NORWAY VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,886	1	5,321	+ 565
Stroke	2	2,532	4	2,475	+ 56
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,857	42	114	+ 1,743
Kidney Disease	4	1,365	14	611	+ 754
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	924	6	1,797	- 872
Falls	6	805	9	777	+ 28
Liver Disease	7	743	30	214	+ 530
Other Injuries	8	604	15	583	+ 21
Diabetes Mellitus	9	586	16	560	+ 27
Lung Disease	10	429	3	2,723	- 2,294
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	368	2	4,464	- 4,096
Congenital Anomalies	12	348	34	136	+ 212
Suicide	13	308	13	633	- 325
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	246	7	1,787	- 1,541
Endocrine Disorders	15	218	19	359	- 141
Inflammatory/Heart	16	202	29	221	- 19
Asthma	17	176	43	85	+ 91
Low Birth Weight	18	149	52	23	+ 126
Leukemia	19	139	21	354	- 214
Breast Cancer	20	137	11	698	- 561
Liver Cancer	21	127	26	259	- 132
Hypertension	22	126	28	230	- 104
Fires	23	124	48	45	+ 80
Drownings	24	124	45	65	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	25	117	17	554	- 437
Lung Cancers	26	117	5	2,320	- 2,203
Tuberculosis	27	113	56	15	+ 98
Lymphomas	28	108	12	646	- 538
Epilepsy	29	105	40	119	- 15
Violence	30	97	50	32	+ 65
Pancreas Cancer	31	79	10	770	- 691
Skin Disease	32	78	38	128	- 50
Drug Use	33	74	25	264	- 190
Oral Cancer	34	70	32	168	- 98
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	69	37	128	- 59
Stomach Cancer	36	59	22	343	- 285
Birth Trauma	37	52	54	17	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	38	49	36	134	- 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	42	46	61	- 19
Poisonings	40	42	57	14	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	42	33	160	- 118
Ovary Cancer	42	37	24	309	- 272
Encephalitis	43	35	70	0	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	44	35	27	248	- 213
Meningitis	45	34	58	14	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	46	32	20	356	- 324
HIV/AIDS	47	29	61	10	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	48	26	66	1	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	49	24	39	125	- 101
Prostate Cancer	50	22	8	1,172	- 1,150
Alcohol	51	19	31	205	- 185
Malnutrition	52	12	35	135	- 123
Hepatitis B	53	9	63	3	+ 5
Pertussis	54	8	64	1	+ 7
Skin Cancers	55	8	18	407	- 399
Multiple Sclerosis	56	7	41	119	- 112
Other Neoplasms	57	6	23	324	- 318
Appendicitis	58	5	59	12	- 7
Syphilis	59	5	67	1	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	60	4	83	0	+ 4
Tetanus	61	2	69	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	47	60	- 59
Dengue	63	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	55	17	- 16
War	65	0	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	60	12	- 12
Chlamydia	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	23	- 23
Anemia	85	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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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.