TANZANIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	72,063	9	13,215	+ 58,849
Stroke	2	31,000	7	16,894	+ 14,106
Road Traffic Accidents	3	22,738	5	18,054	+ 4,684
Kidney Disease	4	16,708	19	4,547	+ 12,161
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	11,320	2	26,028	- 14,709
Falls	6	9,858	34	1,533	+ 8,325
Liver Disease	7	9,103	13	6,586	+ 2,517
Other Injuries	8	7,392	20	4,270	+ 3,122
Diabetes Mellitus	9	7,181	15	6,247	+ 934
Lung Disease	10	5,247	22	3,051	+ 2,196
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	4,508	27	2,048	+ 2,460
Congenital Anomalies	12	4,259	11	9,791	- 5,531
Suicide	13	3,777	24	2,474	+ 1,302
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	3,009	33	1,567	+ 1,442
Endocrine Disorders	15	2,672	29	1,778	+ 894
Inflammatory/Heart	16	2,477	38	1,227	+ 1,249
Asthma	17	2,155	30	1,700	+ 455
Low Birth Weight	18	1,825	10	12,173	- 10,347
Leukemia	19	1,707	47	416	+ 1,291
Breast Cancer	20	1,676	37	1,285	+ 391
Liver Cancer	21	1,560	36	1,413	+ 146
Hypertension	22	1,540	17	5,209	- 3,669
Fires	23	1,524	35	1,424	+ 99
Drownings	24	1,516	32	1,642	- 126
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,433	45	513	+ 920
Lung Cancers	26	1,431	61	159	+ 1,272
Tuberculosis	27	1,388	4	20,269	- 18,881
Lymphomas	28	1,321	41	805	+ 516
Epilepsy	29	1,282	43	707	+ 575
Violence	30	1,192	18	4,713	- 3,521
Pancreas Cancer	31	971	62	158	+ 813
Skin Disease	32	953	52	359	+ 594
Drug Use	33	906	48	404	+ 502
Oral Cancer	34	858	31	1,646	- 788
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	843	6	17,587	- 16,744
Stomach Cancer	36	718	39	1,190	- 472
Birth Trauma	37	633	8	15,086	- 14,452
Uterin Cancer	38	596	57	218	+ 378
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	517	50	401	+ 116
Poisonings	40	516	40	1,170	- 654
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	508	46	462	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	42	457	53	337	+ 120
Encephalitis	43	433	59	199	+ 234
Oesophagus Cancer	44	423	25	2,247	- 1,824
Meningitis	45	418	21	3,188	- 2,770
Bladder Cancer	46	395	44	667	- 272
HIV/AIDS	47	354	1	27,402	- 27,047
Maternal Conditions	48	318	12	6,835	- 6,517
Cervical Cancer	49	289	14	6,424	- 6,134
Prostate Cancer	50	274	28	1,819	- 1,545
Alcohol	51	237	56	270	- 33
Malnutrition	52	147	16	5,574	- 5,428
Hepatitis B	53	105	60	168	- 63
Pertussis	54	104	23	2,774	- 2,670
Skin Cancers	55	101	42	744	- 644
Multiple Sclerosis	56	90	68	27	+ 63
Other Neoplasms	57	74	64	58	+ 16
Appendicitis	58	64	58	218	- 154
Syphilis	59	60	26	2,115	- 2,055
Schistosomiasis	60	46	51	371	- 325
Tetanus	61	29	49	402	- 373
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	17	63	81	- 64
Dengue	63	16	73	2	+ 15
Hepatitis C	64	14	66	40	- 26
War	65	6	67	30	- 24
Ascariasis	66	3	65	56	- 53
Leishmaniasis	67	2	77	0	+ 2
Measles	68	2	55	295	- 293
Diphtheria	69	1	70	11	- 10
Upper Respiratory	70	1	54	299	- 298
Chlamydia	71	1	71	9	- 8
Otitis Media	72	0	69	17	- 17
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	75	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	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	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

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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.