KUWAIT VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,348	1	2,325	+ 2,024
Stroke	2	2,287	3	599	+ 1,688
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,013	2	649	+ 1,363
Diabetes Mellitus	4	801	6	242	+ 559
Liver Disease	5	778	11	192	+ 586
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	654	4	340	+ 314
Kidney Disease	7	615	8	204	+ 411
HIV/AIDS	8	560	48	7	+ 553
Violence	9	556	23	75	+ 482
Hypertension	10	550	5	256	+ 293
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	525	14	139	+ 385
Prostate Cancer	12	480	26	58	+ 422
Low Birth Weight	13	445	13	158	+ 287
Breast Cancer	14	424	7	230	+ 194
Lung Disease	15	395	21	84	+ 311
Lung Cancers	16	361	12	161	+ 200
Congenital Anomalies	17	301	9	202	+ 99
Birth Trauma	18	265	47	7	+ 258
Other Injuries	19	258	22	83	+ 176
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	247	10	198	+ 49
Liver Cancer	21	193	16	129	+ 63
Endocrine Disorders	22	175	28	44	+ 131
Cervical Cancer	23	163	33	32	+ 131
Stomach Cancer	24	159	25	72	+ 87
Suicide	25	154	18	122	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	146	49	6	+ 140
Pancreas Cancer	27	132	20	89	+ 44
Parkinson's Disease	28	130	36	29	+ 101
Asthma	29	128	40	21	+ 107
Falls	30	126	19	102	+ 24
Oral Cancer	31	126	24	74	+ 52
Leukemia	32	119	17	123	- 4
Lymphomas	33	109	15	132	- 23
Malnutrition	34	108	60	0	+ 107
Inflammatory/Heart	35	90	31	36	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	86	43	14	+ 72
Drownings	37	72	41	19	+ 52
Tuberculosis	38	70	34	31	+ 39
Maternal Conditions	39	59	54	4	+ 55
Oesophagus Cancer	40	58	32	35	+ 23
Skin Cancers	41	50	37	28	+ 21
Epilepsy	42	46	39	22	+ 24
Drug Use	43	45	30	38	+ 7
Fires	44	40	38	28	+ 13
Meningitis	45	39	45	9	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	36	46	8	+ 27
Pertussis	47	35	63	0	+ 35
Alcohol	48	35	44	12	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	49	27	27	52	- 25
Ovary Cancer	50	26	29	41	- 16
Syphilis	51	20	64	0	+ 20
Appendicitis	52	19	55	1	+ 18
Skin Disease	53	14	53	4	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	14	56	1	+ 13
Poisonings	55	14	42	16	- 3
Encephalitis	56	13	52	4	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	57	12	35	31	- 18
Other Neoplasms	58	10	51	4	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	59	6	77	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	60	5	59	0	+ 4
Tetanus	61	5	66	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	50	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	3	58	1	+ 2
Dengue	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	65	0	+ 0
War	67	0	57	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	61	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Dominican Rep.

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.