KUWAIT VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,587	4	340	+ 1,247
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,174	49	6	+ 1,168
Stroke	3	1,042	3	599	+ 443
Coronary Heart Disease	4	967	1	2,325	- 1,358
Road Traffic Accidents	5	836	2	649	+ 186
Birth Trauma	6	823	47	7	+ 816
Low Birth Weight	7	742	13	158	+ 584
Liver Disease	8	722	11	192	+ 530
Tuberculosis	9	568	34	31	+ 537
Diabetes Mellitus	10	430	6	242	+ 188
Congenital Anomalies	11	414	9	202	+ 212
Hypertension	12	357	5	256	+ 100
Kidney Disease	13	320	8	204	+ 117
Meningitis	14	318	45	9	+ 309
Lung Disease	15	314	21	84	+ 230
Other Injuries	16	311	22	83	+ 228
HIV/AIDS	17	304	48	7	+ 297
Maternal Conditions	18	235	54	4	+ 232
Malnutrition	19	229	60	0	+ 228
Breast Cancer	20	225	7	230	- 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	219	14	139	+ 79
Violence	22	214	23	75	+ 139
Pertussis	23	183	63	0	+ 183
Measles	24	167	61	0	+ 167
Suicide	25	160	18	122	+ 37
Malaria	26	149	78	0	+ 149
Cervical Cancer	27	133	33	32	+ 101
Falls	28	119	19	102	+ 17
Asthma	29	119	40	21	+ 97
Leukemia	30	112	17	123	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	99	10	198	- 99
Poisonings	32	97	42	16	+ 81
Lymphomas	33	95	15	132	- 37
Fires	34	86	38	28	+ 58
Drownings	35	83	41	19	+ 63
Ovary Cancer	36	64	29	41	+ 23
Tetanus	37	58	66	0	+ 58
Lung Cancers	38	58	12	161	- 103
Inflammatory/Heart	39	57	31	36	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	40	49	32	35	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	47	43	14	+ 33
Liver Cancer	42	46	16	129	- 83
Syphilis	43	45	64	0	+ 45
Epilepsy	44	43	39	22	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	45	43	28	44	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	46	42	36	29	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	47	40	25	72	- 32
Oral Cancer	48	39	24	74	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	35	46	8	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	50	33	26	58	- 25
Bladder Cancer	51	29	27	52	- 23
Skin Cancers	52	27	37	28	- 2
Skin Disease	53	24	53	4	+ 20
Schistosomiasis	54	22	77	0	+ 22
Alcohol	55	20	44	12	+ 8
Hepatitis B	56	20	58	1	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	57	19	62	0	+ 19
Appendicitis	58	18	55	1	+ 16
Leishmaniasis	59	15	76	0	+ 15
Drug Use	60	14	30	38	- 25
Pancreas Cancer	61	13	20	89	- 76
Uterin Cancer	62	11	35	31	- 20
Encephalitis	63	10	52	4	+ 6
War	64	7	57	1	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	6	56	1	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	66	4	51	4	- 0
Diphtheria	67	4	68	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	68	3	73	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	69	3	59	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	70	2	50	5	- 3
Otitis Media	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	1	65	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	1	67	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Ethiopia

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.