VENEZUELA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	33,382	1	26,905	+ 6,476
Stroke	2	14,360	3	12,133	+ 2,227
Road Traffic Accidents	3	10,533	5	11,127	- 594
Kidney Disease	4	7,740	8	5,932	+ 1,808
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,244	7	7,188	- 1,945
Falls	6	4,567	28	865	+ 3,701
Liver Disease	7	4,217	16	2,340	+ 1,876
Other Injuries	8	3,424	21	1,693	+ 1,731
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,326	4	11,176	- 7,850
Lung Disease	10	2,430	10	5,150	- 2,719
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,088	35	572	+ 1,516
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,973	14	2,846	- 873
Suicide	13	1,749	34	585	+ 1,164
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,394	19	2,037	- 643
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,238	30	760	+ 478
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,147	33	599	+ 548
Asthma	17	998	46	311	+ 687
Low Birth Weight	18	846	12	3,088	- 2,242
Leukemia	19	791	27	1,007	- 217
Breast Cancer	20	776	15	2,563	- 1,787
Liver Cancer	21	723	26	1,029	- 307
Hypertension	22	713	9	5,195	- 4,482
Fires	23	706	54	144	+ 561
Drownings	24	702	43	388	+ 314
Parkinson's Disease	25	664	48	252	+ 412
Lung Cancers	26	663	11	3,900	- 3,237
Tuberculosis	27	643	31	748	- 105
Lymphomas	28	612	23	1,248	- 636
Epilepsy	29	594	41	411	+ 183
Violence	30	552	2	18,132	- 17,580
Pancreas Cancer	31	450	25	1,082	- 632
Skin Disease	32	441	66	18	+ 424
Drug Use	33	420	50	225	+ 195
Oral Cancer	34	397	38	544	- 147
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	390	22	1,359	- 969
Stomach Cancer	36	332	17	2,175	- 1,843
Birth Trauma	37	293	24	1,087	- 794
Uterin Cancer	38	276	47	309	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	239	57	80	+ 159
Poisonings	40	239	58	68	+ 171
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	235	40	418	- 182
Ovary Cancer	42	212	36	563	- 351
Encephalitis	43	200	61	37	+ 163
Oesophagus Cancer	44	196	44	370	- 174
Meningitis	45	194	49	251	- 57
Bladder Cancer	46	183	45	365	- 182
HIV/AIDS	47	164	6	7,490	- 7,326
Maternal Conditions	48	147	39	422	- 275
Cervical Cancer	49	134	20	1,986	- 1,852
Prostate Cancer	50	127	13	2,848	- 2,722
Alcohol	51	110	62	34	+ 75
Malnutrition	52	68	32	629	- 561
Hepatitis B	53	49	63	30	+ 19
Pertussis	54	48	64	26	+ 22
Skin Cancers	55	47	37	553	- 506
Multiple Sclerosis	56	42	60	51	- 9
Other Neoplasms	57	34	18	2,167	- 2,133
Appendicitis	58	30	56	98	- 68
Syphilis	59	28	67	15	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	60	21	76	1	+ 20
Tetanus	61	13	68	8	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	52	180	- 172
Dengue	63	8	59	65	- 57
Hepatitis C	64	6	65	21	- 15
War	65	3	51	185	- 182
Ascariasis	66	1	70	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	67	1	73	3	- 2
Measles	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	74	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	75	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	71	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	42	402	- 402
Chagas disease	76	0	29	826	- 826
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	72	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	151	- 151
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	69	6	- 6
Anemia	85	0	55	126	- 126
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Saudi Arabia

Venezuela

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.