AUSTRALIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,829	1	21,548	- 1,720
Road Traffic Accidents	2	5,539	29	1,245	+ 4,294
Stroke	3	5,112	3	10,331	- 5,220
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,900	8	4,446	- 1,547
Hypertension	5	2,185	23	1,631	+ 553
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,064	7	4,471	- 2,407
Breast Cancer	7	1,961	10	3,405	- 1,444
Kidney Disease	8	1,739	12	3,139	- 1,400
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,722	33	711	+ 1,011
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,691	6	6,209	- 4,518
Liver Disease	11	1,635	26	1,421	+ 213
Lung Cancers	12	1,376	4	8,769	- 7,393
Low Birth Weight	13	1,344	43	248	+ 1,095
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,189	2	15,588	- 14,399
Lymphomas	15	1,122	15	3,039	- 1,917
Liver Cancer	16	1,102	20	2,036	- 934
Leukemia	17	1,048	18	2,126	- 1,078
Suicide	18	1,044	11	3,150	- 2,106
Falls	19	873	14	3,116	- 2,242
Pancreas Cancer	20	755	13	3,118	- 2,363
Lung Disease	21	717	5	8,487	- 7,770
Other Injuries	22	706	22	1,642	- 937
Violence	23	636	44	243	+ 392
Oral Cancer	24	630	32	972	- 342
Stomach Cancer	25	612	27	1,288	- 676
Prostate Cancer	26	497	9	3,766	- 3,269
Bladder Cancer	27	444	30	1,187	- 743
Endocrine Disorders	28	371	16	2,328	- 1,957
Ovary Cancer	29	354	31	1,003	- 649
Drug Use	30	326	21	1,783	- 1,456
Inflammatory/Heart	31	310	24	1,571	- 1,261
Oesophagus Cancer	32	300	25	1,494	- 1,193
Cervical Cancer	33	272	39	342	- 70
Tuberculosis	34	263	56	53	+ 211
Uterin Cancer	35	262	35	524	- 262
Parkinson's Disease	36	244	19	2,036	- 1,792
Skin Cancers	37	243	17	2,319	- 2,076
Fires	38	236	55	55	+ 181
Epilepsy	39	186	41	285	- 99
Asthma	40	183	36	455	- 273
Drownings	41	166	47	177	- 11
Poisonings	42	139	61	35	+ 104
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	118	42	276	- 158
Alcohol	44	99	37	380	- 281
Meningitis	45	78	60	37	+ 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	72	38	379	- 307
Birth Trauma	47	62	50	140	- 78
HIV/AIDS	48	58	57	50	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	53	40	296	- 243
Multiple Sclerosis	50	39	46	188	- 149
Other Neoplasms	51	36	28	1,252	- 1,216
Encephalitis	52	35	68	3	+ 33
Skin Disease	53	31	34	594	- 563
Maternal Conditions	54	30	63	20	+ 10
Appendicitis	55	13	62	26	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	8	45	229	- 220
War	57	7	65	8	- 1
Hepatitis B	58	6	58	41	- 35
Hepatitis C	59	4	48	173	- 169
Malnutrition	60	3	51	117	- 114
Measles	61	1	78	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	64	17	- 16
Pertussis	63	0	69	1	- 1
Syphilis	64	0	67	3	- 3
Chlamydia	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	6	- 6
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	71	- 71
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	114	- 114
Oral conditions	82	0	59	40	- 40
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	64	- 64
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	49	157	- 157
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Kuwait

Australia

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.