BELGIUM VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,872	1	15,281	- 6,408
Road Traffic Accidents	2	2,478	29	666	+ 1,812
Stroke	3	2,287	3	7,408	- 5,120
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,297	6	5,677	- 4,380
Hypertension	5	978	27	740	+ 238
Diabetes Mellitus	6	924	20	1,269	- 346
Breast Cancer	7	878	9	2,587	- 1,709
Kidney Disease	8	778	8	2,952	- 2,174
Congenital Anomalies	9	771	40	282	+ 489
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	757	7	3,329	- 2,572
Liver Disease	11	732	17	1,433	- 701
Lung Cancers	12	616	4	6,777	- 6,161
Low Birth Weight	13	601	50	70	+ 531
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	532	2	9,416	- 8,884
Lymphomas	15	502	16	1,552	- 1,050
Liver Cancer	16	493	24	976	- 483
Leukemia	17	469	21	1,199	- 731
Suicide	18	467	10	2,111	- 1,644
Falls	19	391	15	1,756	- 1,365
Pancreas Cancer	20	338	14	1,809	- 1,472
Lung Disease	21	321	5	6,438	- 6,117
Other Injuries	22	316	11	2,006	- 1,691
Violence	23	284	44	149	+ 135
Oral Cancer	24	282	28	675	- 393
Stomach Cancer	25	274	26	863	- 589
Prostate Cancer	26	223	13	1,824	- 1,602
Bladder Cancer	27	199	22	1,078	- 880
Endocrine Disorders	28	166	18	1,432	- 1,265
Ovary Cancer	29	158	30	653	- 494
Drug Use	30	146	39	287	- 141
Inflammatory/Heart	31	139	23	1,060	- 922
Oesophagus Cancer	32	134	25	898	- 764
Cervical Cancer	33	122	41	243	- 121
Tuberculosis	34	118	54	46	+ 72
Uterin Cancer	35	117	34	384	- 267
Parkinson's Disease	36	109	19	1,378	- 1,268
Skin Cancers	37	109	31	522	- 414
Fires	38	106	48	75	+ 31
Epilepsy	39	83	36	348	- 265
Asthma	40	82	46	128	- 46
Drownings	41	74	47	79	- 4
Poisonings	42	62	55	41	+ 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	53	42	213	- 160
Alcohol	44	44	32	500	- 455
Meningitis	45	35	58	28	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	32	37	293	- 260
Birth Trauma	47	28	53	47	- 19
HIV/AIDS	48	26	57	36	- 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	24	33	418	- 394
Multiple Sclerosis	50	18	45	147	- 129
Other Neoplasms	51	16	12	1,828	- 1,812
Encephalitis	52	16	66	1	+ 15
Skin Disease	53	14	35	380	- 366
Maternal Conditions	54	14	64	6	+ 8
Appendicitis	55	6	62	17	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	4	49	73	- 69
War	57	3	67	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	58	3	63	17	- 14
Hepatitis C	59	2	52	53	- 51
Malnutrition	60	1	38	291	- 289
Measles	61	1	79	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	0	59	22	- 22
Pertussis	63	0	68	1	- 1
Syphilis	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	60	20	- 20
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	59	- 59
Oral conditions	82	0	61	19	- 19
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	40	- 40
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	43	199	- 199
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Kuwait

Belgium

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.