KUWAIT VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,729	1	2,325	+ 404
Stroke	2	1,551	3	599	+ 951
Road Traffic Accidents	3	800	2	649	+ 151
Diabetes Mellitus	4	551	6	242	+ 309
Low Birth Weight	5	490	13	158	+ 333
Kidney Disease	6	472	8	204	+ 268
Violence	7	422	23	75	+ 347
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	414	4	340	+ 74
Congenital Anomalies	9	359	9	202	+ 157
Birth Trauma	10	315	47	7	+ 308
War	11	219	57	1	+ 219
Hypertension	12	183	5	256	- 73
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	181	14	139	+ 42
Other Injuries	14	165	22	83	+ 82
Lung Cancers	15	161	12	161	- 0
Liver Disease	16	159	11	192	- 33
Breast Cancer	17	133	7	230	- 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	118	49	6	+ 112
Suicide	19	106	18	122	- 17
Lung Disease	20	99	21	84	+ 15
Leukemia	21	98	17	123	- 25
Inflammatory/Heart	22	89	31	36	+ 52
Asthma	23	68	40	21	+ 47
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	64	10	198	- 135
Tuberculosis	25	61	34	31	+ 30
Lymphomas	26	61	15	132	- 71
Maternal Conditions	27	58	54	4	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	28	57	25	72	- 14
Fires	29	55	38	28	+ 28
Falls	30	53	19	102	- 50
Parkinson's Disease	31	49	36	29	+ 20
Drownings	32	49	41	19	+ 30
Pertussis	33	47	63	0	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	34	47	27	52	- 5
Liver Cancer	35	41	16	129	- 88
Pancreas Cancer	36	40	20	89	- 49
Endocrine Disorders	37	34	28	44	- 9
Drug Use	38	33	30	38	- 5
Oral Cancer	39	31	24	74	- 43
Encephalitis	40	28	52	4	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	41	28	29	41	- 13
Meningitis	42	28	45	9	+ 19
Skin Cancers	43	25	37	28	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	21	46	8	+ 13
Epilepsy	45	19	39	22	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	46	13	32	35	- 22
Prostate Cancer	47	13	26	58	- 46
Cervical Cancer	48	12	33	32	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	12	43	14	- 2
Syphilis	50	10	64	0	+ 10
Tetanus	51	8	66	0	+ 8
Poisonings	52	7	42	16	- 9
Malnutrition	53	7	60	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	54	5	35	31	- 26
Measles	55	4	61	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	56	4	58	1	+ 3
Skin Disease	57	4	53	4	- 0
Alcohol	58	3	44	12	- 9
Schistosomiasis	59	3	77	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	50	5	- 2
Other Neoplasms	61	2	51	4	- 2
Leishmaniasis	62	2	76	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	56	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	55	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	59	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	48	7	- 7
Malaria	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Iraq

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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.