VIET NAM VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		VIET NAM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	112,972	2	91,939	+ 21,033
Stroke	2	48,598	1	159,032	- 110,434
Road Traffic Accidents	3	35,646	5	29,475	+ 6,171
Kidney Disease	4	26,193	8	25,251	+ 942
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	17,745	7	27,836	- 10,091
Falls	6	15,454	13	15,427	+ 28
Liver Disease	7	14,271	10	23,900	- 9,629
Other Injuries	8	11,588	23	5,539	+ 6,049
Diabetes Mellitus	9	11,257	4	33,860	- 22,603
Lung Disease	10	8,225	3	35,875	- 27,649
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	7,067	6	29,307	- 22,240
Congenital Anomalies	12	6,677	21	7,064	- 387
Suicide	13	5,921	18	7,249	- 1,329
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	4,718	16	8,258	- 3,540
Endocrine Disorders	15	4,188	34	2,082	+ 2,106
Inflammatory/Heart	16	3,883	24	5,357	- 1,474
Asthma	17	3,379	17	8,150	- 4,771
Low Birth Weight	18	2,862	19	7,132	- 4,270
Leukemia	19	2,676	28	4,899	- 2,223
Breast Cancer	20	2,627	22	6,187	- 3,560
Liver Cancer	21	2,445	9	24,995	- 22,549
Hypertension	22	2,414	12	19,880	- 17,466
Fires	23	2,389	52	595	+ 1,794
Drownings	24	2,377	26	5,097	- 2,720
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,247	25	5,338	- 3,091
Lung Cancers	26	2,243	11	21,294	- 19,051
Tuberculosis	27	2,176	15	9,446	- 7,270
Lymphomas	28	2,072	30	2,964	- 893
Epilepsy	29	2,010	53	583	+ 1,427
Violence	30	1,869	36	1,785	+ 83
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,522	44	929	+ 593
Skin Disease	32	1,494	40	1,515	- 21
Drug Use	33	1,421	41	1,366	+ 55
Oral Cancer	34	1,345	20	7,088	- 5,743
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,321	29	4,390	- 3,068
Stomach Cancer	36	1,125	14	15,134	- 14,009
Birth Trauma	37	993	32	2,340	- 1,347
Uterin Cancer	38	935	42	1,159	- 224
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	810	38	1,708	- 898
Poisonings	40	809	48	832	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	797	43	957	- 160
Ovary Cancer	42	716	47	864	- 147
Encephalitis	43	678	39	1,558	- 880
Oesophagus Cancer	44	663	33	2,265	- 1,601
Meningitis	45	656	51	624	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	46	619	45	896	- 277
HIV/AIDS	47	556	27	4,993	- 4,437
Maternal Conditions	48	499	49	773	- 274
Cervical Cancer	49	454	31	2,391	- 1,938
Prostate Cancer	50	429	35	1,911	- 1,482
Alcohol	51	371	46	867	- 495
Malnutrition	52	230	63	120	+ 110
Hepatitis B	53	165	55	379	- 214
Pertussis	54	162	50	705	- 543
Skin Cancers	55	158	54	467	- 309
Multiple Sclerosis	56	141	61	135	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	57	116	57	325	- 209
Appendicitis	58	100	60	201	- 101
Syphilis	59	94	56	328	- 234
Schistosomiasis	60	72	77	0	+ 72
Tetanus	61	45	58	286	- 241
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	26	59	224	- 197
Dengue	63	26	62	127	- 101
Hepatitis C	64	22	64	78	- 57
War	65	9	65	34	- 25
Ascariasis	66	4	68	9	- 5
Leishmaniasis	67	3	78	0	+ 3
Measles	68	3	37	1,780	- 1,777
Diphtheria	69	2	69	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	70	1	66	34	- 32
Chlamydia	71	1	70	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	67	14	- 14
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VIET NAM

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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.