SINGAPORE VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,440	1	5,292	+ 1,148
Stroke	2	2,770	3	1,559	+ 1,212
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,032	26	121	+ 1,911
Kidney Disease	4	1,493	6	1,028	+ 465
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,012	2	5,189	- 4,178
Falls	6	881	18	218	+ 663
Liver Disease	7	813	20	209	+ 604
Other Injuries	8	661	32	79	+ 581
Diabetes Mellitus	9	642	28	108	+ 534
Lung Disease	10	469	14	383	+ 86
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	403	36	32	+ 370
Congenital Anomalies	12	381	31	80	+ 301
Suicide	13	337	9	650	- 313
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	269	5	1,203	- 934
Endocrine Disorders	15	239	37	30	+ 208
Inflammatory/Heart	16	221	19	215	+ 6
Asthma	17	193	35	37	+ 156
Low Birth Weight	18	163	41	25	+ 138
Leukemia	19	153	17	249	- 97
Breast Cancer	20	150	10	605	- 456
Liver Cancer	21	139	7	746	- 606
Hypertension	22	138	8	732	- 594
Fires	23	136	49	7	+ 129
Drownings	24	135	38	29	+ 107
Parkinson's Disease	25	128	29	90	+ 38
Lung Cancers	26	128	4	1,540	- 1,413
Tuberculosis	27	124	40	26	+ 99
Lymphomas	28	118	13	397	- 279
Epilepsy	29	115	42	25	+ 90
Violence	30	107	46	15	+ 92
Pancreas Cancer	31	87	11	537	- 450
Skin Disease	32	85	25	136	- 51
Drug Use	33	81	44	19	+ 62
Oral Cancer	34	77	15	317	- 240
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	75	39	28	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	36	64	12	405	- 340
Birth Trauma	37	57	55	3	+ 53
Uterin Cancer	38	53	23	147	- 94
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	46	43	22	+ 24
Poisonings	40	46	60	1	+ 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	45	33	69	- 24
Ovary Cancer	42	41	21	204	- 163
Encephalitis	43	39	61	0	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	44	38	24	137	- 99
Meningitis	45	37	48	8	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	46	35	27	120	- 85
HIV/AIDS	47	32	45	18	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	48	28	53	3	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	49	26	30	85	- 59
Prostate Cancer	50	24	16	303	- 278
Alcohol	51	21	47	10	+ 11
Malnutrition	52	13	63	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	53	9	52	4	+ 5
Pertussis	54	9	62	0	+ 9
Skin Cancers	55	9	34	56	- 47
Multiple Sclerosis	56	8	57	3	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	57	7	22	195	- 189
Appendicitis	58	6	50	6	- 0
Syphilis	59	5	65	0	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	60	4	78	0	+ 4
Tetanus	61	3	73	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	58	2	- 1
Dengue	63	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	56	3	- 2
War	65	1	59	2	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	54	3	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	68	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

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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.