EGYPT VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		EGYPT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	119,452	1	173,871	- 54,420
Stroke	2	51,386	3	43,839	+ 7,547
Road Traffic Accidents	3	37,690	12	10,141	+ 27,550
Kidney Disease	4	27,696	6	21,087	+ 6,608
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	18,763	7	20,695	- 1,931
Falls	6	16,341	30	2,019	+ 14,322
Liver Disease	7	15,089	2	60,122	- 45,033
Other Injuries	8	12,252	21	3,819	+ 8,433
Diabetes Mellitus	9	11,903	8	19,131	- 7,228
Lung Disease	10	8,697	9	13,393	- 4,696
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	7,473	16	6,975	+ 498
Congenital Anomalies	12	7,060	10	12,163	- 5,103
Suicide	13	6,260	25	3,022	+ 3,238
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	4,988	24	3,083	+ 1,906
Endocrine Disorders	15	4,428	29	2,372	+ 2,056
Inflammatory/Heart	16	4,105	27	2,489	+ 1,616
Asthma	17	3,573	15	7,104	- 3,531
Low Birth Weight	18	3,026	11	11,391	- 8,365
Leukemia	19	2,830	22	3,763	- 933
Breast Cancer	20	2,778	13	9,180	- 6,402
Liver Cancer	21	2,586	4	24,512	- 21,926
Hypertension	22	2,552	5	21,094	- 18,542
Fires	23	2,526	33	1,568	+ 958
Drownings	24	2,513	37	1,122	+ 1,391
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,376	28	2,391	- 15
Lung Cancers	26	2,372	18	5,677	- 3,305
Tuberculosis	27	2,301	51	432	+ 1,869
Lymphomas	28	2,190	14	7,539	- 5,348
Epilepsy	29	2,125	50	451	+ 1,674
Violence	30	1,976	20	4,165	- 2,189
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,610	26	2,906	- 1,297
Skin Disease	32	1,580	55	219	+ 1,360
Drug Use	33	1,502	62	116	+ 1,386
Oral Cancer	34	1,422	45	793	+ 629
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,397	23	3,692	- 2,295
Stomach Cancer	36	1,190	32	1,844	- 655
Birth Trauma	37	1,050	17	6,109	- 5,059
Uterin Cancer	38	988	52	422	+ 566
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	857	36	1,248	- 391
Poisonings	40	855	57	195	+ 660
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	842	34	1,339	- 496
Ovary Cancer	42	757	31	1,944	- 1,186
Encephalitis	43	717	38	1,046	- 329
Oesophagus Cancer	44	701	41	951	- 249
Meningitis	45	693	43	827	- 134
Bladder Cancer	46	655	19	5,133	- 4,478
HIV/AIDS	47	588	53	397	+ 191
Maternal Conditions	48	528	44	795	- 267
Cervical Cancer	49	480	48	625	- 145
Prostate Cancer	50	454	35	1,282	- 829
Alcohol	51	393	60	141	+ 251
Malnutrition	52	243	46	759	- 516
Hepatitis B	53	174	40	988	- 814
Pertussis	54	172	42	906	- 735
Skin Cancers	55	167	39	1,013	- 846
Multiple Sclerosis	56	149	56	213	- 64
Other Neoplasms	57	123	61	116	+ 6
Appendicitis	58	106	59	142	- 37
Syphilis	59	99	58	159	- 60
Schistosomiasis	60	76	54	220	- 144
Tetanus	61	48	49	540	- 493
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	28	65	26	+ 2
Dengue	63	27	69	5	+ 22
Hepatitis C	64	23	63	97	- 74
War	65	10	47	714	- 704
Ascariasis	66	4	67	6	- 1
Leishmaniasis	67	3	66	13	- 10
Measles	68	3	64	43	- 40
Diphtheria	69	2	70	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	70	2	68	5	- 4
Chlamydia	71	1	71	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EGYPT

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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.