SWITZERLAND VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,465	1	10,713	- 1,248
Stroke	2	4,072	3	3,918	+ 154
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,986	34	193	+ 2,793
Kidney Disease	4	2,195	13	1,261	+ 933
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,487	8	1,949	- 463
Falls	6	1,295	9	1,919	- 625
Liver Disease	7	1,196	21	677	+ 518
Other Injuries	8	971	30	410	+ 561
Diabetes Mellitus	9	943	17	1,022	- 79
Lung Disease	10	689	5	2,902	- 2,213
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	592	2	7,192	- 6,600
Congenital Anomalies	12	559	31	305	+ 254
Suicide	13	496	14	1,249	- 753
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	395	7	1,995	- 1,599
Endocrine Disorders	15	351	25	593	- 242
Inflammatory/Heart	16	325	16	1,027	- 702
Asthma	17	283	46	95	+ 188
Low Birth Weight	18	240	43	105	+ 135
Leukemia	19	224	22	671	- 447
Breast Cancer	20	220	11	1,577	- 1,357
Liver Cancer	21	205	19	805	- 600
Hypertension	22	202	6	2,471	- 2,269
Fires	23	200	55	21	+ 179
Drownings	24	199	50	49	+ 150
Parkinson's Disease	25	188	18	857	- 669
Lung Cancers	26	188	4	3,520	- 3,332
Tuberculosis	27	182	56	21	+ 161
Lymphomas	28	174	15	1,131	- 958
Epilepsy	29	168	39	159	+ 10
Violence	30	157	51	42	+ 114
Pancreas Cancer	31	128	12	1,486	- 1,358
Skin Disease	32	125	40	129	- 4
Drug Use	33	119	36	176	- 57
Oral Cancer	34	113	26	500	- 388
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	111	35	186	- 75
Stomach Cancer	36	94	24	614	- 519
Birth Trauma	37	83	52	32	+ 51
Uterin Cancer	38	78	33	224	- 145
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	68	48	78	- 10
Poisonings	40	68	60	13	+ 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	67	41	122	- 56
Ovary Cancer	42	60	29	457	- 397
Encephalitis	43	57	68	1	+ 56
Oesophagus Cancer	44	56	28	491	- 435
Meningitis	45	55	57	20	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	46	52	23	669	- 618
HIV/AIDS	47	47	54	29	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	48	42	64	4	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	49	38	42	105	- 67
Prostate Cancer	50	36	10	1,579	- 1,543
Alcohol	51	31	32	229	- 198
Malnutrition	52	19	47	84	- 65
Hepatitis B	53	14	63	5	+ 9
Pertussis	54	14	73	0	+ 14
Skin Cancers	55	13	27	493	- 480
Multiple Sclerosis	56	12	38	160	- 148
Other Neoplasms	57	10	20	681	- 672
Appendicitis	58	8	59	15	- 6
Syphilis	59	8	65	2	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	60	6	72	0	+ 6
Tetanus	61	4	70	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	49	68	- 66
Dengue	63	2	81	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	58	15	- 13
War	65	1	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	61	11	- 11
Chlamydia	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	66	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	37	170	- 170
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	62	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	45	96	- 96
Anemia	85	0	44	102	- 102
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Saudi Arabia

Switzerland

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.