627	+ 128
Liver Disease	7	696	32	158	+ 539
Other Injuries	8	566	28	218	+ 347
Diabetes Mellitus	9	549	8	769	- 219
Lung Disease	10	401	5	1,815	- 1,413
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	345	2	3,032	- 2,687
Congenital Anomalies	12	326	30	176	+ 150
Suicide	13	289	15	528	- 239
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	230	6	1,495	- 1,264
Endocrine Disorders	15	204	21	325	- 120
Inflammatory/Heart	16	189	23	313	- 123
Asthma	17	165	36	91	+ 74
Low Birth Weight	18	140	38	78	+ 61
Leukemia	19	131	18	391	- 260
Breast Cancer	20	128	10	737	- 609
Liver Cancer	21	119	24	288	- 169
Hypertension	22	118	20	327	- 209
Fires	23	117	53	17	+ 100
Drownings	24	116	44	54	+ 62
Parkinson's Disease	25	110	19	353	- 243
Lung Cancers	26	109	4	1,873	- 1,764
Tuberculosis	27	106	52	17	+ 89
Lymphomas	28	101	13	608	- 507
Epilepsy	29	98	43	55	+ 43
Violence	30	91	42	57	+ 34
Pancreas Cancer	31	74	14	543	- 469
Skin Disease	32	73	34	118	- 45
Drug Use	33	69	40	69	+ 0
Oral Cancer	34	66	31	164	- 98
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	64	37	81	- 16
Stomach Cancer	36	55	22	323	- 268
Birth Trauma	37	48	54	15	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	38	46	33	145	- 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	40	35	113	- 73
Poisonings	40	39	58	9	+ 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	39	39	70	- 31
Ovary Cancer	42	35	29	207	- 172
Encephalitis	43	33	66	1	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	44	32	25	279	- 247
Meningitis	45	32	59	9	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	46	30	26	267	- 237
HIV/AIDS	47	27	57	10	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	48	24	63	5	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	49	22	41	61	- 39
Prostate Cancer	50	21	9	739	- 718
Alcohol	51	18	45	51	- 33
Malnutrition	52	11	55	14	- 3
Hepatitis B	53	8	56	14	- 6
Pertussis	54	8	65	1	+ 7
Skin Cancers	55	8	12	612	- 604
Multiple Sclerosis	56	7	47	43	- 37
Other Neoplasms	57	6	27	245	- 239
Appendicitis	58	5	62	6	- 1
Syphilis	59	5	70	0	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	60	4	77	0	+ 4
Tetanus	61	2	69	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	46	47	- 46
Dengue	63	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	48	30	- 29
War	65	0	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	64	4	- 4
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	85	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

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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.