KUWAIT VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,573	1	2,325	- 752
Stroke	2	968	3	599	+ 369
Kidney Disease	3	883	8	204	+ 680
Lung Disease	4	624	21	84	+ 540
Diabetes Mellitus	5	568	6	242	+ 326
Hypertension	6	514	5	256	+ 258
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	498	4	340	+ 158
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	488	14	139	+ 348
Road Traffic Accidents	9	445	2	649	- 205
Stomach Cancer	10	394	25	72	+ 322
Violence	11	379	23	75	+ 304
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	370	10	198	+ 172
Other Injuries	13	340	22	83	+ 257
Prostate Cancer	14	267	26	58	+ 209
Suicide	15	242	18	122	+ 120
Breast Cancer	16	229	7	230	- 1
Liver Cancer	17	228	16	129	+ 98
Liver Disease	18	220	11	192	+ 29
Lymphomas	19	212	15	132	+ 80
Lung Cancers	20	205	12	161	+ 43
Congenital Anomalies	21	188	9	202	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	22	175	20	89	+ 86
Other Neoplasms	23	158	51	4	+ 154
Leukemia	24	156	17	123	+ 33
HIV/AIDS	25	114	48	7	+ 108
Inflammatory/Heart	26	114	31	36	+ 78
Endocrine Disorders	27	109	28	44	+ 66
Low Birth Weight	28	106	13	158	- 51
Cervical Cancer	29	95	33	32	+ 63
Parkinson's Disease	30	82	36	29	+ 54
Skin Cancers	31	81	37	28	+ 53
Skin Disease	32	75	53	4	+ 72
Alcohol	33	75	44	12	+ 64
Epilepsy	34	69	39	22	+ 47
Falls	35	69	19	102	- 33
Bladder Cancer	36	59	27	52	+ 7
Drownings	37	58	41	19	+ 38
Oral Cancer	38	57	24	74	- 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	52	49	6	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	40	48	29	41	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	41	48	35	31	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	44	43	14	+ 30
Drug Use	43	38	30	38	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	44	36	32	35	+ 1
Asthma	45	36	40	21	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	33	56	1	+ 32
Birth Trauma	47	29	47	7	+ 21
Malnutrition	48	22	60	0	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	19	46	8	+ 11
Tuberculosis	50	19	34	31	- 12
Anemia	51	15	86	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	52	13	55	1	+ 11
Schizophrenia	53	12	84	0	+ 12
Meningitis	54	11	45	9	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	55	10	54	4	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	8	80	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	57	6	50	5	+ 2
Fires	58	6	38	28	- 22
Hepatitis B	59	4	58	1	+ 3
Poisonings	60	3	42	16	- 13
Osteoarthritis	61	3	81	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	2	62	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	1	52	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	1	59	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	1	64	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Leprosy	67	1	70	0	+ 1
War	68	0	57	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	63	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	61	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	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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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.