NIGER VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,139	6	8,229	+ 19,910
Stroke	2	12,105	5	8,717	+ 3,388
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,879	8	5,946	+ 2,933
Kidney Disease	4	6,524	16	2,732	+ 3,792
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,420	1	21,093	- 16,673
Falls	6	3,849	26	1,297	+ 2,552
Liver Disease	7	3,555	11	4,116	- 562
Other Injuries	8	2,886	12	3,826	- 939
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,804	17	2,630	+ 174
Lung Disease	10	2,049	20	2,172	- 123
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,760	32	858	+ 902
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,663	10	4,346	- 2,683
Suicide	13	1,475	27	1,227	+ 248
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,175	37	522	+ 653
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,043	23	1,806	- 763
Inflammatory/Heart	16	967	34	769	+ 199
Asthma	17	842	22	1,902	- 1,060
Low Birth Weight	18	713	4	9,560	- 8,847
Leukemia	19	667	48	258	+ 409
Breast Cancer	20	654	29	1,075	- 421
Liver Cancer	21	609	35	745	- 136
Hypertension	22	601	25	1,356	- 754
Fires	23	595	28	1,120	- 525
Drownings	24	592	24	1,581	- 989
Parkinson's Disease	25	560	47	275	+ 284
Lung Cancers	26	559	67	42	+ 517
Tuberculosis	27	542	13	3,703	- 3,161
Lymphomas	28	516	43	350	+ 166
Epilepsy	29	501	36	676	- 176
Violence	30	465	19	2,244	- 1,778
Pancreas Cancer	31	379	54	138	+ 241
Skin Disease	32	372	52	213	+ 159
Drug Use	33	354	58	126	+ 228
Oral Cancer	34	335	49	242	+ 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	329	3	16,030	- 15,701
Stomach Cancer	36	280	44	300	- 20
Birth Trauma	37	247	7	8,030	- 7,783
Uterin Cancer	38	233	64	86	+ 147
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	202	39	467	- 265
Poisonings	40	201	33	771	- 570
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	198	31	1,044	- 846
Ovary Cancer	42	178	40	425	- 246
Encephalitis	43	169	61	112	+ 57
Oesophagus Cancer	44	165	55	132	+ 34
Meningitis	45	163	9	5,237	- 5,074
Bladder Cancer	46	154	53	161	- 7
HIV/AIDS	47	138	30	1,048	- 910
Maternal Conditions	48	124	14	3,317	- 3,193
Cervical Cancer	49	113	38	487	- 374
Prostate Cancer	50	107	57	128	- 21
Alcohol	51	93	60	120	- 28
Malnutrition	52	57	21	2,170	- 2,113
Hepatitis B	53	41	46	279	- 238
Pertussis	54	40	15	2,858	- 2,817
Skin Cancers	55	39	45	287	- 247
Multiple Sclerosis	56	35	69	22	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	57	29	68	24	+ 5
Appendicitis	58	25	56	128	- 103
Syphilis	59	23	62	110	- 86
Schistosomiasis	60	18	50	237	- 219
Tetanus	61	11	42	372	- 361
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	70	18	- 11
Dengue	63	6	73	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	5	66	46	- 40
War	65	2	41	409	- 407
Ascariasis	66	1	59	125	- 124
Leishmaniasis	67	1	51	237	- 236
Measles	68	1	18	2,414	- 2,413
Diphtheria	69	0	65	60	- 60
Upper Respiratory	70	0	63	94	- 93
Chlamydia	71	0	71	3	- 3
Otitis Media	72	0	72	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	2	17,022	- 17,022
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	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGER

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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.