CANADA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,737	1	40,063	- 11,326
Road Traffic Accidents	2	8,027	28	1,998	+ 6,029
Stroke	3	7,408	5	14,159	- 6,751
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,202	7	7,431	- 3,229
Hypertension	5	3,167	22	2,563	+ 604
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,992	9	5,718	- 2,726
Breast Cancer	7	2,842	8	5,910	- 3,068
Kidney Disease	8	2,520	14	4,578	- 2,057
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,496	35	1,081	+ 1,415
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,451	6	9,651	- 7,200
Liver Disease	11	2,369	17	3,624	- 1,254
Lung Cancers	12	1,994	3	20,937	- 18,943
Low Birth Weight	13	1,947	42	553	+ 1,394
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,724	2	30,970	- 29,246
Lymphomas	15	1,626	10	5,146	- 3,520
Liver Cancer	16	1,597	20	3,113	- 1,516
Leukemia	17	1,518	21	3,098	- 1,580
Suicide	18	1,512	15	4,417	- 2,904
Falls	19	1,266	12	4,829	- 3,563
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,094	11	5,057	- 3,963
Lung Disease	21	1,039	4	14,212	- 13,173
Other Injuries	22	1,023	24	2,392	- 1,370
Violence	23	921	40	605	+ 316
Oral Cancer	24	914	32	1,592	- 678
Stomach Cancer	25	887	26	2,177	- 1,291
Prostate Cancer	26	721	13	4,711	- 3,990
Bladder Cancer	27	643	23	2,521	- 1,877
Endocrine Disorders	28	538	19	3,233	- 2,694
Ovary Cancer	29	513	29	1,902	- 1,389
Drug Use	30	473	16	3,686	- 3,213
Inflammatory/Heart	31	449	27	2,060	- 1,611
Oesophagus Cancer	32	435	25	2,230	- 1,795
Cervical Cancer	33	394	41	578	- 184
Tuberculosis	34	381	58	97	+ 284
Uterin Cancer	35	380	34	1,183	- 803
Parkinson's Disease	36	354	18	3,359	- 3,005
Skin Cancers	37	352	30	1,756	- 1,404
Fires	38	342	52	192	+ 150
Epilepsy	39	270	44	384	- 114
Asthma	40	265	49	262	+ 2
Drownings	41	240	48	283	- 43
Poisonings	42	201	56	121	+ 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	170	43	442	- 272
Alcohol	44	143	33	1,491	- 1,348
Meningitis	45	113	59	68	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	105	39	636	- 531
Birth Trauma	47	90	50	193	- 103
HIV/AIDS	48	84	53	163	- 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	77	36	840	- 764
Multiple Sclerosis	50	57	37	692	- 635
Other Neoplasms	51	52	31	1,679	- 1,626
Encephalitis	52	51	68	3	+ 48
Skin Disease	53	45	38	679	- 634
Maternal Conditions	54	44	64	45	- 1
Appendicitis	55	18	62	49	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	12	47	322	- 310
War	57	10	65	21	- 11
Hepatitis B	58	9	60	66	- 57
Hepatitis C	59	6	45	363	- 357
Malnutrition	60	4	51	192	- 188
Measles	61	2	74	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	63	47	- 46
Pertussis	63	0	69	1	- 0
Syphilis	64	0	67	5	- 5
Chlamydia	65	0	83	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	67	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	8	- 8
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	70	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	143	- 143
Osteoarthritis	81	0	55	139	- 139
Oral conditions	82	0	61	51	- 51
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	118	- 118
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	46	343	- 343
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

Kuwait

Canada

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.