DENMARK VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,425	1	5,341	- 917
Road Traffic Accidents	2	1,236	33	213	+ 1,022
Stroke	3	1,141	5	3,662	- 2,522
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	647	6	2,244	- 1,597
Hypertension	5	488	15	642	- 155
Diabetes Mellitus	6	461	10	1,284	- 823
Breast Cancer	7	438	9	1,299	- 861
Kidney Disease	8	388	12	911	- 523
Congenital Anomalies	9	384	36	153	+ 231
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	377	7	2,147	- 1,769
Liver Disease	11	365	14	692	- 327
Lung Cancers	12	307	4	3,721	- 3,414
Low Birth Weight	13	300	41	116	+ 183
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	265	2	5,218	- 4,952
Lymphomas	15	250	13	730	- 479
Liver Cancer	16	246	25	464	- 219
Leukemia	17	234	20	558	- 325
Suicide	18	233	16	617	- 384
Falls	19	195	22	541	- 346
Pancreas Cancer	20	168	11	1,096	- 927
Lung Disease	21	160	3	4,387	- 4,227
Other Injuries	22	157	30	347	- 190
Violence	23	142	47	63	+ 79
Oral Cancer	24	141	28	371	- 230
Stomach Cancer	25	137	23	484	- 348
Prostate Cancer	26	111	8	1,480	- 1,369
Bladder Cancer	27	99	21	545	- 446
Endocrine Disorders	28	83	19	575	- 492
Ovary Cancer	29	79	29	367	- 288
Drug Use	30	73	34	197	- 124
Inflammatory/Heart	31	69	31	284	- 215
Oesophagus Cancer	32	67	24	477	- 410
Cervical Cancer	33	61	37	153	- 92
Tuberculosis	34	59	57	16	+ 43
Uterin Cancer	35	58	35	156	- 97
Parkinson's Disease	36	55	17	600	- 545
Skin Cancers	37	54	26	388	- 334
Fires	38	53	49	53	- 0
Epilepsy	39	42	40	125	- 84
Asthma	40	41	44	82	- 42
Drownings	41	37	50	37	- 0
Poisonings	42	31	62	6	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	26	32	216	- 190
Alcohol	44	22	18	598	- 576
Meningitis	45	17	52	25	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	16	42	96	- 80
Birth Trauma	47	14	56	21	- 7
HIV/AIDS	48	13	55	23	- 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	12	38	145	- 133
Multiple Sclerosis	50	9	39	132	- 123
Other Neoplasms	51	8	27	378	- 370
Encephalitis	52	8	67	1	+ 7
Skin Disease	53	7	45	79	- 72
Maternal Conditions	54	7	64	2	+ 5
Appendicitis	55	3	54	23	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	43	84	- 83
War	57	2	66	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	1	61	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	59	1	60	9	- 8
Malnutrition	60	1	59	14	- 13
Measles	61	0	71	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	58	15	- 15
Pertussis	63	0	72	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	66	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	48	57	- 57
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	46	73	- 73
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.