URUGUAY VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,659	1	4,265	- 606
Stroke	2	1,574	2	2,850	- 1,276
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,154	16	512	+ 643
Kidney Disease	4	848	8	1,040	- 192
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	575	6	1,370	- 796
Falls	6	501	47	55	+ 446
Liver Disease	7	462	27	206	+ 256
Other Injuries	8	375	10	774	- 399
Diabetes Mellitus	9	365	11	747	- 383
Lung Disease	10	266	4	1,706	- 1,440
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	229	3	1,899	- 1,670
Congenital Anomalies	12	216	30	170	+ 46
Suicide	13	192	12	735	- 544
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	153	7	1,245	- 1,092
Endocrine Disorders	15	136	17	487	- 352
Inflammatory/Heart	16	126	22	314	- 188
Asthma	17	109	37	127	- 18
Low Birth Weight	18	93	42	73	+ 19
Leukemia	19	87	25	280	- 194
Breast Cancer	20	85	9	848	- 763
Liver Cancer	21	79	34	147	- 68
Hypertension	22	78	15	648	- 570
Fires	23	77	48	54	+ 23
Drownings	24	77	45	65	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	25	73	21	320	- 248
Lung Cancers	26	73	5	1,463	- 1,390
Tuberculosis	27	70	41	81	- 10
Lymphomas	28	67	20	457	- 390
Epilepsy	29	65	40	86	- 21
Violence	30	61	23	295	- 235
Pancreas Cancer	31	49	14	656	- 606
Skin Disease	32	48	36	130	- 82
Drug Use	33	46	49	41	+ 5
Oral Cancer	34	44	31	167	- 124
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	43	35	134	- 92
Stomach Cancer	36	36	18	480	- 444
Birth Trauma	37	32	53	22	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	38	30	38	115	- 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	26	50	39	- 13
Poisonings	40	26	55	17	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	26	46	57	- 31
Ovary Cancer	42	23	32	160	- 137
Encephalitis	43	22	64	4	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	44	21	24	286	- 265
Meningitis	45	21	58	10	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	46	20	26	276	- 256
HIV/AIDS	47	18	28	195	- 177
Maternal Conditions	48	16	60	9	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	49	15	29	172	- 157
Prostate Cancer	50	14	13	707	- 693
Alcohol	51	12	39	104	- 92
Malnutrition	52	7	43	73	- 66
Hepatitis B	53	5	63	4	+ 1
Pertussis	54	5	72	0	+ 5
Skin Cancers	55	5	33	149	- 144
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	56	13	- 9
Other Neoplasms	57	4	19	464	- 460
Appendicitis	58	3	59	9	- 6
Syphilis	59	3	66	3	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	60	2	77	0	+ 2
Tetanus	61	1	71	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	51	35	- 34
Dengue	63	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	3	- 3
War	65	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	62	5	- 5
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	85	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

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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.