KUWAIT VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,216	4	340	+ 876
HIV/AIDS	2	1,125	48	7	+ 1,118
Tuberculosis	3	1,059	34	31	+ 1,028
Stroke	4	856	3	599	+ 257
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	831	49	6	+ 825
Road Traffic Accidents	6	802	2	649	+ 153
Liver Disease	7	722	11	192	+ 531
Malaria	8	682	78	0	+ 682
Coronary Heart Disease	9	645	1	2,325	- 1,680
Birth Trauma	10	536	47	7	+ 529
Low Birth Weight	11	515	13	158	+ 358
Congenital Anomalies	12	330	9	202	+ 128
Maternal Conditions	13	305	54	4	+ 301
Diabetes Mellitus	14	304	6	242	+ 62
Meningitis	15	289	45	9	+ 280
Kidney Disease	16	240	8	204	+ 37
Hypertension	17	238	5	256	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	18	236	32	35	+ 200
Other Injuries	19	234	22	83	+ 151
Lung Disease	20	231	21	84	+ 147
Malnutrition	21	227	60	0	+ 227
Cervical Cancer	22	183	33	32	+ 151
Suicide	23	173	18	122	+ 51
Violence	24	159	23	75	+ 84
Breast Cancer	25	143	7	230	- 87
Asthma	26	124	40	21	+ 103
Tetanus	27	115	66	0	+ 115
Stomach Cancer	28	108	25	72	+ 37
Lymphomas	29	104	15	132	- 27
Oral Cancer	30	99	24	74	+ 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	98	14	139	- 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	80	10	198	- 119
Falls	33	79	19	102	- 23
Liver Cancer	34	73	16	129	- 56
Leukemia	35	72	17	123	- 51
Fires	36	71	38	28	+ 43
Prostate Cancer	37	70	26	58	+ 11
Poisonings	38	68	42	16	+ 52
Drownings	39	65	41	19	+ 45
Inflammatory/Heart	40	60	31	36	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	59	43	14	+ 45
Pertussis	42	55	63	0	+ 55
Epilepsy	43	45	39	22	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	44	45	28	44	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	45	43	29	41	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	46	39	20	89	- 50
Lung Cancers	47	36	12	161	- 125
Skin Cancers	48	34	37	28	+ 6
Hepatitis B	49	28	58	1	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	50	25	36	29	- 3
Skin Disease	51	25	53	4	+ 21
Syphilis	52	24	64	0	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	22	46	8	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	54	20	77	0	+ 20
Alcohol	55	19	44	12	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	56	17	35	31	- 13
Bladder Cancer	57	17	27	52	- 35
Appendicitis	58	13	55	1	+ 11
Leishmaniasis	59	10	76	0	+ 10
Encephalitis	60	10	52	4	+ 6
Hepatitis C	61	8	59	0	+ 8
Drug Use	62	6	30	38	- 32
Measles	63	6	61	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	64	5	62	0	+ 5
War	65	5	57	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	5	56	1	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	67	3	51	4	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	50	5	- 3
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	65	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	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

Kenya

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.