SOUTH KOREA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	55,634	1	28,043	+ 27,591
Stroke	2	23,933	3	25,596	- 1,663
Road Traffic Accidents	3	17,554	15	4,399	+ 13,155
Kidney Disease	4	12,899	9	10,107	+ 2,792
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,739	2	26,650	- 17,911
Falls	6	7,611	20	2,934	+ 4,676
Liver Disease	7	7,028	14	6,348	+ 679
Other Injuries	8	5,706	18	3,634	+ 2,073
Diabetes Mellitus	9	5,544	13	6,812	- 1,268
Lung Disease	10	4,051	11	8,526	- 4,476
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,480	6	12,145	- 8,665
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,288	41	518	+ 2,770
Suicide	13	2,916	5	14,636	- 11,720
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,323	8	10,180	- 7,857
Endocrine Disorders	15	2,062	25	1,891	+ 172
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,912	31	1,325	+ 587
Asthma	17	1,664	32	1,150	+ 514
Low Birth Weight	18	1,409	45	370	+ 1,039
Leukemia	19	1,318	23	2,140	- 822
Breast Cancer	20	1,294	21	2,880	- 1,587
Liver Cancer	21	1,204	7	11,589	- 10,385
Hypertension	22	1,189	17	3,711	- 2,522
Fires	23	1,176	47	263	+ 913
Drownings	24	1,171	42	501	+ 670
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,107	16	3,951	- 2,845
Lung Cancers	26	1,105	4	20,293	- 19,188
Tuberculosis	27	1,071	24	1,950	- 879
Lymphomas	28	1,020	19	3,477	- 2,457
Epilepsy	29	990	40	524	+ 465
Violence	30	920	44	386	+ 534
Pancreas Cancer	31	750	12	6,994	- 6,244
Skin Disease	32	736	36	704	+ 31
Drug Use	33	700	50	154	+ 546
Oral Cancer	34	662	29	1,457	- 795
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	651	35	929	- 278
Stomach Cancer	36	554	10	8,625	- 8,071
Birth Trauma	37	489	54	88	+ 401
Uterin Cancer	38	460	43	420	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	399	48	224	+ 175
Poisonings	40	398	52	115	+ 283
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	392	38	540	- 147
Ovary Cancer	42	353	30	1,330	- 977
Encephalitis	43	334	65	19	+ 315
Oesophagus Cancer	44	327	28	1,733	- 1,406
Meningitis	45	323	58	51	+ 272
Bladder Cancer	46	305	27	1,768	- 1,463
HIV/AIDS	47	274	55	84	+ 189
Maternal Conditions	48	246	61	34	+ 212
Cervical Cancer	49	223	34	1,065	- 842
Prostate Cancer	50	211	22	2,316	- 2,104
Alcohol	51	183	33	1,081	- 898
Malnutrition	52	113	53	88	+ 25
Hepatitis B	53	81	39	526	- 445
Pertussis	54	80	67	6	+ 74
Skin Cancers	55	78	37	585	- 507
Multiple Sclerosis	56	69	66	11	+ 59
Other Neoplasms	57	57	26	1,807	- 1,750
Appendicitis	58	49	57	54	- 5
Syphilis	59	46	62	27	+ 20
Schistosomiasis	60	35	72	1	+ 34
Tetanus	61	22	69	5	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	13	51	150	- 137
Dengue	63	13	77	0	+ 13
Hepatitis C	64	11	49	168	- 157
War	65	4	68	5	- 0
Ascariasis	66	2	74	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	67	2	79	0	+ 2
Measles	68	1	83	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	63	26	- 25
Chlamydia	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	71	1	- 1
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	60	41	- 41
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	59	49	- 49
Oral conditions	82	0	64	21	- 21
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	77	- 77
Anemia	85	0	46	329	- 329
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

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.