SAUDI ARABIA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	YEMEN		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,290	1	39,037	- 4,747
Stroke	2	15,429	2	16,793	- 1,364
War	3	14,684	65	3	+ 14,681
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	13,620	5	6,132	+ 7,488
Low Birth Weight	5	10,017	18	989	+ 9,028
Road Traffic Accidents	6	9,734	3	12,317	- 2,583
Birth Trauma	7	6,753	37	343	+ 6,410
Hypertension	8	6,019	22	834	+ 5,185
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	4,971	35	457	+ 4,514
Congenital Anomalies	10	4,879	12	2,307	+ 2,572
Lung Disease	11	3,634	10	2,842	+ 792
Measles	12	3,433	68	1	+ 3,432
Liver Disease	13	3,287	7	4,931	- 1,644
Violence	14	3,228	30	646	+ 2,582
Kidney Disease	15	3,046	4	9,051	- 6,005
Other Injuries	16	2,530	8	4,004	- 1,474
Asthma	17	2,395	17	1,168	+ 1,227
Tuberculosis	18	2,160	27	752	+ 1,408
Diabetes Mellitus	19	2,040	9	3,890	- 1,850
Malaria	20	1,955	75	0	+ 1,955
Suicide	21	1,931	13	2,046	- 115
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,598	11	2,442	- 844
Pertussis	23	1,409	54	56	+ 1,353
Falls	24	1,330	6	5,340	- 4,010
Drownings	25	1,299	24	821	+ 477
Breast Cancer	26	1,289	20	908	+ 381
Malnutrition	27	1,203	52	79	+ 1,124
Meningitis	28	1,158	45	227	+ 932
Fires	29	1,127	23	825	+ 301
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,038	14	1,630	- 592
Stomach Cancer	31	1,026	36	389	+ 637
Maternal Conditions	32	1,012	48	172	+ 839
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	948	41	275	+ 672
Leukemia	34	883	19	925	- 42
Oesophagus Cancer	35	869	44	229	+ 640
Endocrine Disorders	36	839	15	1,447	- 609
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	804	39	280	+ 524
Drug Use	38	697	33	491	+ 206
Liver Cancer	39	692	21	845	- 153
Inflammatory/Heart	40	665	16	1,342	- 677
Lung Cancers	41	647	26	775	- 128
Oral Cancer	42	622	34	465	+ 158
Epilepsy	43	613	29	694	- 82
Poisonings	44	605	40	279	+ 325
Lymphomas	45	492	28	716	- 224
HIV/AIDS	46	450	47	192	+ 258
Tetanus	47	449	61	16	+ 433
Encephalitis	48	419	43	234	+ 185
Parkinson's Disease	49	411	25	776	- 365
Hepatitis B	50	340	53	57	+ 284
Pancreas Cancer	51	322	31	526	- 204
Ovary Cancer	52	214	42	247	- 33
Syphilis	53	199	59	33	+ 167
Appendicitis	54	184	58	35	+ 149
Bladder Cancer	55	182	46	214	- 32
Schistosomiasis	56	141	60	25	+ 116
Cervical Cancer	57	135	49	157	- 21
Skin Cancers	58	113	55	55	+ 59
Alcohol	59	89	51	128	- 39
Dengue	60	81	63	9	+ 72
Skin Disease	61	50	32	516	- 466
Multiple Sclerosis	62	47	56	49	- 2
Prostate Cancer	63	45	50	148	- 104
Other Neoplasms	64	24	57	40	- 16
Ascariasis	65	19	66	1	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	16	62	9	+ 7
Diphtheria	67	16	69	1	+ 15
Hepatitis C	68	9	64	7	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	69	6	38	323	- 317
Upper Respiratory	70	6	70	1	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	71	3	67	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	72	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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

Yemen

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.