POLAND VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		POLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	41,389	1	117,700	- 76,311
Stroke	2	17,805	2	32,693	- 14,889
Road Traffic Accidents	3	13,059	22	3,555	+ 9,505
Kidney Disease	4	9,596	20	4,065	+ 5,531
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,501	4	19,998	- 13,497
Falls	6	5,662	16	4,712	+ 950
Liver Disease	7	5,228	10	7,912	- 2,684
Other Injuries	8	4,245	28	2,527	+ 1,719
Diabetes Mellitus	9	4,124	8	8,947	- 4,823
Lung Disease	10	3,013	6	13,677	- 10,663
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,589	21	3,701	- 1,112
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,446	36	916	+ 1,530
Suicide	13	2,169	18	4,282	- 2,113
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,728	5	14,610	- 12,882
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,534	38	831	+ 703
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,422	23	3,495	- 2,072
Asthma	17	1,238	43	540	+ 698
Low Birth Weight	18	1,048	42	579	+ 470
Leukemia	19	980	24	3,456	- 2,475
Breast Cancer	20	962	9	7,967	- 7,004
Liver Cancer	21	896	29	2,290	- 1,394
Hypertension	22	884	15	4,937	- 4,052
Fires	23	875	45	474	+ 401
Drownings	24	871	39	636	+ 234
Parkinson's Disease	25	823	34	1,500	- 677
Lung Cancers	26	822	3	25,781	- 24,959
Tuberculosis	27	797	41	597	+ 201
Lymphomas	28	759	19	4,141	- 3,382
Epilepsy	29	736	35	1,145	- 409
Violence	30	685	49	294	+ 391
Pancreas Cancer	31	558	13	5,430	- 4,872
Skin Disease	32	547	46	469	+ 78
Drug Use	33	521	48	321	+ 200
Oral Cancer	34	493	25	3,377	- 2,884
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	484	37	839	- 355
Stomach Cancer	36	412	12	5,910	- 5,498
Birth Trauma	37	364	57	52	+ 312
Uterin Cancer	38	342	30	2,163	- 1,820
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	297	40	612	- 315
Poisonings	40	296	51	205	+ 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	292	26	3,091	- 2,799
Ovary Cancer	42	262	27	2,929	- 2,667
Encephalitis	43	248	64	6	+ 242
Oesophagus Cancer	44	243	33	1,803	- 1,560
Meningitis	45	240	53	171	+ 70
Bladder Cancer	46	227	17	4,700	- 4,473
HIV/AIDS	47	204	54	115	+ 89
Maternal Conditions	48	183	63	10	+ 173
Cervical Cancer	49	166	32	1,907	- 1,741
Prostate Cancer	50	157	11	6,489	- 6,332
Alcohol	51	136	14	5,238	- 5,102
Malnutrition	52	84	50	291	- 206
Hepatitis B	53	60	56	52	+ 8
Pertussis	54	59	71	0	+ 59
Skin Cancers	55	58	31	2,155	- 2,097
Multiple Sclerosis	56	52	44	502	- 451
Other Neoplasms	57	42	7	9,256	- 9,214
Appendicitis	58	37	55	69	- 32
Syphilis	59	34	69	0	+ 34
Schistosomiasis	60	26	76	0	+ 26
Tetanus	61	16	67	2	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	47	369	- 359
Dengue	63	9	84	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	64	8	52	188	- 180
War	65	3	66	4	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	1	60	19	- 19
Chlamydia	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	61	18	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	59	29	- 29
Oral conditions	82	0	65	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	58	30	- 30
Anemia	85	0	62	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to POLAND

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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.