KUWAIT VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,689	1	2,325	- 636
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,589	4	340	+ 1,249
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,192	6	242	+ 950
Kidney Disease	4	1,079	8	204	+ 875
Liver Disease	5	977	11	192	+ 786
Stroke	6	834	3	599	+ 234
Violence	7	758	23	75	+ 684
Road Traffic Accidents	8	692	2	649	+ 43
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	450	49	6	+ 444
Other Injuries	10	424	22	83	+ 341
Malnutrition	11	340	60	0	+ 340
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	336	14	139	+ 197
Lung Disease	13	327	21	84	+ 243
Alcohol	14	309	44	12	+ 298
Liver Cancer	15	303	16	129	+ 174
Low Birth Weight	16	285	13	158	+ 128
Stomach Cancer	17	270	25	72	+ 198
Congenital Anomalies	18	261	9	202	+ 59
Birth Trauma	19	252	47	7	+ 245
Falls	20	236	19	102	+ 133
HIV/AIDS	21	202	48	7	+ 195
Suicide	22	179	18	122	+ 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	177	43	14	+ 163
Prostate Cancer	24	145	26	58	+ 87
Cervical Cancer	25	139	33	32	+ 107
Hypertension	26	117	5	256	- 139
Leukemia	27	103	17	123	- 20
Breast Cancer	28	85	7	230	- 145
Endocrine Disorders	29	83	28	44	+ 40
Maternal Conditions	30	81	54	4	+ 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	80	10	198	- 118
Drownings	32	80	41	19	+ 60
Epilepsy	33	80	39	22	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	34	68	36	29	+ 39
Lung Cancers	35	67	12	161	- 94
Asthma	36	58	40	21	+ 36
Tuberculosis	37	52	34	31	+ 21
Pancreas Cancer	38	48	20	89	- 40
Poisonings	39	47	42	16	+ 31
Drug Use	40	47	30	38	+ 8
Meningitis	41	47	45	9	+ 37
Skin Disease	42	40	53	4	+ 36
Lymphomas	43	39	15	132	- 92
Inflammatory/Heart	44	39	31	36	+ 2
Fires	45	36	38	28	+ 8
Skin Cancers	46	34	37	28	+ 5
Appendicitis	47	28	55	1	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	48	25	32	35	- 10
Oral Cancer	49	24	24	74	- 49
Ovary Cancer	50	23	29	41	- 19
Encephalitis	51	18	52	4	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	14	56	1	+ 13
Pertussis	53	12	63	0	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	11	46	8	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	55	10	27	52	- 42
Other Neoplasms	56	7	51	4	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	57	6	62	0	+ 6
Dengue	58	6	67	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	59	5	35	31	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	50	5	- 1
Chagas disease	61	3	79	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	2	66	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	1	73	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	58	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	59	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	0	+ 0
War	68	0	57	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	61	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	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

Guatemala

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.