BANGLADESH VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		BANGLADESH		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	124,962	2	108,528	+ 16,434
Road Traffic Accidents	2	34,905	8	25,023	+ 9,882
Stroke	3	32,213	1	134,166	- 101,953
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	18,274	6	29,586	- 11,312
Hypertension	5	13,769	14	14,776	- 1,006
Diabetes Mellitus	6	13,010	7	28,976	- 15,966
Breast Cancer	7	12,359	23	6,808	+ 5,551
Kidney Disease	8	10,959	17	10,841	+ 118
Congenital Anomalies	9	10,852	18	10,113	+ 739
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	10,657	28	4,534	+ 6,122
Liver Disease	11	10,303	9	21,024	- 10,721
Lung Cancers	12	8,671	16	12,174	- 3,503
Low Birth Weight	13	8,467	11	17,457	- 8,990
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	7,496	13	14,993	- 7,497
Lymphomas	15	7,071	35	2,667	+ 4,404
Liver Cancer	16	6,945	34	2,884	+ 4,061
Leukemia	17	6,602	40	1,895	+ 4,707
Suicide	18	6,577	25	5,998	+ 579
Falls	19	5,504	31	3,328	+ 2,176
Pancreas Cancer	20	4,757	43	1,414	+ 3,343
Lung Disease	21	4,520	3	45,699	- 41,180
Other Injuries	22	4,448	21	7,629	- 3,181
Violence	23	4,007	27	4,623	- 616
Oral Cancer	24	3,973	12	15,511	- 11,538
Stomach Cancer	25	3,856	24	6,799	- 2,943
Prostate Cancer	26	3,135	41	1,664	+ 1,470
Bladder Cancer	27	2,798	52	991	+ 1,807
Endocrine Disorders	28	2,341	45	1,335	+ 1,006
Ovary Cancer	29	2,230	37	2,231	- 2
Drug Use	30	2,056	32	2,967	- 911
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,953	42	1,485	+ 468
Oesophagus Cancer	32	1,892	10	19,525	- 17,633
Cervical Cancer	33	1,713	26	5,132	- 3,419
Tuberculosis	34	1,659	4	37,175	- 35,517
Uterin Cancer	35	1,650	58	405	+ 1,245
Parkinson's Disease	36	1,541	30	3,782	- 2,241
Skin Cancers	37	1,530	53	853	+ 677
Fires	38	1,487	46	1,271	+ 217
Epilepsy	39	1,172	44	1,353	- 181
Asthma	40	1,150	20	8,893	- 7,742
Drownings	41	1,045	22	7,094	- 6,048
Poisonings	42	873	56	539	+ 334
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	741	48	1,251	- 510
Alcohol	44	623	60	262	+ 361
Meningitis	45	492	38	2,105	- 1,614
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	455	33	2,922	- 2,467
Birth Trauma	47	392	15	13,392	- 13,001
HIV/AIDS	48	366	55	563	- 196
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	333	5	36,111	- 35,778
Multiple Sclerosis	50	247	64	179	+ 68
Other Neoplasms	51	227	61	243	- 16
Encephalitis	52	223	59	371	- 149
Skin Disease	53	197	50	1,131	- 934
Maternal Conditions	54	191	29	3,920	- 3,729
Appendicitis	55	80	47	1,262	- 1,182
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	53	54	815	- 762
War	57	45	63	202	- 158
Hepatitis B	58	40	51	1,121	- 1,081
Hepatitis C	59	26	62	207	- 181
Malnutrition	60	19	36	2,418	- 2,399
Measles	61	8	19	9,021	- 9,013
Upper Respiratory	62	4	66	100	- 96
Pertussis	63	2	39	2,011	- 2,009
Syphilis	64	2	49	1,227	- 1,225
Chlamydia	65	1	70	21	- 20
Tetanus	66	1	57	450	- 449
Dengue	67	1	65	161	- 159
Diphtheria	68	0	72	5	- 5
Otitis Media	69	0	71	14	- 14
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	69	31	- 31
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	67	56	- 56
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	68	45	- 45
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BANGLADESH

Kuwait

Bangladesh

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.