ESTONIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	884	1	3,009	- 2,125
Road Traffic Accidents	2	247	35	59	+ 188
Stroke	3	228	3	1,116	- 888
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	129	6	349	- 219
Hypertension	5	97	2	2,700	- 2,603
Diabetes Mellitus	6	92	19	146	- 54
Breast Cancer	7	87	11	260	- 172
Kidney Disease	8	78	17	176	- 99
Congenital Anomalies	9	77	43	25	+ 52
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	75	5	527	- 452
Liver Disease	11	73	7	328	- 256
Lung Cancers	12	61	4	657	- 596
Low Birth Weight	13	60	55	7	+ 53
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	53	12	229	- 176
Lymphomas	15	50	15	213	- 163
Liver Cancer	16	49	26	107	- 58
Leukemia	17	47	22	126	- 79
Suicide	18	47	16	197	- 151
Falls	19	39	24	119	- 80
Pancreas Cancer	20	34	10	268	- 235
Lung Disease	21	32	13	229	- 197
Other Injuries	22	31	20	141	- 110
Violence	23	28	42	28	- 0
Oral Cancer	24	28	25	110	- 82
Stomach Cancer	25	27	9	290	- 263
Prostate Cancer	26	22	8	298	- 276
Bladder Cancer	27	20	21	126	- 106
Endocrine Disorders	28	17	33	66	- 49
Ovary Cancer	29	16	28	87	- 71
Drug Use	30	15	31	75	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	31	14	14	217	- 203
Oesophagus Cancer	32	13	27	99	- 85
Cervical Cancer	33	12	32	68	- 55
Tuberculosis	34	12	47	16	- 5
Uterin Cancer	35	12	34	60	- 48
Parkinson's Disease	36	11	29	82	- 71
Skin Cancers	37	11	30	79	- 68
Fires	38	11	38	41	- 30
Epilepsy	39	8	37	45	- 36
Asthma	40	8	44	24	- 16
Drownings	41	7	40	30	- 23
Poisonings	42	6	52	8	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	5	36	55	- 50
Alcohol	44	4	18	148	- 144
Meningitis	45	3	54	7	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	3	45	22	- 18
Birth Trauma	47	3	57	5	- 2
HIV/AIDS	48	3	39	40	- 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	2	53	8	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	50	2	48	16	- 15
Other Neoplasms	51	2	23	123	- 122
Encephalitis	52	2	63	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	53	1	41	29	- 27
Maternal Conditions	54	1	61	1	+ 0
Appendicitis	55	1	59	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	0	46	17	- 17
War	57	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	58	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	59	0	58	4	- 4
Malnutrition	60	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	61	0	84	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	66	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	83	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	62	1	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	81	0	+ 0
Dengue	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Kuwait

Estonia

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.