SAUDI ARABIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	53,957	1	39,037	+ 14,920
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	30,692	11	2,442	+ 28,250
Lung Disease	3	20,880	10	2,842	+ 18,038
Stroke	4	16,940	2	16,793	+ 148
Lung Cancers	5	16,621	26	775	+ 15,846
Kidney Disease	6	9,176	4	9,051	+ 125
Drug Use	7	7,955	33	491	+ 7,464
Hypertension	8	7,049	22	834	+ 6,215
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	6,607	14	1,630	+ 4,977
Diabetes Mellitus	10	6,564	9	3,890	+ 2,674
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	6,446	5	6,132	+ 314
Suicide	12	5,674	13	2,046	+ 3,629
Breast Cancer	13	5,201	20	908	+ 4,294
Endocrine Disorders	14	5,021	15	1,447	+ 3,574
Pancreas Cancer	15	4,733	31	526	+ 4,207
Liver Disease	16	4,638	7	4,931	- 293
Road Traffic Accidents	17	4,456	3	12,317	- 7,861
Falls	18	4,319	6	5,340	- 1,021
Lymphomas	19	4,305	28	716	+ 3,589
Prostate Cancer	20	3,806	50	148	+ 3,657
Parkinson's Disease	21	3,686	25	776	+ 2,909
Inflammatory/Heart	22	3,476	16	1,342	+ 2,135
Liver Cancer	23	2,892	21	845	+ 2,047
Leukemia	24	2,882	19	925	+ 1,957
Other Injuries	25	2,778	8	4,004	- 1,226
Bladder Cancer	26	2,097	46	214	+ 1,883
Violence	27	2,028	30	646	+ 1,382
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,905	44	229	+ 1,676
Other Neoplasms	29	1,896	57	40	+ 1,856
Alcohol	30	1,567	51	128	+ 1,438
Ovary Cancer	31	1,559	42	247	+ 1,312
Skin Cancers	32	1,529	55	55	+ 1,475
Stomach Cancer	33	1,397	36	389	+ 1,009
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,257	12	2,307	- 1,050
Oral Cancer	35	1,235	34	465	+ 770
Uterin Cancer	36	1,075	38	323	+ 752
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,064	35	457	+ 607
Cervical Cancer	38	746	49	157	+ 590
Low Birth Weight	39	740	18	989	- 249
Malnutrition	40	723	52	79	+ 643
Hepatitis C	41	607	64	7	+ 600
HIV/AIDS	42	605	47	192	+ 413
Skin Disease	43	578	32	516	+ 62
Multiple Sclerosis	44	541	56	49	+ 492
Drownings	45	435	24	821	- 386
Asthma	46	408	17	1,168	- 760
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	390	39	280	+ 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	370	41	275	+ 95
Fires	49	340	23	825	- 485
Epilepsy	50	338	29	694	- 356
Anemia	51	333	85	0	+ 333
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	263	62	9	+ 254
Poisonings	53	179	40	279	- 101
Birth Trauma	54	132	37	343	- 211
War	55	128	65	3	+ 125
Maternal Conditions	56	83	48	172	- 89
Schizophrenia	57	77	84	0	+ 77
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	72	81	0	+ 72
Hepatitis B	59	65	53	57	+ 8
Meningitis	60	65	45	227	- 162
Osteoarthritis	61	62	80	0	+ 62
Tuberculosis	62	58	27	752	- 693
Appendicitis	63	45	58	35	+ 11
Oral conditions	64	31	82	0	+ 31
Upper Respiratory	65	25	70	1	+ 24
Syphilis	66	5	59	33	- 27
Otitis Media	67	4	72	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	68	3	43	234	- 232
Pertussis	69	2	54	56	- 54
Chagas disease	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	61	16	- 15
Schistosomiasis	72	0	60	25	- 25
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	63	9	- 9
Malaria	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	80	0	68	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

United States

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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.