BURKINA FASO VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,068	4	8,117	+ 8,952
Road Traffic Accidents	2	4,768	8	6,303	- 1,535
Stroke	3	4,400	7	6,324	- 1,924
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,496	1	16,807	- 14,311
Hypertension	5	1,881	19	2,020	- 139
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,777	16	2,609	- 831
Breast Cancer	7	1,688	30	862	+ 827
Kidney Disease	8	1,497	17	2,398	- 901
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,482	10	3,515	- 2,032
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,456	39	478	+ 977
Liver Disease	11	1,407	14	2,722	- 1,315
Lung Cancers	12	1,184	48	242	+ 942
Low Birth Weight	13	1,156	5	6,809	- 5,653
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,024	33	767	+ 257
Lymphomas	15	966	43	280	+ 686
Liver Cancer	16	949	24	1,309	- 361
Leukemia	17	902	58	112	+ 790
Suicide	18	898	22	1,521	- 622
Falls	19	752	31	828	- 77
Pancreas Cancer	20	650	57	148	+ 502
Lung Disease	21	617	26	1,161	- 544
Other Injuries	22	608	15	2,637	- 2,029
Violence	23	547	21	1,943	- 1,396
Oral Cancer	24	543	49	227	+ 315
Stomach Cancer	25	527	32	777	- 251
Prostate Cancer	26	428	38	514	- 86
Bladder Cancer	27	382	45	265	+ 117
Endocrine Disorders	28	320	9	4,794	- 4,474
Ovary Cancer	29	305	52	174	+ 130
Drug Use	30	281	54	172	+ 109
Inflammatory/Heart	31	267	35	743	- 476
Oesophagus Cancer	32	258	59	101	+ 158
Cervical Cancer	33	234	18	2,122	- 1,888
Tuberculosis	34	227	20	1,968	- 1,741
Uterin Cancer	35	225	62	74	+ 152
Parkinson's Disease	36	210	46	252	- 41
Skin Cancers	37	209	50	220	- 11
Fires	38	203	36	704	- 501
Epilepsy	39	160	40	477	- 317
Asthma	40	157	27	941	- 784
Drownings	41	143	28	910	- 767
Poisonings	42	119	37	620	- 501
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	101	41	410	- 309
Alcohol	44	85	56	152	- 67
Meningitis	45	67	11	3,375	- 3,308
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	62	44	269	- 207
Birth Trauma	47	53	6	6,426	- 6,373
HIV/AIDS	48	50	12	3,100	- 3,050
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	45	3	11,887	- 11,842
Multiple Sclerosis	50	34	66	24	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	51	31	67	23	+ 8
Encephalitis	52	30	61	83	- 53
Skin Disease	53	27	53	174	- 147
Maternal Conditions	54	26	23	1,379	- 1,353
Appendicitis	55	11	60	95	- 84
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	7	68	15	- 8
War	57	6	29	884	- 877
Hepatitis B	58	5	55	164	- 159
Hepatitis C	59	4	64	58	- 54
Malnutrition	60	3	13	2,868	- 2,866
Measles	61	1	25	1,196	- 1,195
Upper Respiratory	62	1	65	48	- 47
Pertussis	63	0	34	746	- 746
Syphilis	64	0	42	294	- 294
Chlamydia	65	0	70	3	- 3
Tetanus	66	0	51	181	- 181
Dengue	67	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	69	7	- 7
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	63	74	- 74
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	47	249	- 249
Malaria	78	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
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	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Kuwait

Burkina Faso

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.