RUSSIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		RUSSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	150,425	1	562,711	- 412,286
Stroke	2	64,710	2	327,199	- 262,489
Road Traffic Accidents	3	47,463	19	17,507	+ 29,956
Kidney Disease	4	34,877	22	11,581	+ 23,296
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	23,628	10	32,404	- 8,776
Falls	6	20,578	21	11,705	+ 8,873
Liver Disease	7	19,002	6	45,463	- 26,461
Other Injuries	8	15,429	14	22,517	- 7,087
Diabetes Mellitus	9	14,989	18	18,345	- 3,355
Lung Disease	10	10,952	9	36,600	- 25,648
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	9,410	5	48,522	- 39,111
Congenital Anomalies	12	8,891	41	4,201	+ 4,689
Suicide	13	7,883	8	36,625	- 28,742
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	6,282	7	42,633	- 36,351
Endocrine Disorders	15	5,577	45	2,004	+ 3,573
Inflammatory/Heart	16	5,170	4	54,060	- 48,890
Asthma	17	4,499	46	1,764	+ 2,735
Low Birth Weight	18	3,810	44	2,153	+ 1,658
Leukemia	19	3,563	31	8,238	- 4,674
Breast Cancer	20	3,498	13	23,242	- 19,744
Liver Cancer	21	3,256	24	11,165	- 7,908
Hypertension	22	3,214	17	18,348	- 15,133
Fires	23	3,181	37	6,387	- 3,206
Drownings	24	3,165	36	6,629	- 3,464
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,992	26	9,371	- 6,379
Lung Cancers	26	2,987	3	54,361	- 51,374
Tuberculosis	27	2,897	30	8,422	- 5,525
Lymphomas	28	2,758	29	8,919	- 6,161
Epilepsy	29	2,676	52	718	+ 1,958
Violence	30	2,488	23	11,450	- 8,962
Pancreas Cancer	31	2,027	16	20,282	- 18,255
Skin Disease	32	1,989	43	2,735	- 746
Drug Use	33	1,892	27	9,113	- 7,221
Oral Cancer	34	1,790	25	10,880	- 9,090
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,759	55	403	+ 1,356
Stomach Cancer	36	1,498	11	29,386	- 27,888
Birth Trauma	37	1,322	53	714	+ 608
Uterin Cancer	38	1,244	35	6,867	- 5,623
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	1,079	42	2,770	- 1,691
Poisonings	40	1,077	40	5,565	- 4,488
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	1,061	28	8,938	- 7,877
Ovary Cancer	42	954	32	8,123	- 7,169
Encephalitis	43	903	47	1,076	- 173
Oesophagus Cancer	44	883	33	7,431	- 6,548
Meningitis	45	873	48	1,037	- 165
Bladder Cancer	46	825	38	6,307	- 5,482
HIV/AIDS	47	740	15	21,262	- 20,522
Maternal Conditions	48	664	56	267	+ 397
Cervical Cancer	49	604	34	7,423	- 6,819
Prostate Cancer	50	571	20	14,107	- 13,536
Alcohol	51	495	12	27,984	- 27,490
Malnutrition	52	306	57	242	+ 64
Hepatitis B	53	219	60	43	+ 176
Pertussis	54	216	65	2	+ 214
Skin Cancers	55	211	39	5,612	- 5,401
Multiple Sclerosis	56	188	49	827	- 639
Other Neoplasms	57	154	51	729	- 574
Appendicitis	58	133	54	409	- 275
Syphilis	59	125	62	19	+ 107
Schistosomiasis	60	96	72	0	+ 96
Tetanus	61	60	63	3	+ 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	35	50	750	- 715
Dengue	63	34	79	0	+ 34
Hepatitis C	64	29	66	2	+ 27
War	65	12	59	123	- 111
Ascariasis	66	5	77	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	67	4	73	0	+ 4
Measles	68	4	68	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	2	67	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	70	2	58	158	- 156
Chlamydia	71	1	61	25	- 24
Otitis Media	72	0	64	3	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RUSSIA

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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.