PERU VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,824	2	13,769	+ 21,055
Stroke	2	14,980	3	7,722	+ 7,259
Road Traffic Accidents	3	10,988	9	4,414	+ 6,574
Kidney Disease	4	8,074	4	7,234	+ 840
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,470	1	15,326	- 9,856
Falls	6	4,764	25	1,285	+ 3,479
Liver Disease	7	4,399	5	6,375	- 1,976
Other Injuries	8	3,572	13	2,876	+ 696
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,470	8	4,437	- 967
Lung Disease	10	2,535	15	2,519	+ 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,179	6	5,811	- 3,633
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,058	19	1,997	+ 62
Suicide	13	1,825	30	903	+ 922
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,454	14	2,642	- 1,188
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,291	40	474	+ 817
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,197	39	494	+ 703
Asthma	17	1,042	50	208	+ 833
Low Birth Weight	18	882	24	1,475	- 593
Leukemia	19	825	22	1,850	- 1,025
Breast Cancer	20	810	20	1,969	- 1,160
Liver Cancer	21	754	16	2,476	- 1,722
Hypertension	22	744	28	1,061	- 317
Fires	23	736	49	239	+ 497
Drownings	24	733	36	584	+ 149
Parkinson's Disease	25	693	26	1,270	- 577
Lung Cancers	26	691	10	3,169	- 2,477
Tuberculosis	27	671	17	2,377	- 1,706
Lymphomas	28	639	18	2,254	- 1,615
Epilepsy	29	619	47	262	+ 358
Violence	30	576	12	3,013	- 2,437
Pancreas Cancer	31	469	23	1,607	- 1,138
Skin Disease	32	461	54	156	+ 304
Drug Use	33	438	34	635	- 197
Oral Cancer	34	414	38	519	- 105
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	407	27	1,108	- 701
Stomach Cancer	36	347	7	5,072	- 4,725
Birth Trauma	37	306	37	537	- 231
Uterin Cancer	38	288	45	304	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	250	51	198	+ 52
Poisonings	40	249	55	126	+ 124
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	246	35	609	- 363
Ovary Cancer	42	221	33	713	- 492
Encephalitis	43	209	46	281	- 71
Oesophagus Cancer	44	205	42	394	- 189
Meningitis	45	202	56	118	+ 84
Bladder Cancer	46	191	41	463	- 272
HIV/AIDS	47	171	31	849	- 677
Maternal Conditions	48	154	43	345	- 191
Cervical Cancer	49	140	21	1,924	- 1,784
Prostate Cancer	50	132	11	3,167	- 3,035
Alcohol	51	114	44	321	- 207
Malnutrition	52	71	29	1,006	- 935
Hepatitis B	53	51	64	10	+ 41
Pertussis	54	50	48	260	- 210
Skin Cancers	55	49	32	786	- 737
Multiple Sclerosis	56	43	62	35	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	57	36	58	54	- 19
Appendicitis	58	31	53	170	- 140
Syphilis	59	29	52	182	- 153
Schistosomiasis	60	22	77	0	+ 22
Tetanus	61	14	60	48	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	57	107	- 99
Dengue	63	8	66	4	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	7	65	4	+ 3
War	65	3	67	3	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	69	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	67	1	76	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	70	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	70	0	63	11	- 11
Chlamydia	71	0	68	3	- 2
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	61	35	- 35
Chagas disease	76	0	59	49	- 49
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	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	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PERU

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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.