CUBA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,123	1	22,079	- 13,956
Road Traffic Accidents	2	2,269	19	1,007	+ 1,262
Stroke	3	2,094	2	10,725	- 8,631
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,188	3	8,564	- 7,376
Hypertension	5	895	7	3,469	- 2,574
Diabetes Mellitus	6	846	13	1,791	- 945
Breast Cancer	7	803	15	1,673	- 869
Kidney Disease	8	712	14	1,700	- 988
Congenital Anomalies	9	705	37	368	+ 338
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	693	9	2,958	- 2,265
Liver Disease	11	670	11	1,873	- 1,204
Lung Cancers	12	564	4	5,985	- 5,421
Low Birth Weight	13	550	48	98	+ 452
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	487	5	5,841	- 5,354
Lymphomas	15	460	18	1,089	- 630
Liver Cancer	16	451	24	815	- 364
Leukemia	17	429	30	633	- 204
Suicide	18	428	16	1,638	- 1,210
Falls	19	358	10	2,810	- 2,452
Pancreas Cancer	20	309	21	905	- 595
Lung Disease	21	294	6	5,492	- 5,198
Other Injuries	22	289	12	1,869	- 1,580
Violence	23	260	32	584	- 323
Oral Cancer	24	258	23	876	- 618
Stomach Cancer	25	251	20	991	- 740
Prostate Cancer	26	204	8	3,365	- 3,161
Bladder Cancer	27	182	26	734	- 552
Endocrine Disorders	28	152	36	412	- 260
Ovary Cancer	29	145	39	323	- 178
Drug Use	30	134	51	82	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	31	127	17	1,156	- 1,029
Oesophagus Cancer	32	123	22	879	- 756
Cervical Cancer	33	111	29	666	- 554
Tuberculosis	34	108	60	45	+ 63
Uterin Cancer	35	107	31	602	- 495
Parkinson's Disease	36	100	27	691	- 591
Skin Cancers	37	99	33	514	- 414
Fires	38	97	58	55	+ 42
Epilepsy	39	76	46	108	- 32
Asthma	40	75	40	301	- 226
Drownings	41	68	42	231	- 163
Poisonings	42	57	62	17	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	48	35	420	- 372
Alcohol	44	40	28	675	- 635
Meningitis	45	32	50	83	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	30	44	162	- 132
Birth Trauma	47	25	59	49	- 23
HIV/AIDS	48	24	34	471	- 448
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	22	43	206	- 185
Multiple Sclerosis	50	16	57	55	- 39
Other Neoplasms	51	15	25	769	- 754
Encephalitis	52	14	66	6	+ 9
Skin Disease	53	13	41	258	- 245
Maternal Conditions	54	12	61	43	- 31
Appendicitis	55	5	47	104	- 99
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	3	49	87	- 83
War	57	3	68	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	58	3	56	59	- 57
Hepatitis C	59	2	45	112	- 110
Malnutrition	60	1	55	64	- 62
Measles	61	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	0	65	6	- 5
Pertussis	63	0	73	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	69	1	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	70	0	67	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	70	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	81	0	38	326	- 326
Oral conditions	82	0	64	6	- 6
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	68	- 68
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	52	77	- 77
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Kuwait

Cuba

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.