SPAIN VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	50,505	1	51,684	- 1,179
Stroke	2	21,726	3	29,004	- 7,277
Road Traffic Accidents	3	15,936	31	1,829	+ 14,106
Kidney Disease	4	11,710	8	9,725	+ 1,985
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,933	7	13,717	- 5,784
Falls	6	6,909	26	3,246	+ 3,663
Liver Disease	7	6,380	23	4,231	+ 2,149
Other Injuries	8	5,180	15	5,536	- 356
Diabetes Mellitus	9	5,033	10	7,773	- 2,741
Lung Disease	10	3,677	5	18,926	- 15,249
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,160	2	42,339	- 39,179
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,985	38	863	+ 2,122
Suicide	13	2,647	25	3,609	- 963
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,109	6	16,957	- 14,848
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,872	21	4,863	- 2,991
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,736	19	4,984	- 3,248
Asthma	17	1,511	35	1,133	+ 378
Low Birth Weight	18	1,279	52	253	+ 1,027
Leukemia	19	1,196	24	3,772	- 2,576
Breast Cancer	20	1,174	11	7,067	- 5,893
Liver Cancer	21	1,093	18	5,098	- 4,005
Hypertension	22	1,079	9	9,115	- 8,035
Fires	23	1,068	55	185	+ 883
Drownings	24	1,063	45	446	+ 617
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,005	20	4,943	- 3,938
Lung Cancers	26	1,003	4	22,131	- 21,128
Tuberculosis	27	973	50	270	+ 702
Lymphomas	28	926	16	5,335	- 4,408
Epilepsy	29	898	40	824	+ 74
Violence	30	835	51	262	+ 574
Pancreas Cancer	31	681	12	6,752	- 6,072
Skin Disease	32	668	30	1,840	- 1,173
Drug Use	33	635	41	776	- 141
Oral Cancer	34	601	27	2,583	- 1,982
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	591	36	1,064	- 473
Stomach Cancer	36	503	14	5,796	- 5,293
Birth Trauma	37	444	60	113	+ 331
Uterin Cancer	38	418	34	1,612	- 1,194
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	362	33	1,612	- 1,250
Poisonings	40	362	57	170	+ 191
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	356	44	475	- 119
Ovary Cancer	42	320	28	2,026	- 1,706
Encephalitis	43	303	70	4	+ 299
Oesophagus Cancer	44	297	29	2,011	- 1,715
Meningitis	45	293	59	129	+ 164
Bladder Cancer	46	277	17	5,222	- 4,945
HIV/AIDS	47	248	43	538	- 290
Maternal Conditions	48	223	64	14	+ 210
Cervical Cancer	49	203	39	855	- 652
Prostate Cancer	50	192	13	6,420	- 6,228
Alcohol	51	166	46	333	- 167
Malnutrition	52	103	47	302	- 200
Hepatitis B	53	74	58	162	- 88
Pertussis	54	73	73	2	+ 71
Skin Cancers	55	71	32	1,803	- 1,732
Multiple Sclerosis	56	63	49	287	- 224
Other Neoplasms	57	52	22	4,748	- 4,696
Appendicitis	58	45	61	79	- 35
Syphilis	59	42	67	9	+ 33
Schistosomiasis	60	32	74	0	+ 32
Tetanus	61	20	72	2	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	12	48	294	- 282
Dengue	63	11	77	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	64	10	42	652	- 642
War	65	4	68	6	- 1
Ascariasis	66	2	78	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	67	1	65	11	- 9
Measles	68	1	81	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	1	62	47	- 46
Chlamydia	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	9	- 9
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	69	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	53	212	- 212
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	54	204	- 204
Oral conditions	82	0	63	44	- 44
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	181	- 181
Anemia	85	0	37	914	- 914
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SPAIN

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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.