ZAMBIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,218	10	4,432	+ 17,786
Stroke	2	9,558	3	7,948	+ 1,610
Road Traffic Accidents	3	7,010	11	3,654	+ 3,356
Kidney Disease	4	5,151	18	1,760	+ 3,391
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,490	2	9,517	- 6,027
Falls	6	3,039	28	596	+ 2,443
Liver Disease	7	2,807	9	4,501	- 1,694
Other Injuries	8	2,279	19	1,729	+ 550
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,214	14	2,395	- 181
Lung Disease	10	1,618	21	1,273	+ 345
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,390	29	590	+ 800
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,313	12	3,146	- 1,833
Suicide	13	1,164	20	1,303	- 138
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	928	43	203	+ 725
Endocrine Disorders	15	824	37	354	+ 470
Inflammatory/Heart	16	764	33	501	+ 262
Asthma	17	665	26	741	- 76
Low Birth Weight	18	563	8	4,857	- 4,294
Leukemia	19	526	39	261	+ 265
Breast Cancer	20	517	35	366	+ 151
Liver Cancer	21	481	46	177	+ 304
Hypertension	22	475	13	2,616	- 2,142
Fires	23	470	32	546	- 76
Drownings	24	467	27	689	- 221
Parkinson's Disease	25	442	47	164	+ 278
Lung Cancers	26	441	41	226	+ 215
Tuberculosis	27	428	6	5,941	- 5,513
Lymphomas	28	407	31	548	- 140
Epilepsy	29	395	38	332	+ 63
Violence	30	367	23	1,153	- 786
Pancreas Cancer	31	299	62	42	+ 257
Skin Disease	32	294	52	126	+ 168
Drug Use	33	279	53	122	+ 157
Oral Cancer	34	264	48	155	+ 109
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	260	5	6,275	- 6,015
Stomach Cancer	36	221	42	206	+ 15
Birth Trauma	37	195	7	5,062	- 4,866
Uterin Cancer	38	184	64	30	+ 154
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	159	45	190	- 30
Poisonings	40	159	34	456	- 297
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	157	40	246	- 89
Ovary Cancer	42	141	57	82	+ 58
Encephalitis	43	133	59	70	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	44	130	36	359	- 228
Meningitis	45	129	16	1,976	- 1,847
Bladder Cancer	46	122	50	132	- 10
HIV/AIDS	47	109	1	17,234	- 17,125
Maternal Conditions	48	98	22	1,188	- 1,090
Cervical Cancer	49	89	17	1,799	- 1,709
Prostate Cancer	50	84	30	561	- 477
Alcohol	51	73	49	140	- 67
Malnutrition	52	45	15	2,303	- 2,257
Hepatitis B	53	32	55	104	- 72
Pertussis	54	32	25	743	- 711
Skin Cancers	55	31	54	108	- 77
Multiple Sclerosis	56	28	67	13	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	57	23	65	20	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	20	56	84	- 64
Syphilis	59	18	24	885	- 866
Schistosomiasis	60	14	51	128	- 114
Tetanus	61	9	44	190	- 181
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	63	30	- 25
Dengue	63	5	74	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	4	66	18	- 13
War	65	2	69	6	- 5
Ascariasis	66	1	68	9	- 8
Leishmaniasis	67	1	58	72	- 72
Measles	68	1	61	48	- 48
Diphtheria	69	0	73	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	70	0	60	68	- 67
Chlamydia	71	0	71	3	- 3
Otitis Media	72	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	75	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	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	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

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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.