Top 50 Causes of Death in Saudi Arabia

Filipinos working in Saudi Arabia need to be aware of the country’s top causes of death. Since the Kingdom has extreme climate conditions that may influence their health and lifestyle, proper care (food intake, adequate amount of rest, and so on) must be in place to safeguard health. After all, workers toil mostly for the sake of family, and failing to care for one’s health could become a source of anxiety for families living far away.

Here are the top 50 causes of death in Saudi Arabia.

#	Disease	Rate	World Rank
1	Coronary Heart Disease	174.22	34
2	Stroke	89.82	85
3	Alzheimers/Dementia	49.94	4
4	Influenza and Pneumonia	49.64	75
5	Kidney Disease	41.05	11
6	Road Traffic Accidents	31.91	34
7	Diabetes Mellitus	17.19	129
8	Liver Disease	13.33	99
9	Lung Disease	12.41	158
10	Inflammatory/Heart	10.73	30
11	Congenital Anomalies	10.16	65
12	Breast Cancer	9.64	158
13	Colon-Rectum Cancers	7.67	94
14	Falls	7	67
15	Prostate Cancer	6.73	153
16	Lymphomas	6.64	47
17	Low Birth Weight	6.52	97
18	Other Injuries	6.4	118
19	Violence	6.09	83
20	Lung Cancers	5.53	133
21	Liver Cancer	5.37	90
22	Tuberculosis	4.96	93
23	Skin Disease	4.86	29
24	Endocrine Disorders	4.25	110
25	Asthma	4.09	95
26	Suicide	3.9	159
27	Hypertension	3.83	162
28	Leukemia	3.19	120
29	Stomach Cancer	3.11	150
30	Drownings	3.06	103
31	Ovary Cancer	2.79	156
32	Pancreas Cancer	2.73	108
33	Other Neoplasms	2.49	101
34	Diarrhoeal diseases	2.28	111
35	Fires	2.15	77
36	Birth Trauma	2.13	112
37	Bladder Cancer	1.76	101
38	Oral Cancer	1.74	138
39	Oesophagus Cancer	1.64	118
40	Uterin Cancer	1.43	121
41	Epilepsy	1.26	130
42	Rheumatic Heart Disease	1.23	121
43	Cervical Cancer	1.16	176
44	Poisonings	1.06	78
45	Drug Use	1.04	105
46	Peptic Ulcer Disease	0.81	161
47	Meningitis	0.69	116
48	War	0.65	23
49	Hepatitis B	0.63	75
50	Parkinson’s Disease	0.53	156

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	Disease	Deaths	%
1	Coronary Heart Disease	23,624	24.25
2	Stroke	11,409	11.71
3	Road Traffic Accidents	8,660	8.89
4	Influenza and Pneumonia	6,768	6.95
5	Kidney Disease	5,635	5.78
6	Alzheimers/Dementia	5,447	5.59
7	Congenital Anomalies	3,321	3.41
8	Low Birth Weight	2,328	2.39
9	Diabetes Mellitus	2,273	2.33
10	Liver Disease	1,995	2.05
11	Violence	1,814	1.86
12	Inflammatory/Heart	1,604	1.65
13	Lung Disease	1,586	1.63
14	Other Injuries	1,532	1.57
15	Falls	1,350	1.39
16	Colon-Rectum Cancers	1,311	1.35
17	Lymphomas	1,152	1.18
18	Suicide	1,057	1.08
19	Lung Cancers	906	0.93
20	Breast Cancer	900	0.92
21	Endocrine Disorders	843	0.87
22	Drownings	833	0.86
23	Liver Cancer	802	0.82
24	Birth Trauma	761	0.78
25	Leukemia	724	0.74
26	Tuberculosis	702	0.72
27	Asthma	630	0.65
28	Skin Disease	592	0.61
29	Hypertension	538	0.55
30	Fires	514	0.53
31	Stomach Cancer	491	0.5
32	Other Neoplasms	486	0.5
33	Pancreas Cancer	437	0.45
34	Diarrhoeal diseases	373	0.38
35	Prostate Cancer	369	0.38
36	Epilepsy	335	0.34
37	Oral Cancer	321	0.33
38	Poisonings	280	0.29
39	Bladder Cancer	257	0.26
40	Oesophagus Cancer	246	0.25
41	Drug Use	245	0.25
42	Ovary Cancer	224	0.23
43	Rheumatic Heart Disease	219	0.22
44	War	209	0.21
45	Meningitis	156	0.16
46	Peptic Ulcer Disease	110	0.11
47	Maternal Conditions	105	0.11
48	Hepatitis B	98	0.1
49	Uterin Cancer	97	0.1
50	Pertussis	96	0.1

Source: World Health Rankings

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