KUWAIT VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,526	1	2,325	+ 202
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,828	14	139	+ 1,688
Stroke	3	1,211	3	599	+ 612
Lung Cancers	4	1,028	12	161	+ 867
Lung Disease	5	995	21	84	+ 911
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	728	10	198	+ 530
Diabetes Mellitus	7	524	6	242	+ 282
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	521	4	340	+ 181
Prostate Cancer	9	442	26	58	+ 383
Breast Cancer	10	399	7	230	+ 169
Suicide	11	369	18	122	+ 247
Kidney Disease	12	368	8	204	+ 164
Pancreas Cancer	13	365	20	89	+ 277
Falls	14	365	19	102	+ 263
Lymphomas	15	356	15	132	+ 225
Endocrine Disorders	16	273	28	44	+ 229
Skin Cancers	17	272	37	28	+ 243
Leukemia	18	249	17	123	+ 126
Parkinson's Disease	19	239	36	29	+ 210
Liver Cancer	20	239	16	129	+ 110
Drug Use	21	209	30	38	+ 171
Other Injuries	22	193	22	83	+ 110
Hypertension	23	191	5	256	- 65
Inflammatory/Heart	24	184	31	36	+ 148
Oesophagus Cancer	25	175	32	35	+ 140
Liver Disease	26	167	11	192	- 25
Stomach Cancer	27	151	25	72	+ 79
Other Neoplasms	28	147	51	4	+ 143
Road Traffic Accidents	29	146	2	649	- 503
Bladder Cancer	30	139	27	52	+ 87
Ovary Cancer	31	118	29	41	+ 76
Oral Cancer	32	114	24	74	+ 40
Congenital Anomalies	33	83	9	202	- 119
Skin Disease	34	70	53	4	+ 66
Uterin Cancer	35	61	35	31	+ 31
Asthma	36	53	40	21	+ 32
Alcohol	37	45	44	12	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	44	46	8	+ 36
Cervical Cancer	39	40	33	32	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	35	49	6	+ 28
Epilepsy	41	33	39	22	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	32	43	14	+ 19
Low Birth Weight	43	29	13	158	- 128
Violence	44	29	23	75	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	27	56	1	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	46	22	50	5	+ 17
Drownings	47	21	41	19	+ 1
Hepatitis C	48	20	59	0	+ 20
Anemia	49	18	86	0	+ 18
Birth Trauma	50	16	47	7	+ 9
Malnutrition	51	14	60	0	+ 13
Osteoarthritis	52	13	81	0	+ 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	8	80	0	+ 8
Schizophrenia	54	7	84	0	+ 7
Fires	55	6	38	28	- 21
Tuberculosis	56	6	34	31	- 25
HIV/AIDS	57	6	48	7	- 1
Hepatitis B	58	5	58	1	+ 4
Oral conditions	59	5	82	0	+ 5
Meningitis	60	4	45	9	- 5
Poisonings	61	4	42	16	- 12
Appendicitis	62	3	55	1	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	2	54	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	2	62	0	+ 2
War	65	1	57	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	1	69	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	52	4	- 4
Pertussis	69	0	63	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	61	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

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Kuwait

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.