ERITREA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,699	4	2,154	+ 2,546
Road Traffic Accidents	2	1,313	5	1,326	- 14
Stroke	3	1,211	2	2,564	- 1,353
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	687	1	3,277	- 2,589
Hypertension	5	518	8	926	- 408
Diabetes Mellitus	6	489	7	944	- 455
Breast Cancer	7	465	23	311	+ 153
Kidney Disease	8	412	12	578	- 166
Congenital Anomalies	9	408	18	432	- 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	401	35	113	+ 288
Liver Disease	11	387	6	1,215	- 827
Lung Cancers	12	326	46	62	+ 264
Low Birth Weight	13	318	16	531	- 213
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	282	24	310	- 28
Lymphomas	15	266	28	147	+ 119
Liver Cancer	16	261	45	69	+ 192
Leukemia	17	248	29	144	+ 104
Suicide	18	247	21	382	- 134
Falls	19	207	26	168	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	20	179	58	20	+ 159
Lung Disease	21	170	9	662	- 492
Other Injuries	22	167	15	540	- 373
Violence	23	151	20	384	- 234
Oral Cancer	24	149	44	71	+ 78
Stomach Cancer	25	145	48	48	+ 97
Prostate Cancer	26	118	47	54	+ 64
Bladder Cancer	27	105	51	42	+ 63
Endocrine Disorders	28	88	43	71	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	29	84	40	79	+ 4
Drug Use	30	77	53	36	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	31	73	32	123	- 49
Oesophagus Cancer	32	71	39	81	- 10
Cervical Cancer	33	64	30	132	- 68
Tuberculosis	34	62	14	543	- 481
Uterin Cancer	35	62	61	18	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	36	58	37	85	- 27
Skin Cancers	37	58	56	30	+ 28
Fires	38	56	31	132	- 76
Epilepsy	39	44	38	81	- 37
Asthma	40	43	22	326	- 283
Drownings	41	39	33	118	- 78
Poisonings	42	33	34	114	- 81
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	28	27	147	- 119
Alcohol	44	23	49	45	- 22
Meningitis	45	18	19	404	- 386
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	17	41	77	- 60
Birth Trauma	47	15	11	616	- 602
HIV/AIDS	48	14	25	308	- 294
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	13	3	2,292	- 2,280
Multiple Sclerosis	50	9	67	4	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	51	9	66	6	+ 2
Encephalitis	52	8	62	16	- 7
Skin Disease	53	7	50	45	- 37
Maternal Conditions	54	7	13	544	- 536
Appendicitis	55	3	55	31	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	64	12	- 10
War	57	2	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	1	57	28	- 26
Hepatitis C	59	1	65	6	- 5
Malnutrition	60	1	10	660	- 659
Measles	61	0	63	13	- 12
Upper Respiratory	62	0	60	18	- 18
Pertussis	63	0	36	90	- 90
Syphilis	64	0	54	35	- 35
Chlamydia	65	0	70	1	- 1
Tetanus	66	0	52	37	- 37
Dengue	67	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	68	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	73	- 73
Malaria	78	0	17	437	- 437
Chagas disease	79	0	77	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	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Kuwait

Eritrea

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.