BENIN VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,887	5	5,397	+ 5,490
Road Traffic Accidents	2	3,041	8	3,162	- 121
Stroke	3	2,806	4	5,855	- 3,048
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,592	1	10,205	- 8,613
Hypertension	5	1,200	19	1,088	+ 111
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,133	14	1,912	- 778
Breast Cancer	7	1,077	27	784	+ 292
Kidney Disease	8	955	13	1,929	- 974
Congenital Anomalies	9	945	10	2,265	- 1,319
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	928	41	311	+ 617
Liver Disease	11	898	9	2,447	- 1,549
Lung Cancers	12	755	59	66	+ 689
Low Birth Weight	13	738	6	4,908	- 4,170
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	653	29	715	- 62
Lymphomas	15	616	36	387	+ 229
Liver Cancer	16	605	40	322	+ 283
Leukemia	17	575	46	196	+ 380
Suicide	18	573	22	922	- 349
Falls	19	480	32	543	- 63
Pancreas Cancer	20	414	48	177	+ 237
Lung Disease	21	394	17	1,220	- 826
Other Injuries	22	388	15	1,532	- 1,145
Violence	23	349	28	726	- 377
Oral Cancer	24	346	49	156	+ 190
Stomach Cancer	25	336	38	361	- 25
Prostate Cancer	26	273	25	867	- 594
Bladder Cancer	27	244	61	43	+ 200
Endocrine Disorders	28	204	16	1,454	- 1,250
Ovary Cancer	29	194	56	86	+ 109
Drug Use	30	179	44	197	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	31	170	33	457	- 287
Oesophagus Cancer	32	165	39	326	- 161
Cervical Cancer	33	149	30	669	- 519
Tuberculosis	34	145	23	919	- 774
Uterin Cancer	35	144	55	99	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	36	134	43	212	- 77
Skin Cancers	37	133	54	102	+ 32
Fires	38	130	35	431	- 301
Epilepsy	39	102	37	369	- 267
Asthma	40	100	24	891	- 790
Drownings	41	91	31	570	- 479
Poisonings	42	76	42	307	- 231
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	65	34	442	- 378
Alcohol	44	54	58	85	- 31
Meningitis	45	43	12	1,967	- 1,924
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	40	45	197	- 157
Birth Trauma	47	34	7	3,950	- 3,916
HIV/AIDS	48	32	11	2,263	- 2,231
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	29	3	6,830	- 6,801
Multiple Sclerosis	50	22	66	16	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	51	20	63	20	+ 0
Encephalitis	52	19	57	85	- 66
Skin Disease	53	17	52	144	- 127
Maternal Conditions	54	17	20	1,039	- 1,022
Appendicitis	55	7	60	45	- 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	5	67	11	- 7
War	57	4	69	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	3	53	143	- 139
Hepatitis C	59	2	65	17	- 15
Malnutrition	60	2	21	928	- 926
Measles	61	1	26	788	- 787
Upper Respiratory	62	0	64	17	- 17
Pertussis	63	0	18	1,168	- 1,167
Syphilis	64	0	51	150	- 150
Chlamydia	65	0	70	2	- 2
Tetanus	66	0	50	156	- 156
Dengue	67	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	10	- 10
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	62	40	- 40
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	47	183	- 183
Malaria	78	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Kuwait

Benin

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.