CHINA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		CHINA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,048,929	2	1,771,525	- 722,596
Road Traffic Accidents	2	292,995	8	250,272	+ 42,723
Stroke	3	270,398	1	2,043,210	- 1,772,812
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	153,390	12	183,342	- 29,952
Hypertension	5	115,580	7	301,183	- 185,602
Diabetes Mellitus	6	109,209	14	161,672	- 52,463
Breast Cancer	7	103,743	19	92,757	+ 10,986
Kidney Disease	8	91,993	11	192,302	- 100,310
Congenital Anomalies	9	91,093	31	36,613	+ 54,480
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	89,452	9	248,388	- 158,937
Liver Disease	11	86,487	15	145,603	- 59,116
Lung Cancers	12	72,784	4	714,311	- 641,526
Low Birth Weight	13	71,071	40	21,631	+ 49,439
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	62,922	6	304,455	- 241,533
Lymphomas	15	59,356	23	57,838	+ 1,517
Liver Cancer	16	58,300	13	180,952	- 122,652
Leukemia	17	55,420	22	58,145	- 2,724
Suicide	18	55,206	17	116,324	- 61,117
Falls	19	46,203	16	138,878	- 92,675
Pancreas Cancer	20	39,933	18	111,537	- 71,604
Lung Disease	21	37,939	3	968,607	- 930,668
Other Injuries	22	37,336	25	54,087	- 16,752
Violence	23	33,633	47	11,115	+ 22,518
Oral Cancer	24	33,348	24	54,695	- 21,347
Stomach Cancer	25	32,365	5	398,439	- 366,074
Prostate Cancer	26	26,312	28	51,056	- 24,744
Bladder Cancer	27	23,485	29	37,873	- 14,388
Endocrine Disorders	28	19,650	37	25,613	- 5,963
Ovary Cancer	29	18,716	35	28,078	- 9,362
Drug Use	30	17,261	38	24,214	- 6,952
Inflammatory/Heart	31	16,390	33	29,954	- 13,563
Oesophagus Cancer	32	15,881	10	242,891	- 227,010
Cervical Cancer	33	14,375	27	51,650	- 37,274
Tuberculosis	34	13,925	32	34,802	- 20,877
Uterin Cancer	35	13,852	45	11,751	+ 2,101
Parkinson's Disease	36	12,931	20	70,699	- 57,768
Skin Cancers	37	12,844	41	19,669	- 6,825
Fires	38	12,486	48	10,498	+ 1,988
Epilepsy	39	9,839	46	11,365	- 1,526
Asthma	40	9,657	39	23,147	- 13,490
Drownings	41	8,774	26	52,807	- 44,033
Poisonings	42	7,329	36	25,762	- 18,433
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	6,221	30	37,723	- 31,502
Alcohol	44	5,227	42	19,071	- 13,844
Meningitis	45	4,126	51	5,704	- 1,578
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	3,821	21	65,350	- 61,529
Birth Trauma	47	3,287	43	17,644	- 14,357
HIV/AIDS	48	3,076	34	28,746	- 25,670
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	2,793	50	8,719	- 5,926
Multiple Sclerosis	50	2,076	59	1,734	+ 341
Other Neoplasms	51	1,905	53	4,374	- 2,469
Encephalitis	52	1,868	55	2,796	- 928
Skin Disease	53	1,657	52	5,222	- 3,565
Maternal Conditions	54	1,603	54	3,596	- 1,994
Appendicitis	55	673	60	1,468	- 794
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	445	49	10,108	- 9,663
War	57	376	61	900	- 524
Hepatitis B	58	332	56	2,757	- 2,426
Hepatitis C	59	216	66	86	+ 130
Malnutrition	60	158	44	12,995	- 12,837
Measles	61	70	62	558	- 488
Upper Respiratory	62	37	57	2,663	- 2,625
Pertussis	63	15	64	484	- 468
Syphilis	64	13	58	1,824	- 1,811
Chlamydia	65	12	67	55	- 44
Tetanus	66	11	63	491	- 481
Dengue	67	10	70	12	- 2
Diphtheria	68	2	71	11	- 9
Otitis Media	69	0	69	15	- 15
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	68	34	- 34
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	65	400	- 400
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHINA

Kuwait

China

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.