KUWAIT VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,999	1	2,325	+ 2,675
Stroke	2	3,224	3	599	+ 2,625
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,133	14	139	+ 1,994
Lung Cancers	4	1,758	12	161	+ 1,597
Lung Disease	5	1,667	21	84	+ 1,583
Hypertension	6	1,541	5	256	+ 1,285
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,094	10	198	+ 896
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,021	6	242	+ 779
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	841	4	340	+ 501
Breast Cancer	10	714	7	230	+ 484
Kidney Disease	11	655	8	204	+ 451
Other Injuries	12	624	22	83	+ 541
Pancreas Cancer	13	623	20	89	+ 534
Stomach Cancer	14	528	25	72	+ 456
Other Neoplasms	15	514	51	4	+ 510
Lymphomas	16	498	15	132	+ 366
Liver Cancer	17	495	16	129	+ 366
Endocrine Disorders	18	434	28	44	+ 390
Parkinson's Disease	19	434	36	29	+ 405
Prostate Cancer	20	433	26	58	+ 375
Leukemia	21	346	17	123	+ 224
Bladder Cancer	22	345	27	52	+ 293
Liver Disease	23	286	11	192	+ 95
Inflammatory/Heart	24	285	31	36	+ 248
Falls	25	217	19	102	+ 115
Suicide	26	208	18	122	+ 86
Oral Cancer	27	172	24	74	+ 98
Ovary Cancer	28	169	29	41	+ 127
Skin Cancers	29	167	37	28	+ 138
Road Traffic Accidents	30	166	2	649	- 484
Hepatitis C	31	126	59	0	+ 126
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	114	46	8	+ 106
Uterin Cancer	33	113	35	31	+ 82
Oesophagus Cancer	34	105	32	35	+ 70
Anemia	35	86	86	0	+ 86
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	83	49	6	+ 77
Congenital Anomalies	37	74	9	202	- 128
Skin Disease	38	74	53	4	+ 70
Epilepsy	39	69	39	22	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	40	59	33	32	+ 28
Malnutrition	41	40	60	0	+ 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	36	56	1	+ 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	36	43	14	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	44	35	50	5	+ 30
Drug Use	45	34	30	38	- 5
HIV/AIDS	46	27	48	7	+ 20
Asthma	47	25	40	21	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	48	25	81	0	+ 25
Schizophrenia	49	22	84	0	+ 22
Violence	50	21	23	75	- 54
Low Birth Weight	51	18	13	158	- 139
Drownings	52	18	41	19	- 2
Tuberculosis	53	17	34	31	- 14
Hepatitis B	54	17	58	1	+ 16
Alcohol	55	14	44	12	+ 3
Fires	56	14	38	28	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	12	80	0	+ 12
Poisonings	58	8	42	16	- 8
Birth Trauma	59	7	47	7	- 0
Meningitis	60	7	45	9	- 3
Appendicitis	61	2	55	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	62	2	82	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	62	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	1	69	0	+ 1
War	66	0	57	1	- 1
Maternal Conditions	67	0	54	4	- 3
Encephalitis	68	0	52	4	- 4
Syphilis	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	61	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	63	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Italy

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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.