COLOMBIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,732	1	43,066	- 6,334
Road Traffic Accidents	2	10,260	6	7,765	+ 2,496
Stroke	3	9,469	3	16,573	- 7,104
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,372	5	10,773	- 5,402
Hypertension	5	4,048	8	6,400	- 2,352
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,824	11	5,028	- 1,204
Breast Cancer	7	3,633	13	3,669	- 36
Kidney Disease	8	3,221	7	6,834	- 3,612
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,190	16	2,963	+ 227
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	3,132	12	4,371	- 1,239
Liver Disease	11	3,029	19	2,426	+ 602
Lung Cancers	12	2,549	10	5,250	- 2,701
Low Birth Weight	13	2,489	23	2,095	+ 394
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,203	22	2,157	+ 46
Lymphomas	15	2,079	18	2,603	- 524
Liver Cancer	16	2,042	24	2,065	- 23
Leukemia	17	1,941	21	2,208	- 267
Suicide	18	1,933	26	1,965	- 32
Falls	19	1,618	29	1,518	+ 100
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,398	25	2,022	- 624
Lung Disease	21	1,329	4	15,928	- 14,600
Other Injuries	22	1,307	28	1,592	- 285
Violence	23	1,178	2	19,268	- 18,090
Oral Cancer	24	1,168	37	807	+ 361
Stomach Cancer	25	1,133	9	6,112	- 4,979
Prostate Cancer	26	921	14	3,584	- 2,663
Bladder Cancer	27	822	42	609	+ 214
Endocrine Disorders	28	688	30	1,367	- 679
Ovary Cancer	29	655	33	1,122	- 467
Drug Use	30	604	44	492	+ 113
Inflammatory/Heart	31	574	31	1,329	- 755
Oesophagus Cancer	32	556	36	835	- 279
Cervical Cancer	33	503	20	2,266	- 1,763
Tuberculosis	34	488	32	1,272	- 784
Uterin Cancer	35	485	45	423	+ 62
Parkinson's Disease	36	453	47	383	+ 70
Skin Cancers	37	450	35	1,028	- 579
Fires	38	437	56	127	+ 311
Epilepsy	39	345	43	597	- 253
Asthma	40	338	54	191	+ 147
Drownings	41	307	40	689	- 382
Poisonings	42	257	61	61	+ 196
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	218	39	698	- 481
Alcohol	44	183	68	23	+ 160
Meningitis	45	144	50	244	- 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	134	63	38	+ 96
Birth Trauma	47	115	41	648	- 533
HIV/AIDS	48	108	17	2,683	- 2,575
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	98	38	747	- 650
Multiple Sclerosis	50	73	60	62	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	51	67	15	3,205	- 3,138
Encephalitis	52	65	64	38	+ 28
Skin Disease	53	58	34	1,102	- 1,044
Maternal Conditions	54	56	46	394	- 338
Appendicitis	55	24	52	213	- 189
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	16	51	242	- 227
War	57	13	49	260	- 247
Hepatitis B	58	12	62	50	- 39
Hepatitis C	59	8	59	65	- 57
Malnutrition	60	6	27	1,878	- 1,873
Measles	61	2	78	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	66	27	- 25
Pertussis	63	1	69	18	- 18
Syphilis	64	0	65	30	- 30
Chlamydia	65	0	81	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	71	14	- 14
Dengue	67	0	55	133	- 133
Diphtheria	68	0	80	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	73	7	- 7
Leprosy	70	0	72	8	- 8
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	76	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	74	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	1	- 1
Malaria	78	0	67	26	- 26
Chagas disease	79	0	53	203	- 203
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	48	333	- 333
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	67	- 67
Oral conditions	82	0	75	7	- 7
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	70	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	57	101	- 101
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Kuwait

Colombia

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.