SWEDEN VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	SAUDI ARABIA		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,312	1	15,136	- 3,824
Stroke	2	4,866	3	6,035	- 1,169
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,569	34	315	+ 3,254
Kidney Disease	4	2,623	12	1,629	+ 994
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,777	7	2,659	- 882
Falls	6	1,547	17	1,109	+ 438
Liver Disease	7	1,429	23	723	+ 705
Other Injuries	8	1,160	15	1,374	- 213
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,127	11	1,834	- 707
Lung Disease	10	824	4	4,344	- 3,521
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	708	2	10,917	- 10,209
Congenital Anomalies	12	669	35	308	+ 361
Suicide	13	593	14	1,479	- 887
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	472	6	3,049	- 2,577
Endocrine Disorders	15	419	24	702	- 283
Inflammatory/Heart	16	389	28	547	- 158
Asthma	17	338	42	158	+ 180
Low Birth Weight	18	287	51	50	+ 236
Leukemia	19	268	20	825	- 558
Breast Cancer	20	263	13	1,582	- 1,319
Liver Cancer	21	245	22	752	- 507
Hypertension	22	242	10	1,838	- 1,597
Fires	23	239	49	65	+ 175
Drownings	24	238	46	114	+ 124
Parkinson's Disease	25	225	19	943	- 718
Lung Cancers	26	225	5	3,722	- 3,498
Tuberculosis	27	218	56	24	+ 194
Lymphomas	28	207	16	1,357	- 1,149
Epilepsy	29	201	44	121	+ 81
Violence	30	187	47	113	+ 74
Pancreas Cancer	31	152	9	1,849	- 1,696
Skin Disease	32	150	39	220	- 70
Drug Use	33	142	30	423	- 281
Oral Cancer	34	135	31	379	- 245
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	132	36	289	- 157
Stomach Cancer	36	113	26	612	- 500
Birth Trauma	37	99	55	34	+ 66
Uterin Cancer	38	94	33	345	- 251
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	81	48	110	- 29
Poisonings	40	81	60	18	+ 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	80	37	277	- 197
Ovary Cancer	42	72	27	553	- 481
Encephalitis	43	68	71	0	+ 68
Oesophagus Cancer	44	66	29	538	- 472
Meningitis	45	66	54	35	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	46	62	21	760	- 698
HIV/AIDS	47	56	61	13	+ 43
Maternal Conditions	48	50	64	5	+ 45
Cervical Cancer	49	45	38	228	- 182
Prostate Cancer	50	43	8	2,622	- 2,579
Alcohol	51	37	32	359	- 321
Malnutrition	52	23	45	117	- 94
Hepatitis B	53	16	62	9	+ 7
Pertussis	54	16	67	0	+ 16
Skin Cancers	55	16	25	650	- 635
Multiple Sclerosis	56	14	41	170	- 156
Other Neoplasms	57	12	18	1,036	- 1,024
Appendicitis	58	10	59	18	- 8
Syphilis	59	9	72	0	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	60	7	69	0	+ 7
Tetanus	61	5	68	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	43	129	- 126
Dengue	63	3	80	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	2	53	44	- 42
War	65	1	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	58	20	- 19
Chlamydia	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	57	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	52	46	- 46
Oral conditions	82	0	63	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	50	63	- 63
Anemia	85	0	40	175	- 175
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Saudi Arabia

Sweden

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.