SAUDI ARABIA VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,837	1	39,037	- 7,200
Stroke	2	14,904	2	16,793	- 1,889
Low Birth Weight	3	11,612	18	989	+ 10,623
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	9,138	5	6,132	+ 3,006
Road Traffic Accidents	5	8,297	3	12,317	- 4,020
Measles	6	6,735	68	1	+ 6,734
Birth Trauma	7	6,174	37	343	+ 5,830
Hypertension	8	5,277	22	834	+ 4,443
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	4,545	35	457	+ 4,089
Malaria	10	4,065	75	0	+ 4,065
Congenital Anomalies	11	3,988	12	2,307	+ 1,681
Kidney Disease	12	3,690	4	9,051	- 5,361
Lung Disease	13	3,173	10	2,842	+ 331
Liver Disease	14	3,148	7	4,931	- 1,783
Tuberculosis	15	3,077	27	752	+ 2,325
Breast Cancer	16	2,224	20	908	+ 1,316
Diabetes Mellitus	17	2,223	9	3,890	- 1,667
Other Injuries	18	2,109	8	4,004	- 1,895
Asthma	19	1,909	17	1,168	+ 741
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	1,871	11	2,442	- 571
Violence	21	1,794	30	646	+ 1,149
HIV/AIDS	22	1,688	47	192	+ 1,496
Maternal Conditions	23	1,420	48	172	+ 1,247
Pertussis	24	1,375	54	56	+ 1,319
Leukemia	25	1,324	19	925	+ 399
Drownings	26	1,219	24	821	+ 398
Suicide	27	1,190	13	2,046	- 855
Falls	28	1,129	6	5,340	- 4,211
Lymphomas	29	1,110	28	716	+ 394
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,056	15	1,447	- 391
Fires	31	949	23	825	+ 123
Oesophagus Cancer	32	815	44	229	+ 586
Meningitis	33	791	45	227	+ 564
Malnutrition	34	789	52	79	+ 709
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	759	14	1,630	- 871
Drug Use	36	750	33	491	+ 259
Liver Cancer	37	685	21	845	- 160
Inflammatory/Heart	38	607	16	1,342	- 734
Ovary Cancer	39	575	42	247	+ 327
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	561	41	275	+ 286
Cervical Cancer	41	557	49	157	+ 401
Poisonings	42	539	40	279	+ 259
Epilepsy	43	532	29	694	- 163
Hepatitis B	44	529	53	57	+ 472
Parkinson's Disease	45	510	25	776	- 266
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	496	39	280	+ 216
Syphilis	47	437	59	33	+ 404
Lung Cancers	48	395	26	775	- 381
Prostate Cancer	49	379	50	148	+ 231
Oral Cancer	50	357	34	465	- 108
Stomach Cancer	51	346	36	389	- 43
Leishmaniasis	52	325	67	1	+ 324
Tetanus	53	274	61	16	+ 258
Bladder Cancer	54	267	46	214	+ 53
Skin Cancers	55	258	55	55	+ 203
War	56	243	65	3	+ 240
Encephalitis	57	220	43	234	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	58	197	31	526	- 329
Appendicitis	59	112	58	35	+ 77
Skin Disease	60	81	32	516	- 435
Alcohol	61	61	51	128	- 67
Uterin Cancer	62	52	38	323	- 271
Schistosomiasis	63	49	60	25	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	64	39	56	49	- 10
Other Neoplasms	65	25	57	40	- 15
Ascariasis	66	15	66	1	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	14	62	9	+ 5
Hepatitis C	68	12	64	7	+ 5
Diphtheria	69	8	69	1	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	70	4	70	1	+ 3
Chlamydia	71	1	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	63	9	- 9
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Sudan

Saudi Arabia

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.