PORTUGAL VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,903	1	12,878	- 1,975
Stroke	2	4,690	2	12,339	- 7,649
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,440	27	838	+ 2,602
Kidney Disease	4	2,528	9	2,803	- 275
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,713	4	6,851	- 5,139
Falls	6	1,492	23	1,033	+ 459
Liver Disease	7	1,377	22	1,126	+ 252
Other Injuries	8	1,118	13	1,937	- 819
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,086	8	3,601	- 2,515
Lung Disease	10	794	7	4,286	- 3,492
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	682	3	7,191	- 6,509
Congenital Anomalies	12	644	40	196	+ 448
Suicide	13	571	19	1,172	- 601
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	455	6	4,389	- 3,934
Endocrine Disorders	15	404	17	1,547	- 1,142
Inflammatory/Heart	16	375	26	909	- 534
Asthma	17	326	43	146	+ 180
Low Birth Weight	18	276	52	79	+ 197
Leukemia	19	258	24	1,015	- 757
Breast Cancer	20	254	12	1,997	- 1,743
Liver Cancer	21	236	18	1,270	- 1,034
Hypertension	22	233	14	1,880	- 1,647
Fires	23	231	46	108	+ 122
Drownings	24	229	51	79	+ 150
Parkinson's Disease	25	217	21	1,139	- 923
Lung Cancers	26	216	5	4,406	- 4,190
Tuberculosis	27	210	38	213	- 3
Lymphomas	28	200	16	1,608	- 1,408
Epilepsy	29	194	31	415	- 221
Violence	30	180	48	96	+ 84
Pancreas Cancer	31	147	15	1,669	- 1,522
Skin Disease	32	144	39	202	- 58
Drug Use	33	137	44	128	+ 9
Oral Cancer	34	130	25	912	- 782
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	128	36	231	- 103
Stomach Cancer	36	109	10	2,532	- 2,423
Birth Trauma	37	96	60	24	+ 72
Uterin Cancer	38	90	32	406	- 316
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	78	41	169	- 91
Poisonings	40	78	57	29	+ 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	77	37	229	- 152
Ovary Cancer	42	69	33	397	- 328
Encephalitis	43	65	67	1	+ 64
Oesophagus Cancer	44	64	29	623	- 559
Meningitis	45	63	56	43	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	46	60	20	1,171	- 1,111
HIV/AIDS	47	54	35	320	- 266
Maternal Conditions	48	48	63	7	+ 41
Cervical Cancer	49	44	34	329	- 285
Prostate Cancer	50	41	11	2,124	- 2,082
Alcohol	51	36	45	111	- 75
Malnutrition	52	22	53	79	- 56
Hepatitis B	53	16	59	26	- 10
Pertussis	54	16	72	0	+ 16
Skin Cancers	55	15	30	523	- 508
Multiple Sclerosis	56	14	54	56	- 43
Other Neoplasms	57	11	28	652	- 641
Appendicitis	58	10	61	21	- 11
Syphilis	59	9	64	3	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	60	7	77	0	+ 7
Tetanus	61	4	73	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	47	99	- 96
Dengue	63	2	84	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	49	87	- 85
War	65	1	69	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	62	15	- 15
Chlamydia	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	82	- 82
Oral conditions	82	0	65	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	55	49	- 49
Anemia	85	0	42	151	- 151
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Saudi Arabia

Portugal

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.