SOMALIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,905	7	7,233	+ 6,672
Stroke	2	5,982	6	8,595	- 2,614
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,387	11	4,231	+ 156
Kidney Disease	4	3,224	21	2,051	+ 1,173
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,184	1	21,712	- 19,528
Falls	6	1,902	37	548	+ 1,354
Liver Disease	7	1,757	13	3,917	- 2,160
Other Injuries	8	1,426	14	3,602	- 2,175
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,386	16	2,888	- 1,502
Lung Disease	10	1,012	19	2,442	- 1,430
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	870	32	647	+ 223
Congenital Anomalies	12	822	15	3,410	- 2,588
Suicide	13	729	27	1,219	- 490
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	581	38	546	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	15	515	44	406	+ 109
Inflammatory/Heart	16	478	39	521	- 43
Asthma	17	416	23	1,878	- 1,462
Low Birth Weight	18	352	8	6,250	- 5,898
Leukemia	19	329	35	562	- 232
Breast Cancer	20	323	26	1,232	- 908
Liver Cancer	21	301	53	256	+ 45
Hypertension	22	297	18	2,643	- 2,346
Fires	23	294	30	810	- 516
Drownings	24	293	25	1,272	- 979
Parkinson's Disease	25	277	56	184	+ 93
Lung Cancers	26	276	54	233	+ 43
Tuberculosis	27	268	4	10,261	- 9,993
Lymphomas	28	255	34	605	- 350
Epilepsy	29	247	43	419	- 171
Violence	30	230	29	828	- 598
Pancreas Cancer	31	187	62	108	+ 80
Skin Disease	32	184	58	151	+ 33
Drug Use	33	175	65	54	+ 120
Oral Cancer	34	166	46	328	- 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	163	2	15,363	- 15,200
Stomach Cancer	36	138	49	310	- 171
Birth Trauma	37	122	5	9,573	- 9,451
Uterin Cancer	38	115	64	78	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	100	41	446	- 346
Poisonings	40	100	31	758	- 658
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	98	36	559	- 461
Ovary Cancer	42	88	50	295	- 207
Encephalitis	43	83	63	91	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	44	82	40	516	- 435
Meningitis	45	81	9	5,381	- 5,300
Bladder Cancer	46	76	61	149	- 73
HIV/AIDS	47	68	33	610	- 541
Maternal Conditions	48	61	12	4,127	- 4,065
Cervical Cancer	49	56	28	883	- 827
Prostate Cancer	50	53	52	285	- 232
Alcohol	51	46	59	151	- 105
Malnutrition	52	28	10	4,825	- 4,796
Hepatitis B	53	20	48	315	- 294
Pertussis	54	20	20	2,054	- 2,034
Skin Cancers	55	19	57	164	- 144
Multiple Sclerosis	56	17	71	8	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	57	14	70	12	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	12	55	188	- 175
Syphilis	59	12	45	378	- 366
Schistosomiasis	60	9	42	435	- 427
Tetanus	61	6	17	2,648	- 2,643
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	66	35	- 32
Dengue	63	3	73	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	3	67	34	- 32
War	65	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Ascariasis	66	0	69	30	- 29
Leishmaniasis	67	0	51	290	- 289
Measles	68	0	3	11,576	- 11,575
Diphtheria	69	0	60	150	- 149
Upper Respiratory	70	0	47	326	- 326
Chlamydia	71	0	72	5	- 5
Otitis Media	72	0	68	32	- 32
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.