YEMEN VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,332	1	30,158	+ 4,175
Stroke	2	14,769	2	13,570	+ 1,200
Road Traffic Accidents	3	10,833	6	8,561	+ 2,272
Kidney Disease	4	7,960	15	2,679	+ 5,282
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,393	4	11,978	- 6,585
Falls	6	4,697	24	1,170	+ 3,527
Liver Disease	7	4,337	13	2,891	+ 1,446
Other Injuries	8	3,522	16	2,225	+ 1,296
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,421	19	1,794	+ 1,627
Lung Disease	10	2,500	11	3,196	- 696
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,148	22	1,405	+ 743
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,029	10	4,291	- 2,262
Suicide	13	1,799	21	1,699	+ 101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,434	30	913	+ 521
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,273	36	738	+ 535
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,180	40	585	+ 595
Asthma	17	1,027	17	2,106	- 1,079
Low Birth Weight	18	870	5	8,810	- 7,940
Leukemia	19	813	34	776	+ 37
Breast Cancer	20	798	26	1,134	- 335
Liver Cancer	21	743	39	609	+ 134
Hypertension	22	734	8	5,293	- 4,560
Fires	23	726	29	991	- 265
Drownings	24	722	25	1,142	- 420
Parkinson's Disease	25	683	49	362	+ 321
Lung Cancers	26	682	41	569	+ 113
Tuberculosis	27	661	18	1,899	- 1,238
Lymphomas	28	630	45	433	+ 197
Epilepsy	29	611	43	539	+ 72
Violence	30	568	14	2,839	- 2,271
Pancreas Cancer	31	463	51	283	+ 180
Skin Disease	32	454	61	44	+ 410
Drug Use	33	432	38	613	- 181
Oral Cancer	34	409	42	547	- 139
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	402	9	4,372	- 3,970
Stomach Cancer	36	342	31	902	- 560
Birth Trauma	37	302	7	5,939	- 5,638
Uterin Cancer	38	284	69	5	+ 279
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	246	37	707	- 461
Poisonings	40	246	44	532	- 286
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	242	33	833	- 591
Ovary Cancer	42	218	52	188	+ 29
Encephalitis	43	206	48	369	- 163
Oesophagus Cancer	44	202	35	765	- 563
Meningitis	45	199	28	1,018	- 819
Bladder Cancer	46	188	55	160	+ 28
HIV/AIDS	47	169	46	396	- 227
Maternal Conditions	48	152	32	890	- 738
Cervical Cancer	49	138	57	119	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	50	130	63	39	+ 91
Alcohol	51	113	59	78	+ 35
Malnutrition	52	70	27	1,058	- 989
Hepatitis B	53	50	50	299	- 249
Pertussis	54	49	23	1,239	- 1,190
Skin Cancers	55	48	58	100	- 52
Multiple Sclerosis	56	43	62	42	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	57	35	64	21	+ 15
Appendicitis	58	30	54	162	- 131
Syphilis	59	29	53	175	- 147
Schistosomiasis	60	22	56	124	- 102
Tetanus	61	14	47	395	- 381
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	66	14	- 6
Dengue	63	8	60	71	- 64
Hepatitis C	64	7	68	8	- 2
War	65	3	3	12,915	- 12,912
Ascariasis	66	1	65	17	- 16
Leishmaniasis	67	1	71	2	- 1
Measles	68	1	12	3,019	- 3,019
Diphtheria	69	0	67	14	- 13
Upper Respiratory	70	0	70	5	- 4
Chlamydia	71	0	72	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Chagas disease	76	0	75	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	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Saudi Arabia

Yemen

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.