COSTA RICA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,900	1	2,639	+ 1,261
Road Traffic Accidents	2	1,090	9	746	+ 344
Stroke	3	1,005	2	1,624	- 619
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	570	7	836	- 265
Hypertension	5	430	6	863	- 433
Diabetes Mellitus	6	406	5	953	- 547
Breast Cancer	7	386	16	384	+ 2
Kidney Disease	8	342	3	1,482	- 1,140
Congenital Anomalies	9	339	21	315	+ 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	333	12	621	- 288
Liver Disease	11	322	18	370	- 48
Lung Cancers	12	271	20	343	- 73
Low Birth Weight	13	264	28	178	+ 86
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	234	8	818	- 584
Lymphomas	15	221	19	356	- 135
Liver Cancer	16	217	17	382	- 165
Leukemia	17	206	24	262	- 55
Suicide	18	205	15	407	- 202
Falls	19	172	35	116	+ 56
Pancreas Cancer	20	148	22	294	- 145
Lung Disease	21	141	4	1,046	- 905
Other Injuries	22	139	13	571	- 432
Violence	23	125	11	635	- 510
Oral Cancer	24	124	38	96	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	25	120	10	661	- 540
Prostate Cancer	26	98	14	448	- 350
Bladder Cancer	27	87	36	100	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	28	73	27	183	- 110
Ovary Cancer	29	70	40	80	- 11
Drug Use	30	64	43	63	+ 1
Inflammatory/Heart	31	61	26	191	- 130
Oesophagus Cancer	32	59	44	61	- 2
Cervical Cancer	33	53	29	159	- 105
Tuberculosis	34	52	50	32	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	35	52	41	80	- 29
Parkinson's Disease	36	48	30	138	- 90
Skin Cancers	37	48	31	137	- 89
Fires	38	46	58	10	+ 36
Epilepsy	39	37	34	116	- 80
Asthma	40	36	45	60	- 25
Drownings	41	33	37	97	- 64
Poisonings	42	27	60	5	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	23	42	74	- 50
Alcohol	44	19	33	126	- 107
Meningitis	45	15	54	18	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	14	49	32	- 18
Birth Trauma	47	12	47	48	- 36
HIV/AIDS	48	11	25	192	- 180
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	10	39	87	- 77
Multiple Sclerosis	50	8	57	11	- 3
Other Neoplasms	51	7	23	266	- 258
Encephalitis	52	7	63	3	+ 4
Skin Disease	53	6	32	126	- 120
Maternal Conditions	54	6	55	17	- 11
Appendicitis	55	3	52	22	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	46	55	- 53
War	57	1	68	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	1	59	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	59	1	64	1	- 0
Malnutrition	60	1	48	37	- 36
Measles	61	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	62	3	- 3
Pertussis	63	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	64	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	67	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	67	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Kuwait

Costa Rica

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.