ZIMBABWE VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,320	3	8,493	+ 9,827
Stroke	2	7,881	5	5,126	+ 2,755
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,780	4	6,037	- 257
Kidney Disease	4	4,248	12	2,214	+ 2,034
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,878	2	10,779	- 7,902
Falls	6	2,506	41	465	+ 2,041
Liver Disease	7	2,314	17	1,941	+ 373
Other Injuries	8	1,879	20	1,656	+ 224
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,826	9	3,344	- 1,518
Lung Disease	10	1,334	23	1,163	+ 171
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,146	31	768	+ 379
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,083	11	2,217	- 1,135
Suicide	13	960	13	2,069	- 1,108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	765	40	505	+ 260
Endocrine Disorders	15	679	34	553	+ 126
Inflammatory/Heart	16	630	25	1,047	- 418
Asthma	17	548	21	1,531	- 983
Low Birth Weight	18	464	7	4,038	- 3,574
Leukemia	19	434	45	244	+ 190
Breast Cancer	20	426	28	839	- 413
Liver Cancer	21	397	38	510	- 113
Hypertension	22	391	24	1,146	- 754
Fires	23	387	30	793	- 405
Drownings	24	385	27	956	- 570
Parkinson's Disease	25	364	46	226	+ 139
Lung Cancers	26	364	43	286	+ 78
Tuberculosis	27	353	16	1,999	- 1,646
Lymphomas	28	336	26	960	- 624
Epilepsy	29	326	39	508	- 182
Violence	30	303	18	1,916	- 1,613
Pancreas Cancer	31	247	47	217	+ 30
Skin Disease	32	242	52	173	+ 69
Drug Use	33	230	48	213	+ 18
Oral Cancer	34	218	49	208	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	214	6	4,595	- 4,380
Stomach Cancer	36	182	33	559	- 376
Birth Trauma	37	161	8	3,405	- 3,244
Uterin Cancer	38	152	50	182	- 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	131	36	542	- 411
Poisonings	40	131	37	515	- 384
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	129	35	548	- 419
Ovary Cancer	42	116	51	173	- 57
Encephalitis	43	110	56	117	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	44	108	29	801	- 694
Meningitis	45	106	22	1,325	- 1,219
Bladder Cancer	46	100	54	125	- 24
HIV/AIDS	47	90	1	19,988	- 19,898
Maternal Conditions	48	81	19	1,749	- 1,668
Cervical Cancer	49	74	14	2,023	- 1,949
Prostate Cancer	50	70	32	628	- 558
Alcohol	51	60	61	48	+ 12
Malnutrition	52	37	10	2,396	- 2,359
Hepatitis B	53	27	60	57	- 30
Pertussis	54	26	42	419	- 392
Skin Cancers	55	26	44	264	- 238
Multiple Sclerosis	56	23	67	14	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	57	19	62	37	- 18
Appendicitis	58	16	58	66	- 50
Syphilis	59	15	55	124	- 109
Schistosomiasis	60	12	53	172	- 160
Tetanus	61	7	57	102	- 94
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	64	26	- 22
Dengue	63	4	73	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	4	66	14	- 11
War	65	1	65	26	- 25
Ascariasis	66	1	70	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	63	30	- 30
Diphtheria	69	0	72	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	70	0	59	65	- 65
Chlamydia	71	0	69	3	- 3
Otitis Media	72	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	75	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	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 ZIMBABWE

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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.