TRINIDAD/TOB. VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,505	1	1,476	+ 29
Stroke	2	647	3	822	- 175
Road Traffic Accidents	3	475	15	130	+ 345
Kidney Disease	4	349	5	439	- 90
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	236	10	205	+ 31
Falls	6	206	33	43	+ 163
Liver Disease	7	190	14	136	+ 54
Other Injuries	8	154	30	61	+ 93
Diabetes Mellitus	9	150	2	1,275	- 1,125
Lung Disease	10	110	16	129	- 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	94	9	215	- 121
Congenital Anomalies	12	89	22	93	- 4
Suicide	13	79	17	121	- 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	63	13	196	- 133
Endocrine Disorders	15	56	18	119	- 64
Inflammatory/Heart	16	52	25	72	- 20
Asthma	17	45	35	40	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	18	38	23	83	- 45
Leukemia	19	36	29	62	- 27
Breast Cancer	20	35	7	258	- 223
Liver Cancer	21	33	28	66	- 33
Hypertension	22	32	11	201	- 169
Fires	23	32	48	16	+ 15
Drownings	24	32	39	31	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	25	30	32	51	- 21
Lung Cancers	26	30	8	217	- 187
Tuberculosis	27	29	43	22	+ 7
Lymphomas	28	28	20	111	- 84
Epilepsy	29	27	37	32	- 5
Violence	30	25	4	549	- 524
Pancreas Cancer	31	20	19	114	- 94
Skin Disease	32	20	36	39	- 19
Drug Use	33	19	44	19	+ 0
Oral Cancer	34	18	38	31	- 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	18	45	18	- 0
Stomach Cancer	36	15	26	69	- 54
Birth Trauma	37	13	40	25	- 12
Uterin Cancer	38	12	27	68	- 55
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	11	49	11	- 0
Poisonings	40	11	59	1	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	11	31	52	- 41
Ovary Cancer	42	10	24	80	- 71
Encephalitis	43	9	54	6	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	44	9	41	24	- 16
Meningitis	45	9	52	9	- 1
Bladder Cancer	46	8	34	41	- 32
HIV/AIDS	47	7	12	196	- 189
Maternal Conditions	48	7	50	10	- 4
Cervical Cancer	49	6	21	97	- 91
Prostate Cancer	50	6	6	330	- 324
Alcohol	51	5	42	23	- 18
Malnutrition	52	3	47	17	- 13
Hepatitis B	53	2	60	0	+ 2
Pertussis	54	2	67	0	+ 2
Skin Cancers	55	2	57	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	58	2	- 0
Other Neoplasms	57	2	51	10	- 9
Appendicitis	58	1	56	4	- 3
Syphilis	59	1	61	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	60	1	71	0	+ 1
Tetanus	61	1	65	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	53	8	- 8
Dengue	63	0	55	5	- 5
Hepatitis C	64	0	62	0	+ 0
War	65	0	46	17	- 17
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

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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.