CONGO VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,517	4	2,494	+ 2,023
Road Traffic Accidents	2	1,262	7	1,598	- 337
Stroke	3	1,164	5	2,267	- 1,102
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	661	3	2,576	- 1,916
Hypertension	5	498	12	933	- 435
Diabetes Mellitus	6	470	10	1,050	- 579
Breast Cancer	7	447	32	159	+ 288
Kidney Disease	8	396	15	613	- 217
Congenital Anomalies	9	392	14	729	- 337
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	385	38	89	+ 296
Liver Disease	11	372	13	931	- 558
Lung Cancers	12	313	47	54	+ 260
Low Birth Weight	13	306	9	1,283	- 977
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	271	25	230	+ 41
Lymphomas	15	256	45	61	+ 195
Liver Cancer	16	251	30	169	+ 82
Leukemia	17	239	46	57	+ 181
Suicide	18	238	19	349	- 111
Falls	19	199	33	149	+ 50
Pancreas Cancer	20	172	52	42	+ 130
Lung Disease	21	163	17	541	- 377
Other Injuries	22	161	20	333	- 172
Violence	23	145	18	539	- 394
Oral Cancer	24	144	54	33	+ 111
Stomach Cancer	25	139	39	88	+ 51
Prostate Cancer	26	113	28	198	- 84
Bladder Cancer	27	101	61	15	+ 87
Endocrine Disorders	28	85	27	208	- 123
Ovary Cancer	29	81	48	49	+ 31
Drug Use	30	74	44	65	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	31	71	26	220	- 149
Oesophagus Cancer	32	68	57	19	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	33	62	29	196	- 134
Tuberculosis	34	60	2	2,781	- 2,721
Uterin Cancer	35	60	60	15	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	36	56	42	69	- 13
Skin Cancers	37	55	53	36	+ 19
Fires	38	54	37	90	- 37
Epilepsy	39	42	40	76	- 34
Asthma	40	42	23	291	- 249
Drownings	41	38	36	104	- 66
Poisonings	42	32	41	71	- 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	27	35	105	- 78
Alcohol	44	23	49	46	- 24
Meningitis	45	18	22	299	- 281
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	16	43	67	- 50
Birth Trauma	47	14	11	997	- 983
HIV/AIDS	48	13	1	4,509	- 4,496
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	12	8	1,304	- 1,292
Multiple Sclerosis	50	9	66	4	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	51	8	63	8	+ 1
Encephalitis	52	8	56	20	- 12
Skin Disease	53	7	50	46	- 39
Maternal Conditions	54	7	16	578	- 571
Appendicitis	55	3	58	18	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	59	15	- 13
War	57	2	72	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	1	62	14	- 13
Hepatitis C	59	1	67	2	- 2
Malnutrition	60	1	24	272	- 271
Measles	61	0	31	159	- 159
Upper Respiratory	62	0	64	7	- 7
Pertussis	63	0	21	329	- 329
Syphilis	64	0	34	107	- 107
Chlamydia	65	0	70	1	- 1
Tetanus	66	0	55	23	- 23
Dengue	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	69	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	65	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	45	- 45
Malaria	78	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Kuwait

Congo

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.