AUSTRALIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,594	1	21,548	+ 7,046
Stroke	2	12,301	3	10,331	+ 1,970
Road Traffic Accidents	3	9,022	29	1,245	+ 7,777
Kidney Disease	4	6,630	12	3,139	+ 3,491
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,492	8	4,446	+ 45
Falls	6	3,912	14	3,116	+ 796
Liver Disease	7	3,612	26	1,421	+ 2,191
Other Injuries	8	2,933	22	1,642	+ 1,291
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,849	7	4,471	- 1,622
Lung Disease	10	2,082	5	8,487	- 6,405
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,789	2	15,588	- 13,800
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,690	33	711	+ 979
Suicide	13	1,499	11	3,150	- 1,651
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,194	6	6,209	- 5,015
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,060	16	2,328	- 1,268
Inflammatory/Heart	16	983	24	1,571	- 588
Asthma	17	855	36	455	+ 400
Low Birth Weight	18	724	43	248	+ 476
Leukemia	19	677	18	2,126	- 1,449
Breast Cancer	20	665	10	3,405	- 2,741
Liver Cancer	21	619	20	2,036	- 1,417
Hypertension	22	611	23	1,631	- 1,020
Fires	23	605	55	55	+ 550
Drownings	24	602	47	177	+ 424
Parkinson's Disease	25	569	19	2,036	- 1,467
Lung Cancers	26	568	4	8,769	- 8,201
Tuberculosis	27	551	56	53	+ 498
Lymphomas	28	524	15	3,039	- 2,514
Epilepsy	29	509	41	285	+ 224
Violence	30	473	44	243	+ 230
Pancreas Cancer	31	385	13	3,118	- 2,732
Skin Disease	32	378	34	594	- 216
Drug Use	33	360	21	1,783	- 1,423
Oral Cancer	34	340	32	972	- 632
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	334	40	296	+ 39
Stomach Cancer	36	285	27	1,288	- 1,003
Birth Trauma	37	251	50	140	+ 111
Uterin Cancer	38	237	35	524	- 288
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	205	38	379	- 174
Poisonings	40	205	61	35	+ 170
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	202	42	276	- 74
Ovary Cancer	42	181	31	1,003	- 821
Encephalitis	43	172	68	3	+ 169
Oesophagus Cancer	44	168	25	1,494	- 1,326
Meningitis	45	166	60	37	+ 129
Bladder Cancer	46	157	30	1,187	- 1,031
HIV/AIDS	47	141	57	50	+ 91
Maternal Conditions	48	126	63	20	+ 106
Cervical Cancer	49	115	39	342	- 227
Prostate Cancer	50	109	9	3,766	- 3,658
Alcohol	51	94	37	380	- 286
Malnutrition	52	58	51	117	- 59
Hepatitis B	53	42	58	41	+ 1
Pertussis	54	41	69	1	+ 40
Skin Cancers	55	40	17	2,319	- 2,279
Multiple Sclerosis	56	36	46	188	- 152
Other Neoplasms	57	29	28	1,252	- 1,223
Appendicitis	58	25	62	26	- 1
Syphilis	59	24	67	3	+ 21
Schistosomiasis	60	18	79	0	+ 18
Tetanus	61	11	70	1	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	45	229	- 222
Dengue	63	6	72	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	5	48	173	- 167
War	65	2	65	8	- 6
Ascariasis	66	1	75	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	67	1	81	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	64	17	- 17
Chlamydia	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	6	- 6
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	52	114	- 114
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	71	- 71
Oral conditions	82	0	59	40	- 40
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	64	- 64
Anemia	85	0	49	157	- 157
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

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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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.