SOUTH AFRICA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	64,565	3	32,739	+ 31,826
Stroke	2	27,775	4	30,693	- 2,919
Road Traffic Accidents	3	20,372	11	13,014	+ 7,358
Kidney Disease	4	14,970	9	15,302	- 332
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	10,142	2	39,341	- 29,199
Falls	6	8,832	42	1,399	+ 7,433
Liver Disease	7	8,156	14	9,013	- 857
Other Injuries	8	6,623	17	6,014	+ 609
Diabetes Mellitus	9	6,434	5	30,188	- 23,754
Lung Disease	10	4,701	13	11,895	- 7,194
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	4,039	22	4,676	- 637
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,816	25	4,351	- 535
Suicide	13	3,384	10	13,774	- 10,390
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,696	28	3,587	- 890
Endocrine Disorders	15	2,394	19	5,890	- 3,496
Inflammatory/Heart	16	2,219	21	5,408	- 3,189
Asthma	17	1,931	18	5,966	- 4,035
Low Birth Weight	18	1,636	16	6,250	- 4,615
Leukemia	19	1,529	40	1,464	+ 66
Breast Cancer	20	1,501	23	4,533	- 3,032
Liver Cancer	21	1,398	33	2,383	- 986
Hypertension	22	1,380	12	12,789	- 11,409
Fires	23	1,365	27	3,618	- 2,252
Drownings	24	1,358	32	2,403	- 1,045
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,284	46	1,077	+ 207
Lung Cancers	26	1,282	15	7,705	- 6,423
Tuberculosis	27	1,243	6	21,965	- 20,722
Lymphomas	28	1,184	31	2,818	- 1,634
Epilepsy	29	1,149	37	1,870	- 721
Violence	30	1,068	7	21,000	- 19,932
Pancreas Cancer	31	870	35	2,007	- 1,137
Skin Disease	32	854	45	1,101	- 248
Drug Use	33	812	53	770	+ 42
Oral Cancer	34	768	41	1,406	- 637
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	755	8	15,843	- 15,088
Stomach Cancer	36	643	39	1,535	- 892
Birth Trauma	37	567	30	3,004	- 2,436
Uterin Cancer	38	534	54	512	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	463	47	1,015	- 552
Poisonings	40	462	50	975	- 513
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	455	36	1,894	- 1,439
Ovary Cancer	42	409	51	951	- 541
Encephalitis	43	388	59	234	+ 153
Oesophagus Cancer	44	379	29	3,486	- 3,106
Meningitis	45	375	26	3,660	- 3,286
Bladder Cancer	46	354	52	829	- 475
HIV/AIDS	47	318	1	71,996	- 71,678
Maternal Conditions	48	285	38	1,700	- 1,414
Cervical Cancer	49	259	20	5,555	- 5,296
Prostate Cancer	50	245	24	4,374	- 4,128
Alcohol	51	212	49	987	- 775
Malnutrition	52	131	34	2,381	- 2,249
Hepatitis B	53	94	61	139	- 45
Pertussis	54	93	43	1,142	- 1,049
Skin Cancers	55	90	48	993	- 902
Multiple Sclerosis	56	81	62	113	- 32
Other Neoplasms	57	66	58	267	- 200
Appendicitis	58	57	56	274	- 217
Syphilis	59	54	44	1,130	- 1,076
Schistosomiasis	60	41	66	35	+ 6
Tetanus	61	26	65	38	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	15	55	376	- 361
Dengue	63	15	73	0	+ 15
Hepatitis C	64	12	70	8	+ 5
War	65	5	64	66	- 60
Ascariasis	66	2	71	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	67	2	77	0	+ 2
Measles	68	2	57	270	- 269
Diphtheria	69	1	69	16	- 15
Upper Respiratory	70	1	60	223	- 222
Chlamydia	71	1	68	18	- 18
Otitis Media	72	0	67	19	- 19
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	63	83	- 83
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

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.