BOTSWANA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,815	3	1,632	+ 183
Road Traffic Accidents	2	507	7	608	- 101
Stroke	3	468	4	1,588	- 1,120
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	265	2	1,674	- 1,408
Hypertension	5	200	11	471	- 271
Diabetes Mellitus	6	189	5	1,273	- 1,084
Breast Cancer	7	180	33	68	+ 111
Kidney Disease	8	159	9	506	- 347
Congenital Anomalies	9	158	16	287	- 130
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	155	47	28	+ 127
Liver Disease	11	150	12	459	- 309
Lung Cancers	12	126	39	45	+ 81
Low Birth Weight	13	123	13	447	- 324
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	109	23	164	- 55
Lymphomas	15	103	31	77	+ 26
Liver Cancer	16	101	35	57	+ 44
Leukemia	17	96	51	13	+ 83
Suicide	18	96	15	370	- 274
Falls	19	80	34	62	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	20	69	50	16	+ 53
Lung Disease	21	66	10	482	- 416
Other Injuries	22	65	19	216	- 152
Violence	23	58	14	389	- 331
Oral Cancer	24	58	32	70	- 12
Stomach Cancer	25	56	53	10	+ 46
Prostate Cancer	26	46	41	45	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	27	41	60	6	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	28	34	27	103	- 69
Ovary Cancer	29	32	49	19	+ 13
Drug Use	30	30	48	26	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	31	28	20	177	- 149
Oesophagus Cancer	32	27	28	103	- 75
Cervical Cancer	33	25	22	164	- 139
Tuberculosis	34	24	6	649	- 625
Uterin Cancer	35	24	56	9	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	36	22	38	47	- 25
Skin Cancers	37	22	37	52	- 30
Fires	38	22	26	108	- 87
Epilepsy	39	17	36	56	- 39
Asthma	40	17	18	232	- 215
Drownings	41	15	30	83	- 67
Poisonings	42	13	42	42	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	11	29	90	- 79
Alcohol	44	9	45	31	- 22
Meningitis	45	7	25	108	- 101
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	7	43	37	- 30
Birth Trauma	47	6	17	261	- 256
HIV/AIDS	48	5	1	4,950	- 4,944
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	5	8	527	- 522
Multiple Sclerosis	50	4	63	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	51	3	55	9	- 6
Encephalitis	52	3	59	7	- 4
Skin Disease	53	3	46	30	- 27
Maternal Conditions	54	3	24	118	- 115
Appendicitis	55	1	57	8	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1	52	11	- 10
War	57	1	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	58	1	62	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	59	0	66	1	- 0
Malnutrition	60	0	21	171	- 171
Measles	61	0	68	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	58	7	- 7
Pertussis	63	0	40	45	- 45
Syphilis	64	0	44	36	- 36
Chlamydia	65	0	65	1	- 1
Tetanus	66	0	61	6	- 6
Dengue	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	78	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Kuwait

Botswana

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.