UNITED KINGDOM VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	73,128	2	71,728	+ 1,400
Stroke	2	31,458	4	37,626	- 6,168
Road Traffic Accidents	3	23,074	33	2,169	+ 20,905
Kidney Disease	4	16,955	18	5,471	+ 11,484
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	11,487	3	40,540	- 29,053
Falls	6	10,004	15	7,618	+ 2,385
Liver Disease	7	9,238	14	7,666	+ 1,572
Other Injuries	8	7,501	19	5,464	+ 2,037
Diabetes Mellitus	9	7,287	17	5,842	+ 1,445
Lung Disease	10	5,324	6	32,896	- 27,571
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	4,575	1	98,135	- 93,560
Congenital Anomalies	12	4,322	35	2,127	+ 2,196
Suicide	13	3,832	20	5,325	- 1,493
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	3,054	7	18,446	- 15,392
Endocrine Disorders	15	2,711	28	3,297	- 586
Inflammatory/Heart	16	2,513	29	3,126	- 613
Asthma	17	2,187	41	1,302	+ 885
Low Birth Weight	18	1,852	40	1,313	+ 539
Leukemia	19	1,732	22	5,211	- 3,479
Breast Cancer	20	1,700	9	12,718	- 11,018
Liver Cancer	21	1,583	21	5,237	- 3,654
Hypertension	22	1,563	23	5,208	- 3,646
Fires	23	1,546	48	334	+ 1,212
Drownings	24	1,539	49	301	+ 1,238
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,455	13	8,573	- 7,118
Lung Cancers	26	1,452	5	35,715	- 34,263
Tuberculosis	27	1,408	47	351	+ 1,057
Lymphomas	28	1,341	10	9,350	- 8,009
Epilepsy	29	1,301	42	1,193	+ 107
Violence	30	1,210	46	868	+ 342
Pancreas Cancer	31	985	11	8,995	- 8,010
Skin Disease	32	967	34	2,134	- 1,167
Drug Use	33	920	31	2,824	- 1,905
Oral Cancer	34	870	30	3,109	- 2,238
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	855	38	1,599	- 743
Stomach Cancer	36	728	24	4,999	- 4,271
Birth Trauma	37	643	54	190	+ 453
Uterin Cancer	38	605	32	2,346	- 1,741
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	525	45	876	- 351
Poisonings	40	523	53	221	+ 303
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	516	36	2,090	- 1,574
Ovary Cancer	42	464	25	4,019	- 3,555
Encephalitis	43	439	68	6	+ 433
Oesophagus Cancer	44	429	12	8,727	- 8,297
Meningitis	45	424	52	232	+ 192
Bladder Cancer	46	401	16	6,133	- 5,732
HIV/AIDS	47	360	55	188	+ 172
Maternal Conditions	48	323	64	47	+ 276
Cervical Cancer	49	294	43	1,099	- 805
Prostate Cancer	50	278	8	13,289	- 13,012
Alcohol	51	240	39	1,555	- 1,314
Malnutrition	52	149	58	116	+ 33
Hepatitis B	53	107	65	40	+ 67
Pertussis	54	105	69	3	+ 102
Skin Cancers	55	102	27	3,727	- 3,625
Multiple Sclerosis	56	91	37	1,856	- 1,764
Other Neoplasms	57	75	26	3,986	- 3,911
Appendicitis	58	65	59	105	- 40
Syphilis	59	61	62	49	+ 12
Schistosomiasis	60	47	78	0	+ 47
Tetanus	61	29	72	0	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	17	44	1,014	- 997
Dengue	63	17	73	0	+ 16
Hepatitis C	64	14	51	267	- 253
War	65	6	67	10	- 4
Ascariasis	66	3	80	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	67	2	70	0	+ 2
Measles	68	2	75	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	63	48	- 47
Chlamydia	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	66	16	- 16
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	57	167	- 167
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	184	- 184
Oral conditions	82	0	61	54	- 54
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	60	101	- 101
Anemia	85	0	50	277	- 277
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

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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.