KUWAIT VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,004	1	2,325	+ 1,679
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,467	14	139	+ 2,328
Stroke	3	1,941	3	599	+ 1,342
Lung Cancers	4	1,776	12	161	+ 1,614
Lung Disease	5	1,687	21	84	+ 1,603
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,488	4	340	+ 1,148
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	872	10	198	+ 674
Kidney Disease	8	773	8	204	+ 570
Breast Cancer	9	678	7	230	+ 448
Suicide	10	553	18	122	+ 431
Other Injuries	11	526	22	83	+ 443
Other Neoplasms	12	479	51	4	+ 475
Prostate Cancer	13	478	26	58	+ 420
Pancreas Cancer	14	474	20	89	+ 386
Falls	15	460	19	102	+ 358
Lymphomas	16	407	15	132	+ 275
Liver Disease	17	375	11	192	+ 184
Endocrine Disorders	18	375	28	44	+ 332
Parkinson's Disease	19	361	36	29	+ 332
Diabetes Mellitus	20	333	6	242	+ 91
Leukemia	21	314	17	123	+ 191
Bladder Cancer	22	283	27	52	+ 231
Inflammatory/Heart	23	278	31	36	+ 242
Liver Cancer	24	256	16	129	+ 126
Oesophagus Cancer	25	235	32	35	+ 200
Stomach Cancer	26	226	25	72	+ 154
Hypertension	27	194	5	256	- 62
Oral Cancer	28	177	24	74	+ 103
Road Traffic Accidents	29	175	2	649	- 475
Ovary Cancer	30	171	29	41	+ 129
Skin Cancers	31	137	37	28	+ 108
Alcohol	32	131	44	12	+ 119
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	109	49	6	+ 103
Uterin Cancer	34	101	35	31	+ 70
Skin Disease	35	99	53	4	+ 96
Epilepsy	36	91	39	22	+ 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	77	46	8	+ 68
Malnutrition	38	76	60	0	+ 76
Drug Use	39	75	30	38	+ 37
Congenital Anomalies	40	74	9	202	- 128
Cervical Cancer	41	64	33	32	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	56	43	14	+ 42
Anemia	43	52	86	0	+ 52
Violence	44	39	23	75	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	45	39	50	5	+ 34
Asthma	46	33	40	21	+ 12
Drownings	47	21	41	19	+ 1
Fires	48	20	38	28	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	19	56	1	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	50	18	13	158	- 139
Osteoarthritis	51	15	81	0	+ 15
Hepatitis C	52	14	59	0	+ 13
Birth Trauma	53	12	47	7	+ 5
Tuberculosis	54	12	34	31	- 19
Poisonings	55	11	42	16	- 5
Schizophrenia	56	10	84	0	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	57	9	48	7	+ 3
Meningitis	58	7	45	9	- 2
Upper Respiratory	59	6	62	0	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	5	80	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	61	5	82	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	62	4	55	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	4	58	1	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	64	2	54	4	- 2
Otitis Media	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	52	4	- 4
War	67	0	57	1	- 1
Pertussis	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	61	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	67	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

Belgium

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.