KUWAIT VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,321	48	7	+ 2,314
Tuberculosis	2	1,431	34	31	+ 1,400
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,326	4	340	+ 986
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,284	1	2,325	- 1,041
Stroke	5	1,167	3	599	+ 567
Malaria	6	1,018	78	0	+ 1,018
Road Traffic Accidents	7	823	2	649	+ 173
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	671	49	6	+ 665
Low Birth Weight	9	660	13	158	+ 503
Diabetes Mellitus	10	540	6	242	+ 298
Birth Trauma	11	513	47	7	+ 506
Hypertension	12	480	5	256	+ 224
Liver Disease	13	479	11	192	+ 287
Congenital Anomalies	14	375	9	202	+ 173
Kidney Disease	15	315	8	204	+ 112
Maternal Conditions	16	297	54	4	+ 294
Lung Disease	17	278	21	84	+ 194
Violence	18	277	23	75	+ 203
Suicide	19	179	18	122	+ 57
Other Injuries	20	171	22	83	+ 89
Pertussis	21	169	63	0	+ 169
Meningitis	22	154	45	9	+ 145
Asthma	23	150	40	21	+ 128
Malnutrition	24	140	60	0	+ 140
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	118	14	139	- 21
Inflammatory/Heart	26	113	31	36	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	27	107	28	44	+ 63
Prostate Cancer	28	102	26	58	+ 43
Cervical Cancer	29	101	33	32	+ 69
Liver Cancer	30	87	16	129	- 42
Measles	31	82	61	0	+ 82
Breast Cancer	32	82	7	230	- 148
Falls	33	77	19	102	- 26
Syphilis	34	55	64	0	+ 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	54	43	14	+ 40
Drownings	36	53	41	19	+ 34
Fires	37	46	38	28	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	46	10	198	- 153
Stomach Cancer	39	45	25	72	- 26
Epilepsy	40	39	39	22	+ 17
Poisonings	41	36	42	16	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	42	36	36	29	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	34	46	8	+ 26
Drug Use	44	34	30	38	- 5
Lymphomas	45	31	15	132	- 100
Leukemia	46	30	17	123	- 93
Lung Cancers	47	28	12	161	- 134
Ovary Cancer	48	25	29	41	- 16
Alcohol	49	24	44	12	+ 12
Skin Disease	50	24	53	4	+ 20
Schistosomiasis	51	23	77	0	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	52	22	20	89	- 67
Skin Cancers	53	19	37	28	- 10
Oral Cancer	54	17	24	74	- 57
Tetanus	55	12	66	0	+ 12
Encephalitis	56	10	52	4	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	57	10	32	35	- 25
Appendicitis	58	10	55	1	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	8	56	1	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	60	8	35	31	- 23
Bladder Cancer	61	7	27	52	- 45
Hepatitis B	62	7	58	1	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	63	4	51	4	- 0
Upper Respiratory	64	3	62	0	+ 3
Trypanosomiasis	65	3	75	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	50	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	1	59	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
War	72	0	57	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

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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.