KUWAIT VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAPAN		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,175	1	2,325	+ 1,850
Stroke	2	3,103	3	599	+ 2,504
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,749	4	340	+ 2,409
Lung Cancers	4	2,030	12	161	+ 1,869
Lung Disease	5	1,991	21	84	+ 1,907
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,461	10	198	+ 1,262
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,450	14	139	+ 1,311
Stomach Cancer	8	1,285	25	72	+ 1,213
Kidney Disease	9	1,141	8	204	+ 937
Pancreas Cancer	10	943	20	89	+ 855
Liver Cancer	11	749	16	129	+ 619
Other Injuries	12	562	22	83	+ 479
Suicide	13	496	18	122	+ 374
Lymphomas	14	491	15	132	+ 359
Breast Cancer	15	403	7	230	+ 173
Other Neoplasms	16	385	51	4	+ 381
Liver Disease	17	362	11	192	+ 170
Parkinson's Disease	18	357	36	29	+ 328
Prostate Cancer	19	344	26	58	+ 286
Oesophagus Cancer	20	314	32	35	+ 279
Endocrine Disorders	21	293	28	44	+ 249
Bladder Cancer	22	253	27	52	+ 201
Falls	23	248	19	102	+ 146
Leukemia	24	245	17	123	+ 122
Drownings	25	214	41	19	+ 195
Oral Cancer	26	212	24	74	+ 138
Inflammatory/Heart	27	210	31	36	+ 173
Hypertension	28	170	5	256	- 86
Diabetes Mellitus	29	138	6	242	- 104
Ovary Cancer	30	129	29	41	+ 87
Road Traffic Accidents	31	116	2	649	- 533
Cervical Cancer	32	97	33	32	+ 65
Uterin Cancer	33	88	35	31	+ 57
Tuberculosis	34	88	34	31	+ 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	74	43	14	+ 61
Skin Disease	36	71	53	4	+ 68
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	70	49	6	+ 63
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	67	56	1	+ 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	65	46	8	+ 57
Congenital Anomalies	40	63	9	202	- 139
Hepatitis C	41	57	59	0	+ 56
Asthma	42	49	40	21	+ 28
Malnutrition	43	49	60	0	+ 48
Skin Cancers	44	47	37	28	+ 18
Epilepsy	45	40	39	22	+ 18
Hepatitis B	46	36	58	1	+ 36
Schizophrenia	47	27	84	0	+ 27
Fires	48	26	38	28	- 2
Anemia	49	22	86	0	+ 22
Drug Use	50	19	30	38	- 20
Alcohol	51	15	44	12	+ 3
Meningitis	52	8	45	9	- 1
Violence	53	7	23	75	- 68
Poisonings	54	6	42	16	- 10
Low Birth Weight	55	5	13	158	- 152
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	4	80	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	57	4	62	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	58	3	55	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	50	5	- 2
Oral conditions	60	3	82	0	+ 3
Birth Trauma	61	3	47	7	- 5
Osteoarthritis	62	2	81	0	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	63	1	48	7	- 6
Maternal Conditions	64	1	54	4	- 3
Syphilis	65	0	64	0	+ 0
War	66	0	57	1	- 0
Tetanus	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	52	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	63	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	61	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	65	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	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.