NIGERIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	252,894	7	61,374	+ 191,520
Stroke	2	108,790	8	57,744	+ 51,046
Road Traffic Accidents	3	79,795	12	41,693	+ 38,102
Kidney Disease	4	58,635	20	18,189	+ 40,446
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	39,724	1	207,281	- 167,557
Falls	6	34,595	28	7,528	+ 27,067
Liver Disease	7	31,946	13	38,326	- 6,380
Other Injuries	8	25,940	17	22,696	+ 3,244
Diabetes Mellitus	9	25,200	18	22,497	+ 2,703
Lung Disease	10	18,413	22	12,569	+ 5,844
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	15,821	31	6,786	+ 9,035
Congenital Anomalies	12	14,947	9	49,696	- 34,749
Suicide	13	13,253	30	7,019	+ 6,235
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	10,561	43	4,152	+ 6,409
Endocrine Disorders	15	9,375	21	15,799	- 6,423
Inflammatory/Heart	16	8,691	42	4,826	+ 3,865
Asthma	17	7,564	27	8,192	- 628
Low Birth Weight	18	6,406	6	95,959	- 89,553
Leukemia	19	5,991	47	2,257	+ 3,734
Breast Cancer	20	5,881	23	11,884	- 6,004
Liver Cancer	21	5,474	39	5,289	+ 186
Hypertension	22	5,404	24	10,692	- 5,288
Fires	23	5,348	29	7,132	- 1,784
Drownings	24	5,321	32	6,584	- 1,263
Parkinson's Disease	25	5,030	46	2,473	+ 2,557
Lung Cancers	26	5,021	57	1,295	+ 3,726
Tuberculosis	27	4,871	3	127,335	- 122,465
Lymphomas	28	4,637	40	5,202	- 564
Epilepsy	29	4,499	41	5,001	- 502
Violence	30	4,183	19	18,407	- 14,224
Pancreas Cancer	31	3,408	51	1,975	+ 1,433
Skin Disease	32	3,344	56	1,468	+ 1,876
Drug Use	33	3,181	34	6,273	- 3,092
Oral Cancer	34	3,010	48	2,238	+ 772
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	2,958	2	144,724	- 141,766
Stomach Cancer	36	2,519	50	2,129	+ 390
Birth Trauma	37	2,223	5	100,186	- 97,963
Uterin Cancer	38	2,092	62	679	+ 1,413
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	1,814	52	1,946	- 132
Poisonings	40	1,810	33	6,570	- 4,760
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	1,783	37	5,846	- 4,062
Ovary Cancer	42	1,603	49	2,133	- 529
Encephalitis	43	1,518	59	937	+ 581
Oesophagus Cancer	44	1,485	64	560	+ 925
Meningitis	45	1,467	11	43,651	- 42,184
Bladder Cancer	46	1,387	63	670	+ 717
HIV/AIDS	47	1,244	10	44,124	- 42,880
Maternal Conditions	48	1,117	15	23,540	- 22,423
Cervical Cancer	49	1,015	25	10,574	- 9,559
Prostate Cancer	50	961	35	5,914	- 4,954
Alcohol	51	831	58	1,031	- 200
Malnutrition	52	514	36	5,896	- 5,382
Hepatitis B	53	369	55	1,488	- 1,119
Pertussis	54	363	16	23,282	- 22,918
Skin Cancers	55	354	53	1,933	- 1,579
Multiple Sclerosis	56	316	68	179	+ 137
Other Neoplasms	57	260	66	290	- 30
Appendicitis	58	224	60	760	- 536
Syphilis	59	211	38	5,449	- 5,239
Schistosomiasis	60	161	54	1,508	- 1,347
Tetanus	61	101	26	8,355	- 8,254
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	58	69	165	- 106
Dengue	63	57	73	2	+ 56
Hepatitis C	64	49	65	304	- 255
War	65	20	45	3,245	- 3,224
Ascariasis	66	9	61	685	- 676
Leishmaniasis	67	7	70	23	- 16
Measles	68	6	14	29,439	- 29,433
Diphtheria	69	3	44	3,800	- 3,796
Upper Respiratory	70	3	67	259	- 255
Chlamydia	71	2	71	14	- 11
Otitis Media	72	0	72	3	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	4	100,963	- 100,963
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGERIA

Saudi Arabia

Nigeria

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.