KUWAIT VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,313	1	2,325	+ 988
Stroke	2	1,304	3	599	+ 705
Road Traffic Accidents	3	632	2	649	- 17
Hypertension	4	583	5	256	+ 327
Diabetes Mellitus	5	494	6	242	+ 252
Kidney Disease	6	419	8	204	+ 215
Lung Disease	7	405	21	84	+ 321
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	399	4	340	+ 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	392	14	139	+ 253
Stomach Cancer	10	349	25	72	+ 277
Lung Cancers	11	241	12	161	+ 80
Liver Disease	12	236	11	192	+ 44
Low Birth Weight	13	173	13	158	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	14	172	9	202	- 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	162	10	198	- 36
Suicide	16	154	18	122	+ 32
Other Injuries	17	144	22	83	+ 61
Leukemia	18	141	17	123	+ 18
Breast Cancer	19	133	7	230	- 97
Liver Cancer	20	132	16	129	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	21	127	26	58	+ 69
Asthma	22	119	40	21	+ 98
Lymphomas	23	102	15	132	- 29
Falls	24	100	19	102	- 2
Birth Trauma	25	97	47	7	+ 90
Parkinson's Disease	26	90	36	29	+ 62
Violence	27	90	23	75	+ 15
HIV/AIDS	28	90	48	7	+ 83
Pancreas Cancer	29	86	20	89	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	30	84	32	35	+ 49
Drug Use	31	80	30	38	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	32	74	28	44	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	65	49	6	+ 59
Fires	34	65	38	28	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	35	57	31	36	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	36	50	27	52	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	44	43	14	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	35	46	8	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	39	33	29	41	- 8
Drownings	40	33	41	19	+ 14
Tuberculosis	41	31	34	31	+ 0
War	42	30	57	1	+ 29
Poisonings	43	29	42	16	+ 13
Epilepsy	44	26	39	22	+ 4
Oral Cancer	45	23	24	74	- 51
Meningitis	46	23	45	9	+ 14
Skin Cancers	47	18	37	28	- 10
Cervical Cancer	48	18	33	32	- 14
Hepatitis B	49	15	58	1	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	50	14	50	5	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	51	13	35	31	- 18
Maternal Conditions	52	10	54	4	+ 7
Alcohol	53	9	44	12	- 3
Encephalitis	54	9	52	4	+ 5
Skin Disease	55	8	53	4	+ 5
Malnutrition	56	6	60	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	57	5	55	1	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	58	4	51	4	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	56	1	+ 2
Pertussis	60	3	63	0	+ 3
Syphilis	61	2	64	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	61	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	59	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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

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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.