KUWAIT VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,726	1	2,325	+ 401
Violence	2	1,219	23	75	+ 1,145
Stroke	3	1,049	3	599	+ 450
Lung Disease	4	1,008	21	84	+ 924
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	682	4	340	+ 342
Road Traffic Accidents	6	491	2	649	- 158
Kidney Disease	7	432	8	204	+ 229
Hypertension	8	405	5	256	+ 149
Stomach Cancer	9	387	25	72	+ 315
Lung Cancers	10	332	12	161	+ 171
Diabetes Mellitus	11	318	6	242	+ 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	277	10	198	+ 78
Breast Cancer	13	232	7	230	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	14	227	26	58	+ 169
Other Neoplasms	15	203	51	4	+ 199
Congenital Anomalies	16	187	9	202	- 14
HIV/AIDS	17	170	48	7	+ 163
Lymphomas	18	165	15	132	+ 33
Liver Disease	19	154	11	192	- 38
Cervical Cancer	20	143	33	32	+ 112
Leukemia	21	140	17	123	+ 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	137	14	139	- 3
Low Birth Weight	23	133	13	158	- 25
Liver Cancer	24	131	16	129	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	25	128	20	89	+ 39
Suicide	26	124	18	122	+ 2
Malnutrition	27	119	60	0	+ 119
Other Injuries	28	101	22	83	+ 18
Falls	29	96	19	102	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	30	87	28	44	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	31	84	31	36	+ 48
Tuberculosis	32	80	34	31	+ 50
Ovary Cancer	33	71	29	41	+ 30
Skin Disease	34	70	53	4	+ 66
Skin Cancers	35	65	37	28	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	36	53	32	35	+ 18
Oral Cancer	37	51	24	74	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	47	49	6	+ 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	44	43	14	+ 30
Drownings	40	44	41	19	+ 24
Birth Trauma	41	41	47	7	+ 34
Bladder Cancer	42	39	27	52	- 14
Epilepsy	43	38	39	22	+ 16
Drug Use	44	31	30	38	- 7
Uterin Cancer	45	27	35	31	- 4
Maternal Conditions	46	25	54	4	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	47	24	36	29	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	21	80	0	+ 21
War	49	16	57	1	+ 16
Meningitis	50	15	45	9	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	15	56	1	+ 14
Appendicitis	52	13	55	1	+ 12
Chagas disease	53	13	79	0	+ 13
Asthma	54	12	40	21	- 9
Dengue	55	8	67	0	+ 8
Fires	56	8	38	28	- 20
Anemia	57	6	86	0	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	58	4	81	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	59	4	59	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	50	5	- 1
Poisonings	61	4	42	16	- 12
Hepatitis B	62	3	58	1	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	2	46	8	- 6
Encephalitis	64	2	52	4	- 2
Syphilis	65	2	64	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	0	+ 2
Malaria	67	2	78	0	+ 2
Alcohol	68	1	44	12	- 10
Pertussis	69	1	63	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	66	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	61	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Colombia

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.