KUWAIT VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,486	1	2,325	+ 3,162
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,909	14	139	+ 1,770
Stroke	3	1,858	3	599	+ 1,258
Lung Cancers	4	1,737	12	161	+ 1,576
Lung Disease	5	1,597	21	84	+ 1,513
Hypertension	6	1,000	5	256	+ 744
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	971	10	198	+ 773
Kidney Disease	8	850	8	204	+ 646
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	773	4	340	+ 433
Breast Cancer	10	703	7	230	+ 473
Pancreas Cancer	11	670	20	89	+ 582
Prostate Cancer	12	615	26	58	+ 557
Diabetes Mellitus	13	581	6	242	+ 338
Falls	14	572	19	102	+ 469
Liver Disease	15	567	11	192	+ 375
Parkinson's Disease	16	470	36	29	+ 441
Lymphomas	17	457	15	132	+ 325
Endocrine Disorders	18	398	28	44	+ 355
Suicide	19	384	18	122	+ 261
Stomach Cancer	20	360	25	72	+ 289
Inflammatory/Heart	21	332	31	36	+ 295
Leukemia	22	326	17	123	+ 203
Other Injuries	23	308	22	83	+ 225
Other Neoplasms	24	304	51	4	+ 300
Liver Cancer	25	301	16	129	+ 171
Alcohol	26	233	44	12	+ 222
Oesophagus Cancer	27	232	32	35	+ 197
Bladder Cancer	28	231	27	52	+ 179
Oral Cancer	29	225	24	74	+ 151
Ovary Cancer	30	194	29	41	+ 152
Skin Cancers	31	151	37	28	+ 123
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	143	49	6	+ 137
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	135	46	8	+ 126
Road Traffic Accidents	34	118	2	649	- 531
Epilepsy	35	115	39	22	+ 94
Congenital Anomalies	36	85	9	202	- 116
Uterin Cancer	37	83	35	31	+ 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	81	43	14	+ 67
Cervical Cancer	39	80	33	32	+ 48
Drug Use	40	72	30	38	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	41	59	50	5	+ 54
Skin Disease	42	58	53	4	+ 54
Anemia	43	37	86	0	+ 37
Asthma	44	34	40	21	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	45	29	13	158	- 129
Violence	46	29	23	75	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	20	56	1	+ 19
Hepatitis C	48	19	59	0	+ 18
Drownings	49	17	41	19	- 2
Malnutrition	50	17	60	0	+ 16
Schizophrenia	51	15	84	0	+ 15
Osteoarthritis	52	14	81	0	+ 14
Fires	53	13	38	28	- 14
HIV/AIDS	54	13	48	7	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	11	80	0	+ 11
Tuberculosis	56	10	34	31	- 20
Birth Trauma	57	9	47	7	+ 2
Poisonings	58	8	42	16	- 8
Hepatitis B	59	7	58	1	+ 6
Meningitis	60	6	45	9	- 3
Upper Respiratory	61	5	62	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	62	5	55	1	+ 3
Oral conditions	63	2	82	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	54	4	- 2
Otitis Media	65	1	69	0	+ 1
War	66	0	57	1	- 0
Encephalitis	67	0	52	4	- 4
Syphilis	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	63	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	61	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	85	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	65	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	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.